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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center, is escorted to the podium by American Bar Association President Laurel Bellows, left, before addressing the group's annual meeting Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, in San Francisco. Clinton spoke about maintaining the Voting Rights Act and received a medal from the association. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Tunisian women pray near the Zitouna mosque for the Eid al-Fitr prayer, Thursday, Aug.8, 2013, in Tunis. The prayer is taking place at the so-called "Departure Sit-in" on the Bardo square, where people demand the resignation of the ruling moderate islamic Ennahda Party. Tunisians ousted their longtime dictator in January 2011, touching off the Arab Spring uprisings. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
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President Barack Obama golfs as a light rain falls at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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** FILE ** In this Jan. 30, 2007, file photo, a general view of the Red Sea resort city of Eilat is seen in southern Israel on the border with Egypt. Israel's military said Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, it has ordered the closure of the airport in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, citing unspecified security reasons. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
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Aniekan Udofia laughs with his apprentices during a break from priming the wall for his mural on Florida Avenue Northwest that is part of a graffiti-prevention program. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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President Obama is getting his message across to subscribers of daily White House email. Some government watchdogs say the use of federal employees and equipment for such a partisan-themed campaign is testing ethical standards. (Associated Press)
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Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich, a Republican, had proposed expanding Medicaid, but the state legislature balked. Now the state is considering a series of proposals that would resurrect and codify the expansion. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Power: Hydraulic fracturing technology has helped the U.S. dramatically shrink dependence on foreign oil and has even created surpluses.
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**FILE** Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg listens during a news conference following his meeting with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite in the Presidential palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, on June 25, 2013. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Smokers rid their cigarettes of ashes outside an office building in Rio de Janeiro on in 2011. (Associated Press)
