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This computer screen capture shows the Department of Homeland Security Twitter homepage. The Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog says the agency needs better rules over its many Twitter and Facebook accounts and use of similar social media services to avoid breaking the law. A new report the government released Friday says that in one case, investigators in an unspecified DHS office were secretly monitoring people to detect benefit fraud. But officials realized that the effort broke their rules about using online tools for undercover work, and they stopped doing it. (AP Photo)

National Security

US: Homeland Security needs better Twitter rules

Jack Gillum · September 13, 2013 6:23 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2012 file photo, a Food and Drug Administration Agent stands at the doorway of New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., as investigators work inside. House lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday, Sept. 13, 2013, that would bring more federal oversight to large specialty pharmacies like the New England Compounding Center that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)

House unveils bill to police specialty pharmacies

Washington Examiner · September 13, 2013 5:30 pm

Just back from Europe, Obama heads next to Asia

Washington Examiner · September 13, 2013 5:25 pm

FILE - This Jan. 21, 2010 file photo shows 105mm shells containing mustard agent that are stored in a bunker at the Army's Pueblo Chemical Storage facility in Pueblo, Colo. Three decades after the United States started destroying its own chemical weapons, the nationÃ?s stockpile stands at more than 3,000 tons _ about three times what the U.S. now says Syrian President Bashar Assad controls. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

National Security

In US arsenal, lessons for Syria chemical weapons

Associated Press · September 13, 2013 5:08 pm

Correction: Income Inequality story

Washington Examiner · September 13, 2013 3:01 pm

Obama economic adviser leaving, successor picked

Jim Kuhnhenn · September 13, 2013 2:25 pm

In this photo of July 31, 2013, school uniforms by Arizona are displayed at JC Penney in New York. The government reports how much U.S. businesses adjusted their stockpiles in July on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

US businesses boost stockpiles as sales grow

Christopher Rugaber · September 13, 2013 2:15 pm

US businesses step up restocking in July as sales rise, a positive sign for economic growth

Washington Examiner · September 13, 2013 2:01 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, file photo, Raegan Jackson, 10, picks out a backpack shopping at Target in Lynchburg, Va. The government reports on sales at U.S. retailers in August on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/News & Daily Advance, Sam O'Keefe)

US retail sales rise slight 0.2 percent in August

Christopher Rugaber · September 13, 2013 1:30 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, file photo, workers load large containers of nectarines for sorting at Eastern ProPak Farmers Cooperative in Glassboro, N.J. The Commerce Department reports on wholesale prices for August on Friday, Sept 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)

Energy and Environment

Energy costs push US wholesale prices up 0.3 pct.

Paul Wiseman · September 13, 2013 12:34 pm

US spending at retail businesses up 0.2 pct. in August on strong demand for autos, furniture

Washington Examiner · September 13, 2013 12:32 pm

Higher energy costs push US wholesale prices up 0.3 pct. in August; inflation stays mild

Washington Examiner · September 13, 2013 12:31 pm