Politics

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden gestures while addresses a reception to commemorate the 19th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act at the Naval Observatory in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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** FILE ** This file image from video the AP obtained Feb. 12, 2012, from the SITE Intel Group, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, shows al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahri in a web posting by al Qaeda's media arm, as-Sahab, calling on Muslims across the Arab world and beyond to support rebels in Syria who are seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad. Al-Zawahri marked the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, using any opportunity they can to "bleed" America financially, speaking in an audio message released Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/SITE Intel Group, File)

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An offshore oil installation is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Campeche. The nation's top two presidential candidates are debating whether to turn outward and open oil to private investors, or inward by exporting less crude and giving Mexicans subsidized gasoline. (Associated Press photographs)

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Da Vinci addresses the importance of lightweight structures and illustrates the structure of a mechanical wing in the codex on plans for human flight.

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Washington Times senior opinion editor Emily Miller is feted Thursday night in Washington for the success of her book "Emily Gets her Gun But Obama Wants to Take Yours," which hit top 10 lists at Amazon.com. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the Republican candidate for Virginia governor, has brought the importance of the state's coal industry back into the campaign picture. A new ad cites Democrat Terry McAuliffe's words as a candidate four years ago that "as governor, I never want another coal plant built." (associated press photographs)