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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the Perspectives on Leadership Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.,Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren gives his opening argument in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Conrad Murray at Superior Court in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool)
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Jamal Jones (right), who owns Custom Creations barbershop in Milford, Mass., cuts Nick Muscente's hair. "I hope they do it. It would bring people out here, spend more money in this area," said Mr. Jones. In business for nine years, Mr. Jones said his shop has been hit hard by the recession. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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In this undated photo released by NYPD, Shanel Nadal is shown. New York City police said Nadal, 28, took eight of her own children from a child welfare agency without permission. (Associated Press/NYPD)
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**FILE** An "Open House" sign is displayed Aug. 22, 2011, in front of a new home being readied for sale in Little Rock, Ark. (Associated Press)
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Chinese Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu (second right) and Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik (left) wave Chinese flag upon Jianzhu's arrival at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Sept. 26, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Darel Bellamy watches as visiting law student interns row out into the Potomac River in a boat that he and other apprentices helped them to build at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Apprentices Maurice White (left) Darren Walters (second from right) Priestly Williams (second from left) and Samuel Morrill (left) work together flipping the dory boat at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, August 11, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Apprentices Maurice White (left) Darren Walters (second from right) Priestly Williams (second from left) and Samuel Morrill (left) work together flipping the dory boat at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, August 11, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Fred Geiger (center) a former DEA agent and current volunteer, is one of the main staples and often finds himself being the shoulder that some of apprentices lean on, at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, August 10, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Darel Bellamy (right) shares a light moment with his cousin Maurice White (center) and Samuel Morrill (left) on pay day at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, August 4, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Alexandria Seaport Foundation volunteer Jimmy Cook (left) shares a laugh with apprentice Samuel Morrill (right) as she takes a break from work as well at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Alexandria Seaport Foundation apprentice and graduate Samuel Morrill shares a laugh with his fellow apprentices during a break from work at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Fred Geiger, a former DEA agent and current volunteer, advises apprentice Darel Bellamy at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Darel thinks of Mr. Geiger as a "second dad". Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Fred Geiger, a former DEA agent and current volunteer, advises apprentice Darel Bellamy at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Darel thinks of Mr. Geiger as a "second dad". Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Alexandria Seaport Foundation apprentice Darel Bellamy (left) talks with former DEA agent and current Alexandria Seaport Foundation volunteer Fred Geiger at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Darel thinks of Mr. Geiger as a "second dad". Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Fred Geiger, a former DEA agent and current volunteer works on one of two dory boats that he and the other volunteers and apprentices are building from scratch at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Alexandria Seaport Foundation apprentice and graduate Samuel Morrill (right) works with fellow apprentice Darel Bellamy (center) and Fred Geiger, a former DEA agent and current volunteer (left) on a dory boat at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Alexandria Seaport Foundation apprentice and graduate Samuel Morrill takes a moment for a portrait at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Fred Geiger, a former DEA agent and current volunteer, advises apprentice Darel Bellamy at the Alexandria Seaport Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is a non-profit paid apprenticeship and hands-on educational program which serves at-risk youths ages 17-21. In the program these youths learn life skills, team work and building their self esteem. In the program apprentices learn carpentry skills and planing for career paths, in addition to earning their GED right here. The ASF says that it costs $100,000.00 to detain a juvenile for a year in Virginia, but only $15,000.00 to educate and place an ASF apprentice. The paid staff and numerous volunteers teaches approximately 8-16 students, however today they are working with around 10. The program lasts 5 to 8 months. Every Tuesday night is "Open Shop" a time when the shop is open to the public. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
