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âWe need expanded background checks, and we need to create serious penalties for gun trafficking. There is no question that these kinds of measures would protect our kids and keep our communities safer,â Biden said.

Joe Biden makes gun-control plea ahead of Newtown anniversary

Brian Hughes · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, file photo, an employee walks a wide isle at Amazon.com's 1.2 million square foot fulfillment center, in Phoenix. Millions of shoppers are expected to click on items on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, as retailers rev up deals to grab online holiday shopping dollars on the first working day after the busy holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Supreme Court won’t stop NY’s Internet taxation

Jesse Holland · December 2, 2013 10:15 pm

The Supreme Court has turned away a Christian university's attempt to overturn a key part of the Obama administration's health care law. (Courtesy photo)

High court ends Liberty U. lawsuit over health law

Associated Press · December 2, 2013 2:46 pm

News-Leader: Missouri wants renewable-energy lawsuit thrown out

Energy and Environment

News-Leader: Missouri wants renewable-energy lawsuit thrown out

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Shaun Campbell, left, and partner Tony Singh are congratulated by guests after their wedding at the Sheraton Waikiki on Monday in Honolulu. (AP/Marco Garcia)

Gay weddings become reality in Hawaii with new law

Oskar Garcia · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a conservative Christian university's challenge to several key parts of President Obama's health care law.

Supreme Court rejects Liberty University’s Obamacare challenge

Sean Lengell · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Although Amazon has agreed to collect taxes in some states as it sets up distribution centers around the country, it has resisted efforts by others to impose sales taxes unilaterally. (AP File)

Amazon rejected by Supreme Court on New York sales tax

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is the featured speaker at a national conference in Washington on courts that stress treatment over punishment for law-breaking vets. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Veterans Affairs chief touting veteran courts at DC conference

Associated Press · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

$A vote to ban hydraulic fracturing in the Denver suburb of Broomfield is getting a recount after the measure failed by just 13 votes. Broomfield was one of four Front Range towns considering limits or band on the drilling procedure some fear may not be safe. The stateâs powerful oil and gas industry far outspent the activists and predicted victory in Broomfield. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt)$ Energy and Environment

Broomfield, Colo., begins fracking recount amid criticism

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Mary Cheney,ÃÂ responded angrily on Facebook when sister Liz, who is running against longtime Sen. Mike Enzi in conservative Wyoming's Republican primary, said on "Fox News Sunday" that she opposes gay marriage. (AP/Caleb Jones)

On the Slide: Cheney parents back candidate Liz over Mary in public gay-marriage feud

Zack Colman · November 29, 2013 5:00 am

Lawmakers take aim at 3-D gun printing

Tim Mak · November 29, 2013 5:00 am

FOR STORY BY SOPHIA TAREEN TO RUN WEDNESDAY PMS, NOV. 27 - This June 2011photo provided by Starbelly Studios in Chicago shows Vernita Gray, left, and Patricia Ewert smiling during their civil union ceremony at Millennium Park in Chicago. U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, ordered the Cook County clerk to issue an expedited marriage license to Gray and Ewert before the state's gay marriage law takes effect in June 2014. Gray is terminally ill. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Starbelly Studios, Timmy Samuel) MANDATORY CREDIT

Illinois same-sex couple set to be first to wed

Associated Press · November 27, 2013 5:00 am