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Washington Redskins free safety E.J. Biggers (30) eyes the Titans backfield as he prepares to blitz in the first quarter against the Tennessee Titans at FedExField, Landover, Md., Oct. 19, 2014. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
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The Spider Outbreak maze at Six Flags America's Fright Fest in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry answers questions during a news conference to discuss Texas’ Ebola prevention efforts, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Perry has joined calls for an air travel ban from countries hit the hardest by Ebola. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Washington Redskins strong safety Bashaud Breeland (26) had to fill the shoes of the injured cornerback DeAngelo Hall (23) against the New York Giants at FedExField, Landover, Md., Sept. 25, 2014. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
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National Edition News cover for October 16, 2014 - Obama ignored 2008 CDC transition advice on Ebola: A Moroccan health worker uses a thermometer to screen a passenger at the arrivals hall of the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, Thursday, Oct 9, 2014. Air Maroc, along with Air France and Brussels Airlines, are still flying to Ebola-hit West Africa, with the backing of the World Health Organization. The WHO has urged the airlines to keep flying, saying the risk to public health from air travel itself is low and that flights bring needed aid workers and supplies. Airlines have to balance that against safety concerns which have led British Airways and Emirates to suspend service. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)
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National Edition Opinion cover for October 16, 2014 - President Obama, Ebola and the total collapse of credibility (Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times)
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Members of Dallas Fire-Rescue Department prepare to decontaminate common areas near the Dallas apartment of a second health care worker who has tested positive for Ebola. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Rajiv Shah (center), serving as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, inspected a newly built treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, during the devastating 2014 outbreak. A task force organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies recommended preserving USAID as an independent agency coordinating all U.S. foreign assistance and not folding it into the State Department. (Associated Press/File)
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The Spider Outbreak maze at Six Flags America’s 2014 ‘Fright Fest’ in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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Dr. Douglas Butzier, who was running for the U.S. Senate as a libertarian candidate, died Monday night in a plane crash near Dubuque Regional Airport. (KCRG)
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Head-shakers: Troops injured by explosions have some similarities and some differences with football players when it comes to brain trauma. Researchers are working to move beyond the "dark ages" to better understand such injuries, which are treated the same way immediately — with rest and pain relief — but can have long-term consequences. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins strong safety Brandon Meriweather leaves the field after being injured against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, in Glendale, Ariz.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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With the intense media coverage of two Ebola cases in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry has risen to the opportunity and in the polls. (Associated Press)
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An American flag is draped from two fire trucks during the national memorial ceremony for fallen firefighters in Emmitsburg, Md., Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer delivered the keynote address. Among the 107 firefighters honored were 19 Arizona firefighters killed in a 2013 canyon fire and 10 first responders killed in a fertilizer plant explosion in Central Texas last year. Ninety-eight of the firefighters honored died in the line of duty in 2013. Nine died in previous years. (AP Photo/PennLive.com, Ivey DeJesus)
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National Edition News cover for October 12, 2014 - Golden Hammer: Taxpayers fund pumpkin patches, hay rides, fall festivals: Many of the pumpkins that are the cornerstones of festivals and events financed by tax dollars were grown with the assistance of pricey farm subsidies. (Associated Press)
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This Oct. 7, 2013, file photo shows the TMone call center building in Spearfish, S.D., which collapsed from the weight of snow from an early season blizzard. City leaders in Spearfish have approved building a $5.8 million facility to replace a city-owned call center that collapsed during a blizzard a year ago. (AP Photo/Rapid City Journal, Kristina Barker, File)
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Inside the shelter at the top of Winstead Hill with a relief map showing the battle of Franklin in TN.
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Rising sea levels from melting glaciers, ice caps, and the oceans' thermal expansion could eventually flood the low-lying capital of Paramaribo. (Photo: Courtesy Government of Suriname)
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In 2000 the United States Geological Survey estimated that up to 15 billion barrels of recoverable oil might lie beneath the coastal waters of Suriname and neighboring Guyana. (Photo: Courtesy Staatsolie Public Relations)
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Many of the pumpkins that are the cornerstones of festivals and events financed by tax dollars were grown with the assistance of pricey farm subsidies. (Associated Press)
