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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows death row inmate Ronald Post. Post, 53, is scheduled to be executed Jan. 16, 2013, for the 1983 shooting death of a hotel desk clerk. Post is trying to stave off execution, arguing that because of his obesity, an attempt to put him to death would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. (AP Photo/Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections, File)

Condemned obese Ohio killer asks board for mercy

Andrew WelshHuggins · December 6, 2012 9:22 pm

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush gestures while speaking at a news conference, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Philadelphia, where it was announced he will follow Bill Clinton as chairman of the National Constitution Center. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Jeb Bush to lead National Constitution Center

Maryclaire Dale · December 6, 2012 9:21 pm

Michigan GOP approves right to work amid protests

JEFF KAROUBJOHN FLESHER · December 6, 2012 9:19 pm

US library to fund literacy awards with $1.5M gift

Brett Zongker · December 6, 2012 9:14 pm

File - In a June 27, 2011 file photo, employees at the Tyson food processing plant in Springdale Ark., are helped by emergency personnel after being exposed to chlorine gas. The chlorine gas leak that sickened nearly 200 people happened because a worker who couldn't read the English-language label on a barrel of chemicals inadvertently poured bleach into it, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released Thursday.(AP Photo/The Morning News, Spencer Tirey, File)

CDC: Language barrier caused chlorine gas leak

Kelly Kissel · December 6, 2012 9:13 pm

Agreement boosts access for American Indian vets

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2012 9:12 pm

Air Force drone aircraft crashes in Nevada desert

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2012 7:56 pm

5 states to share $133 million for early learning

Josh Lederman · December 6, 2012 7:48 pm

Alan Simpson dances Gangnam Style to urge debt fix

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2012 7:45 pm

Frank Louis Reeves is wheeled out of the courtroom after his first appearance Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012, in Macon Ga. No bond was set Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 5, 2012, for Reeves who is accused in the death of a woman outside a Gray Highway gas station after his motorized wheelchair bumped her car. (AP Photo/The Macon Telegraph, Woody Marshall)

Man accused in Ga. gas station shooting is veteran

Jeff Martin · December 6, 2012 7:38 pm

1st editor of The Washington Times dies

Jessica Gresko · December 6, 2012 7:21 pm

President Barack Obama walks over to shake hands with business leaders before speaking about the fiscal cliff during an address before the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama visits Va. family to pitch fiscal plan

Ken Thomas · December 6, 2012 7:06 pm