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Jayson Werth, a former Phillie, singled in his first at-bat as a Nat on Thursday and made two nice plays in the field. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro's casket is carried out of the Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer later Thursday. Mrs. Ferraro, 75, died Saturday of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, with a fellow Republican, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, to his right, addresses a tea party "Continuing Revolution? rally Thursday on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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A replica of the 4.5-ton atomic bomb Fat Man is at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, western Japan. (Associated Press)
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J.K. Simmons (left) stars as the father of Lou Taylor Pucci in "The Music Never Stopped." The two bond after years of estrangement when the father discovers that his son has a brain tumor.
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In this Wednesday, March 30, 2011 photo, Dr. Peter Scriba, chairman of the German Medical Association's advisory board, poses in Munich, southern Germany. For German patients plagued with problems like chronic pain and mild depression, doctors may soon be trying something a little different: a placebo. After completing a major study on the use of placebos, the German Medical Association recently concluded the fake pills sometimes work better than real medicines and recommended that doctors give them out more often even without explicitly telling their patients. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana Republican, will join the Tea Party Patriots' "Continuing Revolution" rally near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.
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MLB Commissioner Bud Selig was told by health officials in 15 cities that baseball should not associate itself with smokeless tobacco, "a product that causes disease and death." (Associated Press)
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'FRUSTRATED': Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler calls the rally a way "to prepare for the 2012 election." (Associated Press)
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In this undated photo provided by Dendreon Corp., an employee works on the company's prostate cancer drug Provenge at a plant in Morris Plains, N.J. Medicare officials said Wednesday, March 30, 2011 that the program will pay the $93,000 cost of the drug, an innovative therapy that typically gives men suffering from the disease an extra four months to live. (AP Photo/Dendreon Corp.) NO SALES
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New Orioles third baseman Mark Reynolds, a University of Virginia product, hit 32 home runs last season with the Arizona Diamondbacks. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press President Obama addresses the nation Monday on the military intervention in Libya, but from the National Defense University, rather than the Oval Office.
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Associated Press President Obama addresses the nation Monday night on the military intervention in Libya, but from the National Defense University, rather than the Oval Office.
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ANDREW S. GERACI/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, shown in his workroom, recently completed his memoir, "Known and Unknown."
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FILE - In this June 15 2005 file photo, a sign stands in front of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's headquarters in Lawrence Township, N.J. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a breakthrough cancer medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Friday, March 25, 2011, that researchers have heralded as the first drug to prolong the lives of patients with melanoma. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)
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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, speaks at a rally by home-school backers in Des Moines, Iowa. More than 1,000 advocates were cheered on by her and two other potential GOP presidential candidates who joined their cause. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)
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Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus is taking care of business, dining in good company. (Image from Republican National Committee)
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Vice President Biden whispers sweet nothings to President Obama during the health care ceremony at the White House a year ago. (Associated Press)
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Civilian volunteers receive military instruction from veterans of Haiti's former army in Port-au-Prince. Haiti has been without an army since 1995, when President Jean-Bertrand Aristide disbanded the military after he was deposed in a coup and then restored to power with the help of U.N. forces. The two candidates who faced off in Sunday's presidential vote say they support restoring the armed forces in some form. (Associated Press)
