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FILE - This Jan. 31, 2014 file image released by Starpix shows Stephen Colbert at the Shape Magazine and Men's Fitness Super Bowl Party in New York. Comedy Central deleted a message Thursday from the “Colbert Report” show Twitter feed showing a still from Wednesday night’s show where Colbert had joked about starting a “Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.” It was part of a skit where Colbert had talked about the Washington Redskins owner buying things for Native Americans upset with the team’s name. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab, File)

Stephen Colbert currently CBS’s top choice to replace David Letterman: report

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by CBS, David Letterman, host of the “Late Show with David Letterman,” is seated at his desk in New York on Thursday, April 3, 2014. During taping of the Thursday night telecast, Letterman announced that he will retire in 2015 when his contract expires. He announced no specific end date, telling his audience he expects his exit will be in &quot;at least a year or so, but sometime in the not too distant future, 2015, for the love of God, (band leader) Paul (Shaffer) and I will be wrapping things up.&quot; (AP Photo/CBS, Jeffrey R. Staab) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE, FOR NORTH AMERICAN USE ONLY

Letterman ‘wrapping things up,’ to retire in 2015

By FRAZIER MOORE - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this July 16, 2013, file photo, host David Letterman smiles on the set of the “Late Show with David Letterman." A study released Monday of gags made by late-night comics found that Obama and Democrats provided the lion’s share of punchlines during the first six months of the year. That’s an abrupt change from 2012, when Mitt Romney proved a gift to the comic gods. (AP Photo/CBS, John Paul Filo)

David Letterman announces retirement

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Kokomo woman doesn’t regret quitting ‘Survivor’

By LINDSEY ZILIAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2013 file photo, Maygan Rollins, 22, a field organizer with Enroll America, left, talks with Jerry Correa, 27, about his health care options while canvassing at a bus stop in Miami. Enroll America is a private, non-profit organization running a grassroots campaign to encourage people to sign up for health care offered by the Affordable Care Act. Despite Florida Republicans' efforts to fight the Affordable Care Act at every turn, more than 440,000 Florida residents had been enrolled through the federal marketplace through the end of February. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Chicago police arrest volunteers canvassing for Obamacare

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Illustration Vote out Obamacare by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

‘Minimized, spun or ignored’: Broadcast news shushes up on Obamacare

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Dogs taken off the streets of Khayelitsha township aren't all strays. Some owners aren't aware that they should confine their animals for safety, clinic workers say.

Dozens of dead dogs found as Detroit snow begins to thaw

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

CBS, Turner report big numbers for NCAA tourney

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Jarvis Fisher, right, confessed to raping the girl along with 20-year-old Lucas Martin, left. Both have been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child. Bail has been set at $125,000 (Police handout via New York Daily News)

Two Dallas men charged with raping 13-year-old deaf girl

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - This July 13, 1977 file photo shows comedian David Brenner. On Saturday, March 15, 2014, publicist Jeff Abraham announced Brenner has died at the age of 78. (AP Photo)

David Brenner, frequent ‘Tonight’ guest, dies

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

AP among First Amendment award winners

By JENNIFER C. KERR - Associated Press

Capsules of NFC teams for NFL free agency

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Capsules of AFC teams for NFL free agency

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Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai speaks during a campaign rally for women a day after International Women's Day in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Ten Afghan presidential candidates are campaigning in the presidential election scheduled for April. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Taliban vow to ‘use all force’ to disrupt Afghan elections

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Former CBS investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson (CBS via Associated Press) **FILE**

Inside the Beltway: Weather or not to wake Congress on climate change

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Dorian S. Nakamoto listens during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, March 6, 2014 in Los Angeles. Nakamoto, the man that Newsweek claims is the founder of Bitcoin, denies he had anything to do with it and says he had never even heard of the digital currency until his son told him he had been contacted by a reporter three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Controversy marks Newsweek’s comeback

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair leaves the courthouse with his lawyers Richard Scheff, left, and Ellen C. Brotman, following a day of motions Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Less than a month before Sinclair's trial on sexual assault charges, the lead prosecutor broke down in tears Tuesday as he told a superior he believed the primary accuser in the case had lied under oath. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, James Robinson)

Gen. Jerry Sinclair to plead guilty at court martial hearing

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin shouts at President Obama as she is removed from the back of the auditorium during his speech about national security on May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. (Associated Press)

CodePink activist Medea Benjamin jailed in Egypt, begs for U.S. help

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama greets people at the Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, after he announced a new competition encouraging investments for job creation and infrastructure as part of his &quot;Year of Action.&quot; (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Most Americans say they’re ‘disappointed’ with Obama’s leadership

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times