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** FILE ** This Jan. 26, 2013, photo taken at a grow house in Denver shows a marijuana plants ready to be harvested. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Atty. General Eric H. Holder Jr.: States to get guidance on legalized marijuana

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Then-Sen. Barack Obama speaks at a presidential rally in Lancaster, Pa., on Sept. 4. (Associated Press)

NRA uses Justice memo to accuse Obama admin of wanting to confiscate guns

Associated Press

In this Nov. 7, 2012, photo, U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. presidential election event, organized by the U.S. embassy in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s military accused of hacking scheme; cyberattacks tracked to Shanghai intel unit

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

PAUL: Who’s next on Obama’s drone hit list?

By Sen. Rand Paul

** FILE ** Rep. Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Republican (The Washington Times)

NASA accused of technology transfers

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Comedian and TV host Jon Stewart appears onstage at Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars" event at the Beacon Theatre in New York on Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Jon Stewart: Comedian mocks drone hypocrisy of Dems, Obama

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

John O. Brennan answers questions from senators Thursday about drones, media leaks and other matters during his confirmation hearing to be CIA director. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Defiant John Brennan: ‘No recourse except’ drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this March 31, 2011, file photo House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, Caliornia Republican, right, accompanied by the committee's ranking Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, presides over the committee's hearing on the Freedom of Information Act on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama pressed on information requests

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this April 21, 2008 file photo, a Budweiser sign is seen atop one of the buildings at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis. Belgian brewer InBev announced Monday. July 14, 2008, it will buy Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, file)

Justice tries to halt Budweiser beer merger

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 27, 2009, file photo, bottles of Budweiser beer are seen at the Stag Brewery in London. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA agreed Friday, June 29, 2012, to buy the half of Corona maker Grupo Modelo it doesn't already own for $20.1 billion in cash, in a deal that will greatly increase the size and dominance of the world's largest brewer. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Feds put big beer merger on ice

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Fire-boat response crews spray water on the burning remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)

Judge OKs $4 billion BP oil spill criminal settlement

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

** FILE ** Internet activist Aaron Swartz poses for a photo in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2009. He was found dead on Friday, Jan. 11, in his apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York. On Saturday, Jan. 26, the hacker group Anonymous attacked a Justice Department website, claiming that an unjustified investigation by the federal government prompted him to commit suicide. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Michael Francis McElroy)

Hackers take over federal website, threatens ‘war’ on U.S. government

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

“When you see someone’s picture, it may offer the opportunity to connect a person up with other crimes,” said D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh, a Ward 3 Democrat who has introduced a bill to lift the ban on releasing mug shots of suspects. “It allows us to connect a string of crimes in a way we otherwise wouldn’t.” (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Mugs seen as crime solvers

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Food servers more vulnerable to legal threats

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Gov’t: Food allergies may be disability under law

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

This photo from Nov. 11, 2008, shows gluten-free frozen pizza, one of hundreds of items at Gluten Free Trading Co. in Milwaukee. (Associated Press)

Food service vulnerable to food allergy lawsuits

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Food service vulnerable to food allergy lawsuits

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

No references required for federal law enforcement hires

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Indy Speedway agrees to meet ADA standards

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press