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Appeals court upholds slugger Bonds’ conviction

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Debra Jean Milke listens to a judge during a hearing as she awaits a retrial in the 1989 shooting death of her 4-year-old son, Christopher, at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Aug. 1, 2013. A judge is allowing Milke to be released on bail as she awaits retrial in the 1989 killing of her young son, a case that had her on death row since 1990 until her conviction was overturn this year. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)

Arizona woman released after decades on death row

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**FILE** A copper weather vane shaped like a witch on a broom sits atop a house in St. Georgen in the Black Forest region in southwestern Germany on January 21, 1997. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: ‘Fire burn, and cauldron bubble’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

MILLER: ‘Docs vs. Glocks’ showdown in Florida

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

**FILE** This photo shows the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington on Oct. 8, 2010. Seated from left to right are: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. (Associated Press)

Contraception mandate’s split rulings move battle closer to the Supreme Court

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

MOONEY: When profiling is good

By Kevin J. Mooney

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Silver linings in the ruling on Obamacare

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

Army Capt. Michael Potoczniak (second from left) and Todd Saunders (second from right) of El Cerrito, Calif., are married by Deputy Marriage Commissioner John Loschmann (center) as witnesses Bill Hershon (left) and Sean Boileau look on at City Hall in San Francisco on Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Appellate court’s decision to immediately permit gay marriages is challenged

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this undated image from video seized from the walled compound of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and released on Saturday, May 7, 2011, by the U.S. Department of Defense, a man whom the American government identified as Osama bin Laden watches television with an image of President Obama on the screen. Bin Laden was killed by U.S. troops. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Defense)

Court: U.S. can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

By Frederic J. Frommer - Associated Press

Sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court are (clockwise from upper left) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.; and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Supreme Court to weigh in on legislative prayers

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

**FILE** Protesters hold signs outside a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform field hearing on a National Labor Relations Board complaint against Boeing Co., in North Charleston, S.C., on June 17, 2011. (Associated Press)

2nd court invalidates Obama’s recess pick for NLRB

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Judge rules secret FBI letters unconstitutional

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

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Arizona requires evidence of citizenship in order to register and at the polls in order to vote, “and we don’t think either one of those things are unreasonable,” Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett says.

Voter ID case heads to Supreme Court

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Customs and Border Protection Officer Rebecca Rhinehart asks a passenger about something in his suitcase at Washington Dulles International Airport. Customs officers search for illegal drugs, plants, animal products and food items. (The Washington Times)

Court curbs laptop searches at U.S. border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Thomas Rabe, right, places a wedding ring on Robert Coffman's finger during a marriage ceremony at City Hall in Baltimore, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Obama administration files brief against Prop 8

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Former inmate Owen Daniels’ tattooed arm is seen as he leads a college-level seminary course held at the California Rehabilitative Center in Norco, Calif. The program, called The Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI), started as an experiment in Norco’s prison four years ago and is now expanding to 18 California prisons and nearly 900 inmates, including women, thanks to a $2.1 million gift from a wealthy Malibu real estate entrepreneur.

Federal appeals court ruling may force California prisons to hire witches

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Hepburn house owner loses court fight in Conn.

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

Conn. court orders posts lowered at Hepburn house

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

Late ruling bars murder defendant’s release

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press