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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, razor wire and towers contain the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, in Wetumpka, Ala. Julia Tutwiler Prison in Wetumpka is named for a legendary Alabamian who pushed for better conditions in state prisons. The director of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, says Julia Tutwiler would be horrified by a new Justice Department report that says women in the prison “live in a toxic environment” and are forced to engage In sexual acts with officers. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Report: Tutwiler Prison far from reformer’s dream

By PHILLIP RAWLS - Associated Press

Justice Department will review death of Wis. teen

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Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

SHAPIRO: The real villains in the Zimmerman case

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

** FILE** Voting tickets are collected near the exit door after each person finishes voting at Linwood Holton Elementary School on Election Day morning, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Group wants states to rid voter rolls of the dead and ineligible

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: An electoral-reform tsunami

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this photo provided Jan. 14, 2013, by Harpo Studios Inc., talk show host Oprah Winfrey (right) interviews Lance Armstrong during taping for the show "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive" in Austin, Texas. (Associated Press/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc.)

Feds to sue Lance Armstrong over doping scandal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration War on Women by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NANCE: Why Congress ought to ditch VAWA

By Penny Young Nance

Maryland schools to show more tolerance

By Ellen Fishel - Capital News Service

Bill Bregenzer of Flemington, N.J., shows off his winnings while standing in line for a cashier near the gambling floor last week in Parx Casino, near Philadelphia. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Inaction on Hill seen as jackpot for states with online gambling

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Google, publishers shelve book-scanning suit

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

"We have known for some time that weapons brought to Mexico from Operation Fast and Furious would contribute to significant death and carnage,” Rep. Darrell E. Issa said Wednesday. “Univision’s new findings add details and faces to what occurred as a result of a reckless initiative, mismanagement and lack of leadership within the U.S. Justice Department.” (Associated Press)

Gunrunning’s collateral damage: Mexican teens

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

This undated image obtained by the Associated Press from the National Archives through a Freedom of Information Act request shows a U.S. Army intelligence card on Johann "Hans" Breyer, indicating he was serving in Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland as of Dec. 29, 1944 — four months after he said he deserted. (AP Photo/National Archives)

Philadelphia man is target of Nazi probe

By David Rising and Matt Moore and Randy Herschaft - Associated Press

Marcus Agius resigned as chairman of the United Kingdom-based Barclays bank on Monday, July 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Barclays, VisualMedia)

U.K. fraud office weighs prosecutions of Barclays

By Robert Barr - Associated Press

** FILE ** John Edwards speaks May 31, 2012, outside a federal courthouse as his daughter Cate Edwards (left) and parents Wallace Edwards (second from right) and Bobbie Edwards look on after the jury's verdict in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C. (Associated Press)

Federal prosecutors drop case against John Edwards

By Michael Biesecker - Associated Press

Apple’s market clout likely to draw more scrutiny

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

** FILE ** South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, here with Gov. Nikki Haley in June, argues in a lawsuit filed in February that the U.S. Justice Department erred in blocking the state from requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote. The requirement "will not disenfranchise any potential South Carolina voter," he said. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)

South Carolina argues in lawsuit for required photo IDs for voters

By Meg Kinnard - Associated Press

Suit claims Silicon Valley anti-poaching scheme

By MARCUS WOHLSEN - Associated Press

The Washington Times

BACON: Victimhood has its privileges

By James A. Bacon - The Washington Times

New Jersey Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak. (AP Photo)

New Jersey lawmaker pushes online gambling bill

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio (AP Photo)

Feds: Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio violated civil rights

By Jacques Billeaud - Associated Press