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FILE - This Oct. 8, 2012 file photo shows the wrecked Subaru Impreza in which four people died as it is loaded onto a flatbed truck on the Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead, N.Y., after and early-morning accident. At the wheel was a New York teenager, Joseph Beer, who had smoked about $20 worth of marijuana, before getting into the car with four friends, and driving over 100 mph before crashing into trees with such force that it split the car in half. As states liberalize their marijuana laws, public officials and safety advocates worry that more drivers high on pot will lead to a spike in traffic deaths. Researchers who have studied the issue, though, are divided over whether toking before taking the wheel in fact leads to more accidents. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman, File)

Marijuana’s hazy contribution to highway deaths

Joan Lowy · September 2, 2014 11:33 am

FILE - This June 25, 2014 file photo shows singer Chris Brown arriving at the D.C. Superior Court in Washington. Brown is scheduled to appear in a District of Columbia court for what would be a third attempt at a plea deal to resolve an assault case that dates to October 2013. According to court filings, Brown was scheduled to appear in D.C. Superior Court on Friday for a plea hearing but was unable due to travel issues. The hearing was rescheduled for Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Chris Brown due back in DC court for plea hearing

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 11:31 am

5 things to know about driving on marijuana

5 things to know about driving on marijuana

Joan Lowy · September 2, 2014 7:27 am

US military targets extremists in Somalia

US military targets extremists in Somalia

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 6:17 am

US helicopter crashes in Gulf of Aden; all rescued

US helicopter crashes in Gulf of Aden; all rescued

Will Lester · September 1, 2014 8:47 pm

Obama notifies Congress of airstrikes in Iraq

Obama notifies Congress of airstrikes in Iraq

Washington Examiner · September 1, 2014 5:20 pm

FILE - This Oct. 8, 2012 file photo shows the wrecked Subaru Impreza in which four people died as it is loaded onto a flatbed truck on the Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead, N.Y., after and early-morning accident. At the wheel was a New York teenager, Joseph Beer, who had smoked about $20 worth of marijuana, before getting into the car with four friends, and driving over 100 mph before crashing into trees with such force that it split the car in half. As states liberalize their marijuana laws, public officials and safety advocates worry that more drivers high on pot will lead to a spike in traffic deaths. Researchers who have studied the issue, though, are divided over whether toking before taking the wheel in fact leads to more accidents. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman, File)

Will traffic deaths rise as states legalize pot?

Joan Lowy · September 1, 2014 5:16 pm

This Oct. 2, 2013, file photo shows Vicki Maturo, of Culver City, Calif., as she protests against the government shutdown outside the federal building in Los Angeles.

Surly 2014 electorate poised to ‘keep the bums in’

Donna Cassata · September 1, 2014 4:32 pm

National Security

US trained Alaskans as secret ‘stay-behind agents’

Robert Burns · September 1, 2014 8:26 am

FILE - This March 25, 2014 file photo shows House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., leaving a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The chairs of both the House and Senate intelligence committees prodded President Barack Obama on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, to take decisive action against the growing threats from Islamic State militants on U.S. soil. "His foreign policy is in absolute free-fall," Rogers said of President Barack Obama. In a separate interview Sunday California Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein who heads the Senate intelligence panel said Obama efforts to combat Islamic state group are perhaps "too cautious." "This is a group of people who are extraordinarily dangerous," she said. "And they'll kill with abandon." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Lawmakers: Islamic State groups wants to hit US

Philip Elliott · September 1, 2014 8:23 am

National Security

U.S. trained Alaskans as secret ‘stay-behind agents’

Robert Burns · August 31, 2014 5:05 pm

This photo taken Dec. 21, 2012 photo Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Cal., chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaking at a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington. Sunday in Washington, Aug. 31, 2014, Feinstein said President Barack Obama may be "too cautious" in his approach to dealing with Islamic State militants. Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press" she said that the Defense and State departments have been putting together a response to the threat, and has seen nothing to compare to the viciousness of the militants who have overrun large portions of Iraq, killed civilians and beheaded American journalist James Foley. Feinstein says the Islamic State group has financing, military structure and weapons unlike any other militants and called them "extraordinarily dangerous." (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)

House, Senate intel chiefs flag Islamic State risk

Philip Elliott · August 31, 2014 4:38 pm