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FILE - In a Jan. 28, 2010, file photo, Sarah Burke, of Canada, reacts after failing to place in the top-three finishers in the slopestyle skiing women's final at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain outside Aspen, Colo. Burke died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, nine days after crashing at the bottom of the superpipe during a training run in Utah. She was 29. Burke was injured Jan. 11 while training at a personal sponsor event at the Park City Mountain resort. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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A sudden reunification of the two Koreas would be a serious blow for the South's vibrant economy and well-ordered society. Many there support the idea of eventual reunification, but they seem more wary of the huge costs that will come with it. (Associated Press)
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Gina Carano plays mercenary intelligence operative Mallory Kane in "Haywire," the new action thriller from director Steven Soderbergh and writer Lem Dobbs. (Relativity Media via Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Rep. Newt Gingrich looks on as his second wife, Marianne, holds up a copy of their book, “Window of Opportunity,” during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in March 1989. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
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People view the cruise ship Costa Concordia as it lays on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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The Crestbrooke model at Shady Grove Crossing has a formal dining room adjacent to the two-story foyer. The living room on the opposite side of the foyer has an optional fireplace.
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Montreal Canadiens left wing Rene Bourque trades punches with Washington Capitals left wing Matt Hendricks during a first-period fight Wednesday, Jan.18, 2012, in Montreal. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Tom Boland)
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Shery Smith finds her seat before Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks Monday at a CafeMom.com event at the Fresh Brewed Coffee & Music House in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) At the same event, a woman (right) listens to presidential candidate Rick Santorum. In past elections, women have accounted for about half of the electorate in South Carolina.
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**FILE** Newly built luxury townhomes are offered for sale Jan. 10, 2012, in Woodland Hills, Calif. (Associated Press)
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John A. Purcell, vice president of wind energy for Leeco Steel, makes a point about wind power in an interview Tuesday with the editorial staff of The Washington Times. "It is truly an American success story," he says. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Miami Heat's LeBron James is second in the league behind Kobe Bryant with 29.8 points per game. (Associated Press)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov walks to speak at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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Cornerback Carlos Rogers had six interceptions in his first season with San Francisco. He never had more than two in any of his six seasons with Washington. (Associated Press)
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John Amick of the District with his Occupy flag gathers with Occupiers from McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza on the West Lawn. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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An unidentified man is tackled to the ground by U.S. Capitol Police and arrested, after jumping over the stone wall and through the police line during an Occupy protest on the west lawn of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 17, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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U.S. Capital Police attempt to arrest a man who came across the police line during an Occupy protest on the west lawn of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 17, 2012, however people in the crowds were successful pulling him back into the crowd. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Center JaVale McGee is one Wizard whose decision-making has been called into question during Washington's 1-12 start to the season. (Associated Press)
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Oil and coffee "are two dark, black liquids that run this country," says Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University. The standard 16-ounce cup of Starbucks coffee contains 330 mg of caffeine — the equivalent of three No-Doz pills. (Associated Press)
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Two hose lines — one for gasoline, the other for diesel fuel — run from the Russian tanker Renda to the shoreline as workers prepare for pressure tests on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in Nome, Alaska. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler)
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Pakistani media gather Monday in Islamabad, where a hearing of a judicial commission is in session. The Supreme Court set up the panel to investigate a secret-memo scandal in response to a petition filed by a group of opposition politicians. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani must appear Thursday to explain his refusal to cooperate in the probe. (Associated Press)
