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A Nissan Leaf charges at a station in Portland, Ore. (Associated Press)

N.J. senator pushes to tax electric cars by mile

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Pervez Musharraf, the former president of Pakistan (Associated Press)

Pakistan’s former leader Pervez Musharraf flees court in dramatic run from arrest

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Chicago sinkhole swallows three cars, injures man

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Dec. 4, 2012, photo provided by The Goldman Environmental Prize shows Kimberly Wasserman Nieto, of Chicago, standing outside Midwest Generation's Crawford Generating Station in Chicago. (AP Photo/Courtesy of The Goldman Environmental Prize, Jennifer Walton)

‘Environmental justice’ award gives $150K to mom who closed power plants

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

James Joyce and Sylvia Beach outside the door of Shakespeare and Company on the Rue de l'Odeon in Paris in 1920

Commemorative coin misquoting James Joyce angers book fans

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Column: NCAA ain’t ready for reform

By JIM LITKE - Associated Press

Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert works in his office at the WTTW-TV studios in Chicago in January 2011. (Associated Press)

Film critic Roger Ebert marks Sun-Times anniversary with cancer news

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The sun rises March 8, 2012, over Mount Hood in Portland, Ore. The largest solar storm in five years has engulfed Earth, but scientists say the planet has lucked out so far. (Associated Press)

Creationist bets $10,000 that nobody can disprove Genesis

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Starbucks Corp., based in Seattle, hopes its new venture into instant coffee, Via, will be as prevalent in stores as its packaged coffee is now. The Starbucks instant comes in just shy of a $1 a cup, compared with the pennies a cup of home-brewed joe can cost. (Associated Press)

Taxpayers shell out thousands for lawmakers’ coffee, doughnuts

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Various size cups and sugar cubes are displayed May 31, 2012, at a news conference at New York's City Hall. (Associated Press)

Soda kills: Sugary drinks blamed for 180K deaths a year, researchers say

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FBI investigates dead body, explosives found in Florida college dorm room

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Dozens of immigration rights supporters chant during a Puente Movement event March Against Deportation, Family Separation and Workplace Raids in front of Montgomery County Attorney Bill Montgomery's office on Monday, March 11, 2013, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Illegal immigrants sue border agents for detainment in cold cell

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Shehan Welihinda and Ryan Wilson (left) simultaneously place wedding rings on one another’s fingers during their ceremony at City Hall. Same-sex couples in Maryland are now legally permitted to marry under a law that went into effect after midnight on Tuesday. Maryland is the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line to approve same-sex marriage. (Associated Press)

Michigan gay marriage ban in limbo, as judge waits on Supreme Court

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Xenex "robot" uses pulse xenon to deliver UV light throughout patient rooms, operating rooms (ORs), equipment rooms, emergency rooms, intensive-care units (ICUs) and public areas to destroy viruses, bacteria and bacterial spores in just 5-10 minutes per room. (Photo: Business Wire)

CDC says ‘nightmare bacteria’ CRE superbug killing half of those who are infected

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Natal Lion Park in Camperdown, near Durban, South Africa, is a haven for lions and other animals native to Africa. The lion population in the wild is decreasing.

Lion alert: Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe find bodies mauled by beasts

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Lauren Silberman boots the ball during kicker tryouts at an NFL football regional combine workout, Sunday, March 3, 2013, at the New York Jets' training facility in Florham Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Female NFL tryout ends amid accusations it was business promotion

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A Thursday Sept. 16, 2010, photo from files showing Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien speaking to the media in Edinburgh, Scotland. Cardinal O'Brien resigned Monday Feb 25, 2013 due to allegations of misconduct. (AP Photo/Scott Campbell, File)

U.K.’s Cardinal O’Brien, facing ‘inappropriate’ behavior charges, resigns

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the Broadway musical. (Associated Press)

Costumed superheroes serve as window washers at children’s hospitals

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore talks during an interview on Jan. 29, 2013, in New York. Gore, who takes aim in his new book at the corporate media for "suffocating the free flow of ideas," defended the sale of his own television channel to Al-Jazeera. (Associated Press)

Help wanted: Al-Jazeera marks expansion to U.S. with hiring spree

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** A box of ammunition is seen on Oct. 17, 2012, on the counter of a gun shop in Tinley Park, Ill. (Associated Press)

Gun dealers report ammo shortages

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times