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In this photo released on Friday Dec. 7,2012 by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection showing a confiscated box of assorted rubber ducks part of a shipment that officers in Southern California seized along with nearly 36,000 Chinese rubber ducks that contain levels of a chemicals that may be unhealthful for children. The ducks decorated as Santas, Snowmen and other holiday figures were seized Dec. 4 by officers and import specialists at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.(AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Customs seizes rubber ducks for chemical safety

Washington Examiner · December 7, 2012 11:32 pm

Neb. school officials avoid charges in abuse case

Margery Beck · December 7, 2012 11:20 pm

A chandelier made of revolvers, spurs and cowhide shades is seen Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, inside one of the homes owned by former Dixon, Ill., comptroller Rita Crundwell during a tour provided by the U.S. Marshals Service for prospective property buyers and the media. Crundwell pleaded guilty last month to embezzling $53 milliion from the small city in Illinois to fund a lavish lifestyle that included a nationally known horse-breeding operation. The spoils of Crundwell's looting are on the auction block, being sold for pennies on the dollar by the U.S. Marshals Service. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Media, Alex T. Paschal)

Homes of ex-Ill. official who stole $53M on show

Tammy Webber · December 7, 2012 11:18 pm

Demonstrators protest right-to-work legislation in the outside the George W. Romney State Office building, where Gov. Snyder's office is located, in Lansing, Mich., Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Michigan could become the 24th state with a right-to-work law next week. Rules require a five-day wait before the House and Senate vote on each other's bills; lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday and Gov. Snyder has pledged to sign the bills into law. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michigan Republicans end part of union tradition

JEFF KAROUBJOHN FLESHER · December 7, 2012 11:18 pm

Sandusky seeks less harsh Pa. prison setting

Mark Scolforo · December 7, 2012 11:02 pm

Hawaii high school closes after brawl, 8 arrests

Oskar Garcia · December 7, 2012 11:00 pm

Clarification: Cancer Funding-Texas story

Washington Examiner · December 7, 2012 10:57 pm

Brandon Coats works on his computer at his home in Denver on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Colorado case of Brandon Coats is giving employers pause. Coats, 33, was a telephone operator for Dish Network. Paralyzed as a teenager in a car crash, he's also been a medical marijuana patient in Colorado since 2009. He was fired in 2010 for failing a company drug test, though the employer didn't claim he was ever impaired on the job. Coats sued, and the case is pending before the Colorado Court of Appeals. The case will test the bounds of Colorado's Lawful Off-Duty Activities Law, which says workers can't be dismissed for legal behavior off the clock. It was enacted in 2007 to protect tobacco users. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Legal pot complicates drug-free work policies

GENE JOHNSONKRISTEN WYATT · December 7, 2012 10:15 pm

Pa. jury: Mom had sex with young son, dad helped

Washington Examiner · December 7, 2012 10:08 pm

Texas man linked to Anonymous faces more charges

Washington Examiner · December 7, 2012 9:55 pm

Congressional aides: White House requests $60.4 billion for states hit by Superstorm Sandy

Washington Examiner · December 7, 2012 9:44 pm

Officials won’t say why Texas driver isn’t charged

Betsy Blaney · December 7, 2012 9:29 pm