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Brothers William (left) and Jonathan Bartley speak with Punita Sareen, a recruitment officer for Emirate Airlines, at the 23rd annual CUNY Big Apple Job Fair in New York on Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told Republican officials they must depend on themselves to raise enough money to carry their states for the GOP in 2012. "The days of you and your state being able to rely on the Republican National Committee for money to get out the vote are over," Mr. Barbour said.
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Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers check sandbags along the shore of the rising Mississippi River in Natchez, Miss., on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "They're doing just fine at almost every level of their business, and we're giving them a taxpayer subsidy at a time when we have record deficits. Give me a break," said Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, of oil producers.
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Queen Elizabeth II signs the visitor's book at Aras An Uachtarain, the Irish president's residence in Phoenix Park in Dublin on Tuesday. Irish President Mary McAleese; her husband, Dr. Martin McAleese (left); and Prince Philip look on. Politicians on both side of the Irish Sea have described the four-day event as momentous.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS The Moroccan-inspired domes and sign of the Sahara hotel and casino stand out on the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday, when it closed in its 59th year of operation. Some of the biggest names in show business played, stayed and entertained at the Sahara. The future of the site is unknown.
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, arm and arm with his lawyer Billy Martin, leaves the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of witness tampering. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, center, exits the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of witness tampering. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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The media surrounds former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson as he arrives at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson arrives at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. At left is his lawyer Billy Martin. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson arrives at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. At left is his lawyer Billy Martin. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, arm and arm with his lawyer Billy Martin, leaves the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of witness tampering. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson heads to his car after leaving the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of witness tampering. At right is his lawyer Billy Martin. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson speaks to the media outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of witness tampering. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson speaks to the media outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of witness tampering. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, left, and lawyer Billy Martin, speak to the media outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of witness tampering. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson heads to his car after leaving the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of witness tampering. At right is his lawyer Billy Martin. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson arrives at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. At left is his lawyer Billy Martin. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Shukri Ghanem, Libyan oil minister and head of the state-run National Oil Corp., addresses a news conference in Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, waits to be arraigned on Monday, May 16, 2011, in Manhattan Criminal Court for an alleged attack on a maid at a New York hotel near Times Square on Saturday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool)
