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Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis suggests atheists’ good deeds gets them to heaven

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A law enforcement official from Davis County walks from the garage Thursday, May 23, 2013, at a home where two young boys were found dead Wednesday night in West Point, Utah. A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home, police said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Utah teen, 15, charged with killing brothers, 4 and 10

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Tea Party Patriots plan to "rein in the IRS" through nationwide protests at Internal Revenue Service offices on Tuesday as it taps into public outrage. (Tea Party Patriots)

Inside the Beltway: The Big Brew

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Alli Christian, left, helps Jessica Wilkinson as she looks for her dog Bella after Wilkinson returned to find her home near 156th street and Franklin Road destroyed by a tornado on Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney)

One dead as tornadoes continue to tear through Midwest

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** A woman smokes a cigarette at her home in Alabama on March 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

Cigarette-smuggling ring investigated for terror ties

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Bernard Madoff is serving a 150-year prison term for his Ponzi scheme that stole an estimated $36 billion from investors. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bernie Madoff, from jail: I’m racked by remorse and ‘can’t sleep’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, a man looks at documents at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. The graffiti reads, "no God but God," " God is great," and "Muhammad is the Prophet." (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

U.S. upgrades Benghazi mission to ‘capture or kill’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Defense attorney Kathleen DeMetz, second from right, talks with Pedro Castro as Onil Castro, left, watches and Ariel Castro, right, looks down, in Cleveland Municipal court Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. Ariel Castro was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. Pedro Castro pleaded no contest to an unrelated open-container charge in court Monday. Two unrelated misdemeanor charges against Onil Castro were dropped. Police announced on Thursday afternoon that 54-year-old Pedro Castro and 50-year-old Onil Castro had been released from jail. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Castro brothers: Ariel is a ‘monster’; Cleveland kidnapping suspect should ‘rot’ in prison

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

"I don't care if you're a conservative, a liberal, a Democrat or a Republican, this should send a chill up your spine. This is something that we cannot let stand." — Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Outraged GOP: It’s time to audit the IRS; targeting of conservative groups called ‘chilling’

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Ariel Castro appears in Cleveland Municipal Court on Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. He was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ariel Castro’s daughter: My father ‘is dead to me’; kidnapping suspect may face death penalty

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Michael Jackson is pictured on March 5, 2009, at a press conference in London. (Associated Press)

Michael Jackson: ‘God keeps talking to me,’ singer said days before death

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A mushroom of volcanic ash shoots up into the sky from Mount Mayon, one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes, after daybreak as seen from Legazpi city in Albay province, about 285 miles southeast of Manila, on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)

Volcano eruption kills 5 climbers in the Philippines

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Family members view the names of their relatives etched into the 9/11 Memorial during the commemoration of the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/John Moore, Pool)

9/11 memorial fees called ‘slap in the face’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid, File)

Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai confirms CIA cash payments to continue

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This photo released on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, by the Iranian Defense Ministry claims to show the upgraded surface-to-surface Fateh-110 missile at an undisclosed location in Iran. On Sunday, May 5, 2013, Israel carried out the second airstrike against Syria in three days to target what officials say are shipments of the highly accurate Fateh-110s, which Israel worries could be transferred to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, providing a major boost to the Shiite militant group’s arsenal. (AP Photo/Iranian Defense Ministry, Vahid Reza Alaei)

Syria: Israel’s attack on military facility a ‘declaration of war’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In a transfer-of-remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base on Sept. 14, carry teams brought home the remains of the four Americans killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Family members say they still don’t know exactly how their loved ones died. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda operatives unleashed in Benghazi attack: Report

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Journalist Howard Kurtz, pictured at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival in New York, has left online news and the commentary site The Daily Beast, a day after the website retracted one of his blog posts about the coming out of NBA player Jason Collins. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

Who watches the watchdog? Media critic Kurtz to address own pulled post on CNN’s ‘Reliable Sources’

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This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, an undated driver's license photo distributed by police in 2002 of Brenda Heist, and right, an April 26, 2013, photo of Heist taken by the Monroe County, Fla. Sheriff's Office and released by the Lititz Borough, Pa. (AP Photo)

Daughter to Pa. mother found after 11 years: Hope she ‘rots in hell’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A protester walks away after placing a smoke device on the ground in front of police officers during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seattle May Day protest turns violent; 17 arrested

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** An April 26, 2013, photo taken by the Monroe County, Fla. Sheriff's Office and released by the Lititz Borough, Pa., Police, is of Brenda Heist. Lititz Borough Police in central Pennsylvania say Heist, who disappeared after dropping off her children for school 11 years ago has been located in Florida after traveling there with homeless hitchhikers and sleeping under bridges. (Associated Press/Lititz Borough Police)

Missing mom mystery solved: She lived on streets for 11 years

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times