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** FILE ** In this Nov. 26, 2012, file photo provided by Iredell County, NC, sheriff’s department, actress Lisa Robin Kelly is shown after her arrest for assault. Her manager, Craig Wyckoff, said Kelly died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at a Los Angeles addiction treatment facility she had entered early this week. No official cause of death was disclosed. (AP Photo/Iredell County, NC, Sheriff’s Department, File)

Lisa Robin Kelly: ‘That ‘70s Show’s star, 43, dies in rehab

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A generic photo of a UPS cargo plane.

UPS plane crashes near Birmingham, Ala., airport

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka

AFL-CIO looks to grab governorships in 6 states in 2014

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Image: Khqatv7 Missouri

‘Angel’ priest mysteriously appears at near-fatal accident site, helps victim

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Jill Kelley's complaint about receiving harassing emails spurred an FBI investigation that eventually ensnared ex-CIA Director David N. Petraeus and Marine Gen. John Allen. (Associated Press)

Justice Dept. seeks more time to respond to Jill Kelley’s privacy lawsuit

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Noah and Connor Barth were strangled by a python during a sleepover. (credit: Facebook/Mandy Trecartin)

Snake shock: Canadian boys, 5 and 7, strangled by python during sleepover

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Washington (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FBI arrests 150 in 76-city child prostitution ring

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi beats their drums as they shout slogans during a demonstration, where protesters have installed their camp and held their daily rally, at Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Egypt’s Morsi supporters: ‘All people here are upset with America’; call it a coup

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

9 Colorado farm workers, elderly woman struck by lightning

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, an Electronic Benefit Transfer card, which food stamp recipients use to purchase food, is seen at the Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Democrat Corrine Brown: Bible tells us to provide food stamps

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** This undated photo shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. (Associated Press/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram)

Nidal Hasan’s Fort Hood shooting trial enters jury selection

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Vice President Dick Cheney hugs his daughter Liz Cheney after she surprised the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) by bringing him as her guest, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Liz Cheney, ex-vice president’s elder daughter, mulls run for Senate

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and entered Russia his lawyer said on Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

Booz Allen fires NSA leaker Edward Snowden

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A herd of elk, the target of a livestock disease elimination program, graze in Yellowstone National Park. (Associated Press)

National parks’ new menu: Less ice cream, more lentil soup

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Image: (Associated Press)

Porn star jailed after contributing to syphilis outbreak that halted sex industry

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This May 20, 2013, photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Strike Force shows some of the marijuana plants the agency says were grown by a woman from a wealthy New York suburb in a warehouse in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/DEA Strike Force)

Upscale N.Y. mother of 2 busted for $3M pot business with 3,000 plants

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Tea party favorite Joe Miller has filed paperwork to formally enter the U.S. Senate race in Alaska. (Associated Press)

Tea party favorite Joe Miller to try again for Senate

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Associated Press)

Gay green-card hopeful: I feel ‘my country is abandoning me and my rights’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Israeli tanks in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights overlook the Syrian village of Bariqa on Nov. 12, 2012. The Israeli military says "Syrian mobile artillery" was hit after the Israelis responded to stray mortar fire from its northern neighbor. The incident marked the second straight day that Israel has responded to fire from Syria that does not appear to be aimed at Israeli targets; nonetheless, Israel has promised a tough response if the fire continues. (Associated Press)

Israel warns Syria: More strikes loom

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times