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ASSOCIATED PRESS Kenneth Feld, who inherited control of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Feld Entertainment from his father, Irvin Feld, is being sued by his long-estranged sister, Karen Feld, for abuse she says occurred during their aunt's shiva service. The trial starts Monday in U.S. District Court in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS "What is more wholesome than Disney and the circus, on the surface?" says Karen Feld, with Campari. "But I think what people have to realize is sometimes there's a big difference between appearances and reality."

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Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell used a line-item veto Tuesday to cut 25 percent of the state's funding to public broadcasting. (Associated Press)

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DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES England's Prince Charles tours Common Good City Farm in Northwest on Tuesday during his first U.S. visit in four years. The 62-year-old prince is scheduled to meet Wednesday with President Obama to discuss the concept of sustainable agriculture.

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Groom Roman Trujillo, works on getting water off Kentucky Derby hopeful Midnight Interlude outside Barn 33 at Churchill Downs race track in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

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Trainer Bob Baffert talks with reporters at his barn in the stable area of Churchill Downs Monday, May 2, 2011, in Louisville, Ky. Baffert trains Kentucky Derby hopeful Midnight Interlude. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

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**FILE** In this June 18, 1998 file photo, three Goodyear blimps, the then newly commissioned Stars and Stripes, foreground, the decommissioned Stars and Stripes, middle, and the Spirit of Akron are moored at the Goodyear blimp base in Suffield, Ohio. Goodyear plans a 21st century makeover for its fleet of iconic blimps, teaming with German manufacturer ZLT Zeppelin to build three new blimps beginning in 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Glidden)

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In this image taken from video, an explosion lights up the night sky as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers blows an 11,000-foot hole in the Birds Point levee in Mississippi County, Mo., on Monday, May 2, 2011, to protect Cairo, Ill. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS In February, Ecuador President Rafael Correa sued two journalists for defamation after railing against some in the profession as "true assassins with pens ... those who kill the dignity, the honor, of people." He is putting a ballot question before his nation's voters on Saturday that would restrict news media ownership and put the executive in charge of regulating media content.

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Associated Press photographs Rival food-related magazines are getting spicier. Two of the larger-circulation food titles, "Every Day with Rachael Ray" and "Bon Appetit," got makeovers this month with an emphasis on splashier presentations.

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Associated Press photographs Rival food-related magazines are getting spicier. Two of the larger-circulation food titles, "Every Day with Rachael Ray" and "Bon Appetit," were made over this month with an emphasis on splashier presentations.

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DC COMICS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS In the latest of issue of Action Comics, Superman renounces his U.S. citizenship because of concern that his actions are seen as instruments of U.S. foreign policy.

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. calls human trafficking “an affront to human dignity” and said it's occurring in “virtually every corner of our nation.” (Associated Press)

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Confederate spy Belle Boyd is seen in an undated photo provided by the Berkeley County, W.V., Historical Society. Boyd used her feminine charms to spy on Union soldiers for the Confederacy.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS A copy of Fred Torrey's statue "Lincoln Walks at Midnight," showing President Lincoln contemplating the prospect of statehood for West Virginia, stands in Independence Hall in Wheeling, W.Va. It is one of the destinations highlighted by the Appalachian Regional Commission on a 13-state map of history.

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BERKELEY COUNTY (W.VA.) HISTORICAL SOCIETY VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Belle Boyd was known as the "siren of the South," who used her feminine charms to spy on Union soldiers for the Confederacy. The Appalachian Regional Commission hopes to use her intrigue to lure tourists to the Belle Boyd House in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.

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FILE - A July 28, 2004 file photo shows the home of Rev. John Rankin, in Ripley, Ohio, a National Historic Landmark. Rankin and his family helped hundreds of escaped slaves by using their house on a hill as a stop on Ohio's Underground Railroad. The home is one of 150 lesser-known destinations The Appalachian Regional Commission is highlighting on a new 13-state map it hopes will get heritage tourists beyond the well-trod battlefields and into "The Home Front." (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Renee Sauer, File)