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FILE - In this July 31, 2008 file photo, customers view the menu in the drive through line at a Burger King in Portland, Ore., Like it or not, many restaurant diners will soon know more about what they are eating under menu labeling requirements proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration. The requirements will force chain restaurants with 20 or more locations, along with bakeries, grocery stores, convenience stores and coffee chains, to clearly post the amount of calories in each item on menus, both in restaurants and drive-through lanes. The new rules will also apply to vending machines where calorie information isn't already visible on the package. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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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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Vacuum-packed wine in a barrel is "the reinterpretation of history," says Boisset Family Estates President Jean-Charles Boisset. (Associated Press)
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Architect Travis Price blended Japanese and Swedish design elements into this contemporary home in Rock Creek Forest. Built in 1990, the home is on the market for $1,795,000.
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The Waverly has a first-floor study, a family room with a fireplace, a center-island kitchen and breakfast area, and formal dining and living rooms on the main level. Upstairs are four bedrooms, two baths and a laundry area.
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Foreign tourists arrive at Sattahip Naval Base in Chonburi province, Thailand, after being transported by a Royal Thai Navy ship Thursday, March 31, 2011. Thailand's navy has used helicopters and even an aircraft carrier to rescue more than 800 tourists stranded by heavy rains on the country's picturesque southern islands. (AP Photo)
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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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'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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A customer enters the PM Wine & Spirits store in Pasadena, Md. on Wednesday. The store has posted a sign on its front door letting customers know that a proposed bill would add more taxes to all liquor sales in the state. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Libyan rebels riding in the back of an armed pickup truck brave a sandstorm on the main road heading to Benghazi while leaving the eastern town of Ajdabiya, Libya, on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** The Google logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Associated Press)
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Book cover image of Joseph Lelyveld's "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India" (Associated Press/Knopf)
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Mahatma Gandhi is seen traveling to London by ship in 1931 for a conference on dominion status for India. A new book, "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India," has caused an uproar because reports about the book, not yet available in India, claim it indicates Gandhi had a gay lover. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Libya's Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa speaks to the media on Mar. 7 at a hotel in Tripoli, Libya. (Associated Press)
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WORK IN PROGRESS: The Washington Nationals' fourth Opening Day at Nationals Stadium is Thursday, but fans still don't have a vibrant neighborhood along Half Street Southeast where they can enjoy dinner, drinks or shopping. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Construction near Half Street Southeast can be seen near the center field entrance of Nationals Park. Monument Realty is the primary developer along the street. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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“63 Documents the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read” is former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's fifth book.
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Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura speaks to journalists at a hotel in Lisbon Monday night, March 28, 2011, after it was announced that he had won the 2011Pritzker Architecture Prize. Souto de Moura, 58, joins Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando and Renzo Piano in receiving the honor that's often called architecture's Nobel Prize. (AP Photo/Miguel Manso, Publico) PORTUGAL OUT
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES Diego D'Ambrosio (left) points out the street sign on a portion of Q Street Northwest that was renamed for him, thanks to the efforts of one of his clients, former D.C. Mayor Adrian M, Fenty.
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Spencer Levin hits a shot from the sand trap to the ninth green during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla. (Associated Press)
