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Sandy Lertzman, a 62-year-old animal rights activist who founded the Animal Rights Foundation, is seen here in an undated photo on the foundation's website. She and 31 young dogs were found dead in a car inside the garage of her Moreland Hills home on Nov. 4. (animalrightsfoundation.com)

Ohio animal rights activist kills herself, 31 rescue dogs

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Three-dimensional printed metal gun by Solid Concepts (Screen grab from http://blog.solidconcepts.com/industry-highlights/worlds-first-3d-printed-metal-gun/)

Texas company makes metal gun from 3-D printer

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The mascot of Coachella Valley High School. (Screen grab from http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/coachella_valley_hig/)

California school faces fire for decades-old ‘Arabs’ mascot

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Toronto mayor at heart of crack scandal says sorry for ‘stupid things’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Alligator caught slithering around Chicago airport

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a news conference at Lucky's Cafe in New York, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New Yorkers rebel at ‘ridiculous’ new age limit, 21, to buy tobacco

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent inspects a tunnel that authorities discovered Nov. 25, 2010, and say was used to smuggle drugs from Mexico to an Otay Mesa warehouse in San Diego. (Associated Press)

ICE uncovers ‘highly sophisticated’ drug tunnel from Tijuana to San Diego

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Virginia, Kentucky, Idaho scrap health insurance: ‘Easier just to start from scratch’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, Chris Brown arrives at the 55th annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles. Brown was arrested early Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in Washington after a fight broke out near the W Hotel near the White House. District of Columbia Police spokesman Officer Paul Metcalf says 24-year-old Brown was arrested and charged with felony assault. Metcalf says 35-year-old Chris Hollosy also was arrested on felony assault charges after the incident. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Chris Brown enters rehab amid new assault charge

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Country singer Jason Aldean and his wife, Jessica, attend the People’s Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Jason Aldean’s country music tour bus strikes, kills man

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A North Korean soldier (right) looks southward through a pair of binoculars as a South Korean soldier (left) stands guard in the village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea repatriates six defectors to Seoul

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Historic Georgia islanders fight 600 percent property tax hike

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board, left, and Deb Markowitz, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, view an electric car displayed in Sacramento, Calif., following a news conference to announce the signing of an agreement on zero-emissions cars, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

States swoon to push electric cars onto the road

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** A Spirit Airlines airplane sits on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on June 13, 2010. (Associated Press)

Spirit Airlines passengers delayed up to 12 hours

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Nov. 7, 2012, file photo, a Syrian rebel fires at snipers in Harem, Syria. (Associated Press)

Syrian snipers target pregnant mothers in ‘hell beyond hell,’ doctor says

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, people check out opportunities during a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Americans see more doom and gloom in economy: poll

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A customer configures the fingerprint scanner technology built into the Apple iPhone 5S at a company store in the Wangfujing shopping district of Beijing on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese couple sells 3 newborns for iPhones, designer shoes: police

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, following a vote in the Senate rejecting the latest House GOP effort to negotiate on government spending. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sen. John McCain: Obamacare rollout a ‘fiasco’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Actor-director Robert Redford attends the New York Film Festival screening of "All Is Lost" on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Robert Redford on shutdown: Anti-Obama ‘racism’ drove fight

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times