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"The United States of America cannot afford to bet our long-term prosperity, our long-term security on a resource that will eventually run out, and even before it runs out will get more and more expensive to extract from the ground," President Obama said of oil in an address on energy policy at Georgetown University on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Planned Parenthood of Arizona said it strongly condemns Gov. Jan Brewer's decision to sign a bill that Planned Parenthood accused of being specifically designed to polarize the public. (Associated Press)
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Craft projects such as these Edgar Allan Poe pins made by teens at a Poe Party in January at the San Antonio Public Library are gaining in popularity among teens looking for self-expression. (San Antonio Public Library via Associated Press)
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Federal agents and local authorities raid a medical marijuana operation on Monday, March 14, 2011 in Helena, Mont. Authorities from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, Lewis and Clark County sheriff's office and Helena police watched over at least eight people in handcuffs outside Montana Cannabis west of Helena Monday afternoon. The greenhouse is the length of half a football field and packed with marijuana plants. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Eliza Wiley)
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President Obama speaks about his plan for America's energy security on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Georgetown University in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Juju Chang attends the premiere screening of "Faces of America With Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr." at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. ABC announced Wednesday, March 30, 2011 that Chang, who has been the news reader on "Good Morning America" for 15 months, is headed to "Nightline." She'll be replaced on GMA by Josh Elliott, who's currently co-anchoring ESPN's "SportsCenter." (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
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In this photo taken during a visit organized by Bahrain's Interior Ministry Bahrain police check a driver's identification at a checkpoint in the capital of Manama, Bahrain Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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This photo provided by Virginia Commonwealth shows senior Joey Rodriguez of the Virginia Commonwealth men's basketball being greeted by VCU President Dr. Michael Rao at the Send-Off Party outside the Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center prior to VCU's trip to the Final Four in Houston, Texas Wednesday March 30, 2011. (AP Photo/VCU,Scott K. Brown)
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Paris Hilton during her autograph signing session at a Sears in the Perisur Mall of Mexico City, Mexico, Tuesday March 29, 2011. Hilton is in Mexico to promote her new shoe line. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Empty retail space is still obvious along Half Street Southeast near Nationals Park after three seasons there. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Jayson Werth, who averaged 29 home runs the past three seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, is under "no pressure," according to Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo, despite his hefty contract, the 14th most lucrative ever in the game. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Alan and Caroline DeWeese, parents of Anthony DeWeese, walk to a U.S. Coast Guard court-martial for Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul Ramos on Monday, March 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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This undated photo provided by Sotheby's shows a rare wooden bust of a Tahitian girl wearing large earrings and a coral and shell necklace, carved by Paul Gauguin in the 1890s during his first visit to the South Pacific islands. "Jeune tahitienne" will be sold at Sotheby's on May 3, 2011, after it is shown at the auction house's galleries in Hong Kong on April 1-5 and London on April 14-18. It will go on view in New York on April 29. (AP Photo/Sotheby's) NO SALES
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, a single family home is offered for sale in Los Angeles. Home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities, and now the average price in four of them are at the lowest point in 11 years. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by Sotheby's in New York shows the painting "View of St. Petersburg" by Petr Petrovich Vereshchagin, which is to be sold at Sotheby's on April 12, 2011, as part of the auction house's Russian art sale, where it is expected to fetch $300,000 to $500,000. The 19th century painting of St. Petersburg that Mikhail Baryshnikov purchased decades ago will be auctioned to help benefit new works at his Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City. (AP Photo/Sotheby's, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2008, file photo, Seattle Storm's Sheryl Swoopes, left, tries to drive past Los Angeles Sparks' Candace Parker during a WNBA playoff basketball game in Seattle. Former WNBA star Swoopes is set to agree to a deal with the Tulsa Shock, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Sunday night, March 27, 2011. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Shock weren't announcing the deal until Monday. Swoopes has spent the last few years overseas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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In this photo taken March 22, 2011, "Dream Coach" Charlie Nguyen uses a grinder as he works on a personal project at TechShop in San Francisco. Modeled after gyms, TechShop is attracting members who pay as little as $100 a month to use industrial strength equipment to invent whatever they can imagine. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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A Nintendo 3DS is shown in this photograph in New York, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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In this March 23, 2011 photo, Roxy Sterbenz, 21-months, plays in her home in New York. That nonstop crying of a baby with colic has some parents turning to popular folk remedies. Unfortunately, there's no good evidence they work, according to a review of 15 studies. The results don't surprise New York City mom Leni Calas, 32. She tried many treatments studied, including fennel extract, sugar drops and massage, and says nothing worked for baby Roxy, who cried almost nonstop for six months. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Bundled up with his hood covering his head, Leal Abbatiello, 3, rode on the shoulders of his dad, James, as they walked along the Tidal Basin to look at the cherry blossoms on Sunday. The pair live in Alexandria. Winds forced the postponement of the kite festival.
