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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping attends during the closing ceremony for the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Designated as successor five years ago, Xi will take over as party general secretary from Hu Jintao on Thursday, Nov. 15, and as president next spring, in only China’s second orderly transfer of power. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Trade Unions take a breakfast early in the morning outside of a factory during a general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested and 15 people treated for minor injuries in disturbances as a general strike in Spain against austerity measures and economic reforms began. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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Washington, D.C. Fire and EMS Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe speaks at a press conference held at Fire and EMS headquarters on his proposed plan to redeploy the department’s emergency medical service workers into a configuration that would leave ambulances staffed with no paramedics during the overnight hours, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Dana Pinero (foreground) of New York waits in line to mail her and her boyfriend's tax returns at the James A. Farley Main Post Office in New York on April 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi introduces newly elected Democratic members of the House on Tuesday. She said it would not be “a good thing for our country for us to go over the cliff.” (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Simon & Schuster “Heroes Proved,” the second military thriller novel from Oliver North, paints an America in 2032 that is supposedly “safe” from terror and Iranian weaponry because of United Nations treaties and innovative technology.
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Rep.-elect Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona will be the first openly bisexual member of Congress. “[F]irst and foremost, I identify myself as an Arizonian,” she said at the news conference. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi is joined by Rep. Steve Israel in introducing newly elected Democratic members of the House during a news conference Tuesday at the Capitol. The freshmen-to-be are spending a few days in orientation in preparation for their January swearing-in. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
