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Muddy water sits inside the headlight of a Mini Cooper in the parking lot of a Courtyard Marriott hotel on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Mud dries on the hood of a car parked on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011, after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Red roses sit beneath the bench honoring Navy Cmdr. William H. Donovan at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington. The memorial is dedicated to the 184 people who were killed when a hijacked plane was flown into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Jerseys with the names of firefighters who were killed in the terrorist attacks 10 years ago hang above the bar at Paul Hurley's restaurant, P.D. O'Hurley's, at 72nd and Broadway in New York. "You still think those guys are going to walk through that door," Mr. Hurley said.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A flag noting the killing of Osama bin Laden is placed at the temporary memorial in Shanksville, Pa., to the pasengers who were killed while stopping terrorists aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on May 2.
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Elizabeth A. Karmel created this recipe, which is perfect for the end of summer when farmers markets and backyard gardens are bursting with cucumbers and tomatoes. (Associated Press)
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Elizabeth A. Karmel created this recipe, which is perfect for the end of summer when farmers markets and backyard gardens are bursting with cucumbers and tomatoes. (Associated Press)
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A seemingly intoxicated moose is discovered Sept. 6, 2011, entangled in an apple tree in Goteborg, Sweden. The animal was likely drunk from eating fermented apples. (Associated Press)
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The Mozart model at Market Square at Frederick includes a country kitchen with a breakfast bar, a sliding glass door to the deck and an optional center island. Upstairs are three bedrooms, two full baths and a laundry room.
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The addition to the home expanded the original kitchen, adding a breakfast bar and breakfast area. The white-on-white space has recessed lighting, a floor-to-ceiling pantry and Corian counters.
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The Maine II model at Beaver Dam Estates in Delaware is priced from $269,900. The home, which has 2,182 square feet, has four bedrooms, including a first-floor master suite.
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Student Ross Cooper signs with a friend at H Street Country Club. Bartenders have learned to sign bar basics, such as "beer" and "wine." Brighter lights make it easier to see sign language and read lips. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The 165,000-square-foot McGlothlin Wing, opened last years, was designed by London-based American architect Rick Mather. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) The limestone-and-glass James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond gives the collection more room to shine and provides more room for exhibitions. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
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The 165,000-square-foot McGlothlin Wing, opened last years, was designed by London-based American architect Rick Mather.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Palestinians of means shop at the new al-Andulusia mall in Gaza City. A flurry of construction is allowing a tiny middle class to flaunt its wealth in the impoverished Gaza Strip, fueling perhaps the most acrimonious grass-roots resentment yet toward the ruling Hamas movement.
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Chris and Kristen Hogan of Biloxi, Miss., take a Sunday walk on the beach in Pass Christian, Miss., with their children, Sophie and Myers, after rains from Tropical Storm Lee forced them from their home when the Biloxi River flooded. (Associated Press)
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Chris and Kristen Hogan of Biloxi, Miss., take a Sunday walk on the beach in Pass Christian, Miss., with their children Sophie and Myers after rains from Tropical Storm Lee forced them from their home when the Biloxi River flooded. (Associated Press)
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Young skateboarders in the crowd reach for a free skateboard during the skating event. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Collin Provost of Huntington Beach, Calif., does a trick in midair. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Sam Clinton, a staff chef at FareStart (top left), a program in Seattle that helps troubled and homeless people by training them to work in the food industry, supervises work in the kitchen as student Andy Osterman (top right) works on a dinner course.
