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Jennifer Pompi

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Jennifer Pompi is a general assignment reporter and afternoon slot editor for The Washington Times. Previously, she worked as an editor for AOL/Patch, covering hyperlocal news in Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland. She can be reached at jpompi@washingtontimes.com.

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FILE - This photo released on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 by the Massachusetts State Police shows some of the 1,250 packets of heroin labeled "Obamacare" and "Kurt Cobain" which state police troopers confiscated during a traffic stop in Hatfield, Mass. Four people were charged with heroin trafficking. (AP Photo/Massachusetts State Police)

Uninsured rate holding at low point, Gallup finds

Following the end of Obamacare's first open enrollment period, the U.S. uninsured rate is holding steady at a low point of 13.4 percent, with the rate declining most among blacks and Hispanics, according to a new Gallup poll.

June 5, 2014
**FILE** NASA has discovered a massive, rocky planet, dubbed Kepler-10c, that weighs 17 times as much as Earth. (AP Photo/NASA Ames, SETI Institute, JPL-Caltech, T. Pyle)

Massive, rocky planet amazes astronomers

Astronomers have been confounded by the discovery of a massive, rocky planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth, challenging traditional explanations of how planets are formed.

June 3, 2014
**FILE** A caregiver picks out a marijuana bud for a patient at a marijuana dispensary in Denver on Sept. 18, 2012. (Associated Press)

Chef teaches classes on cooking with pot

One Arizona chef is turning his love of cooking, his appreciation for the effects of medicinal marijuana and the demand for edible pot products into a new money-making venture.

June 3, 2014
An execution chamber is shown in this file photo. On Dec. 10, 2019, the Missouri Supreme Court rejected an appeal from convicted murderer David Hosier. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File) **FILE**

Missouri AG wants to make execution drugs in-house

After recent legal scuffles with journalists and condemned inmates over information about where and how execution drugs are made, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has a suggestion: bring the drug manufacturing in-house.

May 29, 2014
Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton has raised $1 million to reboot the cancelled show. (AP Photo/Reading Rainbow, file)

Reading Rainbow makes a comeback

LeVar Burton raised more than $1 million in one day to fund a relaunch of Reading Rainbow for the next generation.

May 28, 2014
FILE- In this April 17, 2007 file photo, exhibitors of the Google company work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany. Google says it’s still figuring out how to comply with the European Court of Justice’s May 13, 2014, ruling, which says the company must respond to complaints about private information that turns up in searches. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)

Mostly white men work at Google

The search engine giant released workforce diversity numbers on its official blog Wednesday, revealing that 70 percent of its workforce is male, and 61 percent of its workforce is white.

May 28, 2014
The Honda Accord. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

Most stolen cars of 2013

The theft-prevention and vehicle-recovery specialists released their annual list of the top ten most stolen vehicles for 2013, and some may find the list surprising.

May 27, 2014
John Mellencamp performs before Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at the American Civil War Center at the Historic Tredegar Ironworks Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Gov. Walker loves Mellencamp; feeling not mutual

John Mellencamp's "Pink Houses" may be for "you and me" but they are not for the likes of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, or other conservative groups or politicians, a message the liberal rocker has made clear on several occasions.

April 16, 2014