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An Air China Boeing 777 jetliner (center) taxis to a gate after landing at Beijing International Airport in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. Boeing Co. said it expects China’s airlines to triple the size of their fleets over the next two decades, driven by strong economic growth and rising tourism spending. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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Terry McAuliffe has made a point that Republican Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II's comments about the lesbian and gay community are inimical to economic growth. The numbers, however, say Virginia has done well in the past four years under GOP leadership. (Associated Press)
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Hendershot's Sporting Goods sales associate Robbie Wood (right) fills out the paperwork for a customer for a regulated firearm transfer at the National Pike store east of Hagerstown, Md. (Ric Dugan/The (Hagerstown) Herald-Mail) **FILE**
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Timo Ihamuotila (from left), new CEO of the Finnish mobile phone company Nokia; Risto Siilasmaa, the company's board chairman; and former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop participate in a press conference in Espoo, Finland, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, to discuss Microsoft's takeover of Nokia in a deal reported to be worth some 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion). (AP Photo/LEHTIKUVA, Markku Ulander)
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The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station will shut down by end of 2014. Much like coal, nuclear power — once heralded as the future of U.S. energy — now is fighting to compete with natural gas prices near record lows. (Associated Press)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to business and Republican leaders in Chesterfield, Mo., in late August, warning them that unless there is an override of Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of an income-tax cut, he won't be the only governor trying to lure business away from Missouri. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch via Associated Press)
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Number 7 — Intern: Sure it's cool back on campus, but here? Not so much. Whether you're fetching coffee in a Capitol Hill office or dashing down the steps of the Supreme Court for a TV network, spending a summer between semesters is not all glory in DC.
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People sign a poster of Martin Luther King Jr. following a march down Pennsylvania Avenue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech in D.C. on Aug. 28, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A presidential run in 2016 may or may not be in the cards. (Illustration by Paul Combs of the Tribune Media Services)
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The outgoing Marine Corps mascot, Sgt. Chesty XIII, right, nuzzles the incoming Marine mascot, Private First Class Chesty XIV, following the Eagle Globe and Anchor pinning ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington in Washington, D.C., April 8, 2013. The English bulldog has been the breed of choice for the Marine mascot since the 1950s, with each being named Chesty in honor of the highly decorated Gen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller. (DoD photo by Sgt. Mallory S. VanderSchans, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)
