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Wal-Mart has found a new site for a store in Orange County, Va., appeasing preservationists who deemed the corporation's original site too close to the land where the Battle of the Wilderness was fought in 1864. (Associated Press)
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"By honoring its public commitment to choose an alternate site in Orange County, Wal-Mart has demonstrated that preservation groups and retailers can work together to find universally beneficial resolutions." - James Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Trust (Associated Press)
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A cleaned fracking pipe is ready for use in a drill operation. In 2007, drillers had 27 wells tapping the Marcellus Shale rock deposit in the state. Last year, a record 1,445 natural gas wells were drilled. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Dirt is moved over a water pipeline that will be used at a natural gas drilling site in Washington, Pa. Proponents of extracting natural gas from shale tout fracking as the key to satisfying the nation's booming energy appetite. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Barnes & Noble's Nook electronic reader now accounts for 28 percent of the market for those devices. It has the potential to go beyond books to deliver all types of digital products, including music, magazines, TV shows and movies. Cable television mogul John Malone is offering $1 billion to buy the bookstore chain. (Associated Press)
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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens on May 19, 2011, to proceedings in his case in New York state Supreme Court. (Associated Press)
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Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain will announce his presidential aspirations at high noon Saturday. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens to proceedings in his case in New York state Supreme Court on Thursday. A judge set bail at $1 million Thursday. (Associated Press)
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Jeff Weiner (second from right), LinkedIn's CEO, celebrates the company's listing on May 19, 2011, at the New York Stock Exchange. LinkedIn, based in Mountain View, Calif., is an internet-based social networking rolodex for business people. (Associated Press)
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LinkedIn Corp., the professional networking Web site, displays its logo outside of headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on May 9, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Office workers stroll through a street filled with restaurants at lunchtime in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. Japan's economy contracted sharply in the first quarter, veering back into recession as factory production and consumer spending wilted in the aftermath of March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Associated Press)
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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)
