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The hands holding up the American flag are worn. Members of the Marine Corps War Memorial Foundation are trying to raise money to make improvements to the monument, which was dedicated in 1954. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Special to The Washington Times)
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The face of a Marine, his face chipped in two places, shows the need for repair to the Iwo Jima memorial in Arlington, Va. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Special to The Washington Times)
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Funds are being raised to make improvements to the Iwo Jima war memorial, including a museum-grade cleaning and wax sealing. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Special to The Washington Times)
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Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, throws a wooden cross into the Golden Horn during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Istanbul on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany were held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes. Bartholomew threw the cross into the water, and swimmers raced to be the first to retrieve it. (AP/Ibrahim Usta)
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Law enforcement officials escort people from another restaurant to their cars outside a Baja Fresh restaurant Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 in Chandler, Ariz. Chandler police spokesman Sgt. Joe Favazzo says a gunman entered a Baja Fresh restaurant and fired a gun in what police think was a warning to customers following a shooting at the Chandler Mall. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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A law enforcement official marks bullet casings in the parking lot Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 outside the Chandler Mall in Chandler, Ariz. following a shooting at the Mall. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, photo, visitors walk among giant ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province. (AP Photo)
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Visitors walk near ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Visitors walk near ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Visitors walk near ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Holiday shoppers crowd 34th Street in New York's Midtown on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Macy's, whose flagship Herald Square store is located at West 34th Street and Broadway, reported on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, that revenue at stores opened at least a year rose 3.9 percent, below earlier estimates. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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John "Jack" Wheeler III, here in 1994, finds the name of a friend engraved in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Wheeler's body was discovered Dec. 31. It had been left in a trash bin in Newark, Del. His death has been ruled a homicide. (Associated Press)
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Mediterranean barley vegetable stew would appeal to vegans. Vegan food is a celebration of produce, as is this stew. (Associated Press)
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Author Isa Chandra Moskowitz, here in 2007, prepares her vegan chocolate pie recipe at her apartment in New York. Ms. Moskowitz says it's easier being a vegan now because of more local produce available and more interesting ways of cooking. (Associated Press)
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A once-popular nightclub sits abandoned in Cuidad Juarez. The owner said he closed the bar after it was set on fire three times because he refused to pay extortion fees to cartel enforcers. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this May 17, 1994 file photo, John Wheeler III touches the name of a friend engraved in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Wheeler's body was discovered on Dec. 31, 2010, at the Wilmington, Del.-area landfill. His death has been ruled a homicide. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)
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Illustration: Light bulb by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
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Sophia Loren and Pete Postlethwaite posing for photographers for the film Between Strangers at the 59th International Venice Film Festival, Terrazza del Casino in Lido, Venice, Italy, on Aug. 30, 2002. Mr. Postlethwaite died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, at age 64, after a long illness. (AP Photo/PA, Myung Jung Kim, File)
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PASSING THE TORCH: D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray receives a hug from former Mayor Adrian M. Fenty after his inaugural address at the Washington Convention Center on Sunday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Special to The Washington Times)
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Former Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, right, watches as Councilmember Jim Graham reacts to the crowd after finishing his speech following his swearing in at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. (Rod Lamkey Jr / for The Washington Times)
