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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)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Newt Gingrich, as a declared Republican candidate for president, is advocating more research to find a cure for Alzeimer's disease. But his spending proposal to save taxpayer's money on medical costs in the long run apparently isn't what his conservative audience wants to hear.
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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, is among GOP leaders insisting on binding changes in the short term to discretionary spending and in the long term to entitlement spending. The federal government hit its debt limit on May 16. (AP Photo)
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Rick Welts, 58, president and CEO of the Phoenix Suns, is the first high-ranking executive in a men's major team sport to publicly disclose his homosexuality.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, waits to be arraigned Monday in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of rape, sex abuse and other counts after a maid at a Times Square hotel said she was attacked in his penthouse suite.
