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South Korean Army soldiers patrol on Unification Bridge in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. North Korea's state media said Tuesday the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army issued an ultimatum demanding an apology from South Korea for "hostile acts" and threatening that unspecified retaliatory actions would happen at any time. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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** FILE ** In this Dec. 9, 2012, file photo, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal waves during his visit to the Islamic University in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)
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** FILE ** Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a signing ceremony after Russia Uzbek talks in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Monday, April 15, 2013. Lavrov said that Tom Donilon, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser who met with Putin Monday to hand him a letter from Obama, said that the U.S. administration wants to overcome the current strain in relations with Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Removing an attached "boot" costs $75 in Washington, D.C., but if the car is also towed, that's an additional $100 and that doesn't count the $40 per day at the impound lot, or having to pay the outstanding tickets and late fees. (The Washington Times)
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Sen. Joe Manchin III (right), West Virginia Democrat, tempered a proposal by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, that would have expanded checks to virtually all private gun sales. (Associated Press)
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Dennis Rodman recently traveled to North Korea to spend time with dictator Kim Jong-un. The former basketball star now reports he plans a return visit in August.
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President Barack Obama arrives to speak in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2013, following the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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** FILE ** President Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, April 15, 2013. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2013, following the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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President Obama leaves the podium after speaking in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on April 15, 2013, following the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** A Jordanian supporter of the Salafi Jihadi group chants slogans, during a protest against the prolonged detention of the group's leaders in Jordanian jails, in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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A U.S. Parks Police officer with an assault rifle patrols the Washington Monument in Washington, DC., after a bombing at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Mass., April 15, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
