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U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl leaves the courthouse Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, after his arraignment hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Andrew Craft /The Fayetteville Observer via AP) ** FILE **
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Customers exit a Dollar General store in San Antonio on Sept. 25, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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With his message geared toward domestic issues of taxes, spending and income inequality, Sen. Bernard Sanders' campaign is challenged by the need to start talking about issues beyond his economics comfort zone — and which puts him on the turf of Hillary Clinton, the country's former top diplomat. (Associated Press)
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In this Dec. 17, 2015 file photo, Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is escorted by law enforcement agents in New York after being taken into custody following a securities probe. Shkreli resigned as the head of Turing Pharmaceuticals, one of the companies he runs, and another, KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, said Monday, Dec. 21, in a printed statement that it terminated Shkreli last week.. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
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This image released by The Weinstein Company shows Samuel L. Jackson in a scene from "The Hateful Eight." (Andrew Cooper/The Weinstein Company via AP)
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Demand from craft beer brewers led to an 11 percent increase in U.S. hop production in 2015 compared to the previous year. (Associated Press/File)
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Chart to accompany Moore article of Dec. 21, 2015
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"May the Force be with you." Han Solo/Harrison Ford in Star Wars (1977)
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National Edition News cover for December 19, 2015 - Injury rate in training for combat twice as high for women: In basic combat training, women are injured at twice the rate of men. For example, among the fastest groups of men and women in a 2-mile run, the male injury rate is 10 percent and the female rate is 26 percent. Women have a rate of stress factors during training four times higher than men. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters after the Senate gave sweeping approval to a year-end budget package that boosts federal agency spending and awards tax cuts to both families and an array of business interests, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters after the Senate gave sweeping approval to a year-end budget package that boosts federal agency spending and awards tax cuts to both families and an array of business interests, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. President Obama will sign the measure, which includes many of the spending increases he fought for all year and is largely free of GOP attempts to block his moves on the environment, financial regulation, and consumer protection. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2015 file photo, Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is escorted by law enforcement agents in New York after being taken into custody following a securities probe. Shkreli has resigned as the head of one of the companies he now runs, Turing Pharmaceuticals, on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015.(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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In this Oct. 1, 2015 photo, a shopper walks past a store with a "Help Wanted" sign in the window, in New York. The Labor Department said Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 that jobless rates fell in 27 states, rose in 11, and were unchanged in 12 states. Employers added jobs in 35 states, while employment fell in 14. Montana’s job total was flat last month. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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U.S. Army Pfc. Amy Alexanders carries a 103-pound barrel to a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a physical demands study, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Ft. Stewart, Ga., in this file photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Illustration on government subsidization of the solar energy industry by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Mismanagement Deepens Drought Damage Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Mismanagement Deepens Drought Damage Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, examines a printout of the $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government for the 2016 budget year and extend $680 billion in tax cuts for businesses and individuals, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the legislation. (Associated Press)
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Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is belted into an awaiting car after being taken into custody following a securities probe, on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 in New York. A seven-count indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court Thursday charged Shkreli with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
