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Tourists build a sand pyramid at a closed beach at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. Some Islamists have a message for foreign tourists: Welcome to Egypt, but no booze, bikinis or mixed bathing at beaches. But if such strictures were imposed, it could hurt the tourism industry. (Associated Press)
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President Obama takes his family to an exhibit about his mother's anthropological work in Honolulu on Sunday before heading for the campaign trail. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann waves goodbye from her campaign bus after visiting Paula's Maid Rite Restaurant on a campaign stop, West Des Moines, IA, Monday, January 2, 2012. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann waves to a packed room as she visits Paula's Maid Rite Restaurant. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann visits Paula's Maid Rite Restaurant. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann along side her husband, Marcus, right, greets people after visiting Paula's Maid Rite Restaurant on a campaign stop. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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President Obama takes his family to an exhibit about his mother's anthropological work in Honolulu on Sunday before heading for the campaign trail. (Associated Press)
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Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown is organizing the trip of District officials to New Hampshire to try to gain support for D.C. statehood. (The Washington Times)
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The former Weston Hospital, a National Historic Landmark built in Weston, W.Va., in the mid-1800s, has been renamed the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Tourism emphasizing the paranormal is helping pay for its restoration and maintenance. (Associated Press)
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Artwork created by former patients is on display in the building's seven museum rooms, which also exhibit the superintendent's books and nurses' logs. They have to be put away in winter, when the unheated building is cold and damp. (Associated Press)
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Heather Goode served then candidate Barack Obama a slice of pie and a cup of tea when he stopped at the Smokey Row Coffee House while campaigning in late 2007. Iowans have rubbed elbows with many candidates over the years. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore running back Ray Rice breaks away from the pack for a 70-yard touchdown against Cincinnati. Rice also had a 51-yard TD run.
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The crowd packs New York's Times Square during the New Year's Eve celebration as seen from the Marriott Marquis hotel, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry makes his way through the crowd after speaking at the Fainting Goat Restaurant, Waverly, IA, Friday, December 30, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Supporters listen as Rep. Ron Paul of Texas speaks at a campaign event at the Hotel Pattee in Perry, Iowa, on Thursday. All of the Republicans are fielding questions about cutting spending and whether they are the candidate who can do it. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Verizon Wireless store salesman Antione Haynes looks out the front door of a Verizon store with an Apple iPhone advertisement in foreground in Mountain View, Calif., on Feb. 3, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Bottles of alcohol are seen lining the shelves of a liquor store Aug. 31, 2009, in Springfield, Ill. (Associated Press)
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Members of the audience take photographs as Former Governor of Massachusetts and current Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers a speech to kick off his Iowa bus tour at Hotel Blackhawk, Davenport, IA , Tuesday, December 27, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Former Governor of Massachusetts and current Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers a speech to kick off his Iowa bus tour at Hotel Blackhawk, Davenport, IA , Tuesday, December 27, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Former Governor of Massachusetts and current Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers a speech to kick off his Iowa bus tour at Hotel Blackhawk, Davenport, IA , Tuesday, December 27, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
