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Forrest Gump, Hannibal Lecter join film registry

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

‘Forrest Gump’ to be preserved in US film registry

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

EDITORIAL: Hands off the Internet

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

HAPPY CAMPER: GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul gets a kick out of hearing compliments for being punctual at a town hall Wednesday in Newton, Iowa. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Paul enjoying view from top of polls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This undated handout photo provided by MGM Home Entertainment and the Library of Congress shows Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter in the 1991 film “Silence of the Lambs,” which was chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. (AP Photo/MGM Home Entertainment, Library of Congress)

Forrest Gump, Hannibal Lecter join film registry

By Ben Nuckols - Associated Press

** FILE ** Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio, center, is surrounded by reporters after exiting a House vote on the payroll tax cut in Washington, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Economists fear withdrawal symptoms if payroll-tax cut vanishes

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer checks the passport of a foreign visitor at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Can foreign tourists help U.S. economy?

By Cristina Silva - Associated Press

Non-resident visitors to the United States wait at the immigration control area after arriving at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Dec. 13, 2011. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Tourism industry seeks foreigners

By Cristina Silva - Associated Press

Members of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission study a district map under consideration during a hearing held in Sacramento in July. The commission produced a vastly different congressional map from what state lawmakers drew up in 2001, which essentially preserved nearly every incumbent district and deleted just one Republican district. (Associated Press)

House balance may hinge on court rulings

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks Dec. 22, 2011, about extending the payroll-tax cut during a briefing on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Tax bill set for increasingly rare conference committee

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

TURNER: Time to accept the death of the Postal Service

By Sean Turner - The Washington Times

Republican Sens. Mike Johanns (left) of Nebraska, Johnny Isakson (center) of Georgia and James Risch of Idaho leave closed-door negotiations on the payroll tax cut extension and other measures on Dec. 16, 2011, at the Capitol. (Associated Press)

HURT: Congress — the Christmas relative from hell

By Charles Hurt

A Chinese clerk counts U.S. dollars in exchange for Chinese renminbi at a Hefei, China, bank. (Associated Press)

China spared penalty over value of currency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

City State: Morning Roundup

By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

White House will seek to hike borrowing limit

By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press

FITSCHEN: Gingrich is right

By Steven W. Fitschen - The Washington Times

President Obama waves to people gathered outside in the rain as he shops for Christmas gifts Wednesday in Alexandria. The president's spokesman said Mr. Obama's assertion that he ranked among the greatest presidents was taken out of context. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Obama blows off Congress

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is followed by reporters after holding a news conference on the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress approves short-term payroll tax, unemployment benefits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 9, 2010, courtroom sketch, defense attorney Robert Gottlieb, left, is seated next to his client, defendant Adis Medunjanin, at the federal courthouse in New York City. When New York undercover officers and informants were infiltrating a mosque in Queens in 2006, they failed to notice the increasingly radical sentiments of a young man who prayed there. Police also kept tabs on a Muslim student group at Queens College, but missed a member’s growing anti-Americanism. Those two men and friends _ Najibullah Zazi at the mosque and Medunjanin at the school _ would go on to be accused of plotting a subway bombing that officials have called the most serious terrorist threat to the United States since Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

NYPD’s spying programs yielded only mixed results

By Adam Goldman and Eileen Sullivan and Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press

DECKER: Five questions with Buddy Roemer

By Brett M. Decker - The Washington Times