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A Thai Airways passenger plane takes off over a damaged Thai Airways Airbus A330-300 at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

14 Thai Airways passengers injured during plane skid at Bangkok airport

By Cheryl K. Chumley and Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Author of best-seller that criticized Taliban shot by Taliban outside home

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Ariel Castro looks at Michelle Knight, one of three women whom he was convicted of holding captive, as he speaks during the sentencing phase of his trial on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ariel Castro called mother of 1 victim while holding girls captive in Ohio: report

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins - Associated Press

A Facebook image allegedly from the “Al-Aqsa Islamic Brigades.” (Image: Facebook)

Moderate? Syrian rebels post image of selves by burning U.S. Capitol on Facebook page

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Sept. 23, 2008, file photo shows the T-Mobile G1 Android-powered phone, the first cell phone with the operating system designed by Google Inc., during its debut in New York. It costs $179 with a two-year contract. (Associated Press)

Terrorists tout new encryption technology that thwarts U.S. intelligence

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

D. Bruce Hanes, clerk of the Orphans' Court of Montgomery County, Pa., near Philadelphia, began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples when he "decided to come down on the right side of history." Same-sex marriages are still illegal in Pennsylvania. (Associated Press)

Pennsylvania clerk who defied state law with gay-marriage certificates heads to court

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Singer Harry Connick Jr. performs onstage at "American Idol" Season 12 Top 4 To 3 Live Elimination Show in Los Angeles. Fox announced Tuesday that Connick, along with Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban will be judges on the upcoming season of "American Idol." (AP Photo/Fox, Frank Micelotta, File)

‘American Idol’ taps Lopez, Connick as judges

By Lynn Elber - Associated Press

** FILE ** Singer Harry Connick Jr. performs on Fox's "American Idol" on Thursday, May 2, 2013. He joins singer-actress Jennifer Lopez and country singer Keith Urban as a judge for the 13th season, which begins in January. (AP Photo/Fox, Frank Micelotta)

‘American Idol’ taps Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. as judges

By Lynn Elber - Associated Press

Inmate firefighters walk along Highway 120 after a burnout operation as firefighters continue to battle the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Fire crews are clearing brush and setting sprinklers to protect two groves of giant sequoias as a massive week-old wildfire rages along the remote northwest edge of Yosemite National Park. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Yosemite fire: Firefighters get help from 673 inmates to put out blaze

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Tim Finchem happy with PGA Tour’s 2 networks

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, was in court on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, for a first hearing on charges of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in the beating death of 88-year-old World War II veteran Delbert "Shorty" Belton outside an Eagles lodge in Spokane, Wash. (AP Photo/Spokane Police Department)

Delbert Belton’s accused killer claims WWII veteran, 88, stiffed him on crack deal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (center), Liu Wang (left) and Liu Yang sit inside the capsule after the launch of China's manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft on Saturday, June 16, 2012. Shenzhou-9 blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. (Associated Press)

China’s trouncing of U.S. in space race: ‘Unmistakable warning signs’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A crater made by a missile from an Israeli warplane is seen at one of the entrance tunnel of the Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command base, near the Mediterranean coastal town of Naameh, south of Beirut on Aug, 23, 2013. Israeli warplanes struck the target a day after militants fired four rockets into northern Israel, the Israeli military and a Palestinian official said. (Associated Press)

Israeli warplanes attack ‘terror site’ in southern Lebanon

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** San Diego Mayor Bob Filner apologizes for his behavior in this frame from a video produced by the city on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (Associated Press)

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign over accusations of sexual harassment

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Keondria Williams holds on tight to her daughter, Kierstin, 8, after they were reunited in a Wal-Mart parking lot on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 20, 2013, after McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Ga., was evacuated because of a gunman who fired shots from inside the school. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ben Gray)

Bulletproof backpacks: Sales surge as kids head back to school

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (Associated Press)

Boston gathering exposes rifts in GOP, despite Priebus’ best efforts

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus (center) introduces a panel of RNC "Rising Stars," including Speaker of the House in Oklahoma T.W. Shannon (left) and New Hampshire state Rep. Marilinda Garcia during the Republican National Committee summer meeting in Boston on Aug. 15, 2013. The RNC formally renewed its minority outreach effort, introducing the first four members of the “Rising Stars” program designed to promote younger and more ethnically diverse Republicans leaders. (Associated Press)

MILLER: CNN, NBC banned from Republican debates, GOP takes control before 2016

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** James Lee DiMaggio (left), 40, and Hannah Anderson, 16, are pictured in a combination of undated file photos provided by the San Diego Sheriff's Department. (AP Photo/San Diego Sheriff's Department)

Calif. teen Hannah Anderson steps out, as cops find ‘letters from Hannah’ in suspect’s home

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Kim Jong-un inspects North Korea troops in this government photo.

North Korean missiles used in parades are fakes, experts say

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times