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A $1,500 Pioneer AVIC-N2, the first aftermarket navigation system based on XM Satellite Radio's NavTraffic service, is shown installed in a Toyota Scion in this photo in New York, Wednesday June 15, 2005. NavTraffic is advertised as offering up-to-the-minute traffic conditions based on reporting from local contractors in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas that account for 50 percent of the U.S. population. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A new analysis from the Competitive Enterprise Institute tracks the toll of federal regulations, and offers a new agenda for Congress (Image from CEI)
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QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND -In this Thursday, July 31, 2014 photo, skiers and snowboarders enjoy clear skies at The Remarkables ski area near Queenstown, New Zealand. The Remarkables is one of several large ski areas that has been making snow at record rates following the warmest start to winter ever recorded. Scientists said New Zealand's glaciers and ice are melting at alarming rates due to climate change. (AP Photo/Richard Savoie)
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BERMUDA -Local islanders sit on a wall at John Smith's Bay in Smith's Parish following Hurricane Igor in Bermuda, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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A small drone flying onto the White House grounds Monday, triggering an emergency response and raising fresh questions about security.
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Artist rendering of the Baku National Stadium currently under construction in Boyuk Shor, Baku, Azerbaijan.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie takes a question about the "epic" incoming snowstorm, with help from Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and other officials. (associated press)
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President Barack Obama is proposing to designate the vast majority of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a wilderness area, including its potentially oil-rich coastal plain, drawing an angry response from top state elected officials who see it as a land grab by the federal government. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican and chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Live Action founder and president Lila Rose was one of the speakers at a daylong conference Friday where 2,000 young pro-life supporters were urged to stay visible, stay active and stay hopeful in their efforts to end abortion in America. (Image courtesy of Students for Life of America)
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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2013 file photo, a little blue heron catches a crayfish in the Shark Valley section of Everglades National Park, Fla. Nesting declines for some species of wading birds shows the long-term damage suffered by Florida's Everglades, and targets set for higher numbers of nests may become unattainable if conditions in the unique wetlands do not improve soon, according to an annual report on nesting wading birds released, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 by the South Florida Water Management District. The report states that nesting by little blue herons, tricolored herons and snowy egrets declined significantly in 2014. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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Jack Requa, Metro's interim general manager, addresses reporters after the transit agency's Jan. 22 safety board meeting in D.C. (Andrea Noble/The Washington Times)
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YouTube, Verizon and American Apparel were named Wednesday on the "dirty dozen" list of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
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Former US Vice President Al Gore, left, and US singer Pharrell Williams, right, attend the panel "What's Next? A Climate for Action", during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. The meeting runs Jan. 21 through 24 under the overarching theme "The New Global Context". (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Cheryl Strayed's book "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" led to her being a guest at the State of the Union and as high-profile environmental advocate. (Associated Press photographs)
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A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "I am Nisman" in Spanish during a protest sparked by the death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Associated Press)
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An "American Sniper" billboard on Wilshire Boulevard and Bundy Drive in Los Angeles was defaced with the word "Murder!" in red paint on Sunday. (My Fox Philly)