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              Dr. Kermit Gosnell is escorted to a waiting police van upon leaving the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia on May 13, 2013, after being convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his clinic. (Associated Press/Philadelphia Daily News)

              MILLER: Jarred by Gosnell, Congress moves to ban abortion after 20 weeks

              By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

              As Kermit Gosnell starts his life sentence for murdering babies, Congress is moving to create a federal law against aborting babies in the last months of pregnancy.

              Former IRS commissioner says scrutiny was not his job as a political appointee

              By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

              The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was inappropriately scrutinizing conservative groups’ applications for tax-exempt status said Tuesday that he intentionally kept himself in the dark about those kinds of decisions because he thought, as a political appointee, he should keep his distance.

              Stephen Cyr (left), 13, and his brother Paul, 15, attend a "Save Our Scouts" prayer vigil and rally in front of the Boy Scouts of America national headquarters in Texas on Feb. 6, 2013. The organization said it needed more time before deciding whether to exclude gays as Scouts or adult leaders. (Associated Press)

              Vote on gays likely to reduce Boy Scout membership either way

              By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

              A different kind of “jamboree” awaits the 1,400 delegates arriving Wednesday at the Boy Scouts of America’s national conference in Grapevine, Texas.

              What's Left: Lea Bessinger and her son Josh Bessinger sort through the rubble of Ms. Bessinger's tornado-ravaged home Tuesday.

              Oklahoma destruction hard to fathom even for Tornado Alley

              By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

              As search and rescue teams combed Moore, Okla., for survivors of Monday’s deadly twister, officials struggled to describe devastation that, even for a town in the heart of “Tornado Alley,” is almost unimaginable.

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