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Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals hockey team poses along side his Alex Ovechkin statue at Madame Tussauds as it is unveiled, Washington, DC, Monday, October 24, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals hockey team speaks to reporters after the unveiling of the Alex Ovechkin statue at Madame Tussauds, Washington, DC, Monday, October 24, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals hockey team is on hand for the unveiling of the Alex Ovechkin statue at Madame Tussauds, Washington, DC, Monday, October 24, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals hockey team is on hand for the unveiling of the Alex Ovechkin statue at Madame Tussauds, Washington, DC, Monday, October 24, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals hockey team poses along side his Alex Ovechkin statue at Madame Tussauds as it is unveiled, Washington, DC, Monday, October 24, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals hockey team poses along side his Alex Ovechkin statue at Madame Tussauds as it is unveiled, Washington, DC, Monday, October 24, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals hockey team poses along side his Alex Ovechkin statue at Madame Tussauds as it is unveiled, Washington, DC, Monday, October 24, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Haiti's President Michel Martelly (center) shakes hands with former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier in Port-au-Prince on Oct. 12 with Mr. Duvalier's son, Francois Nicolas "Nico" Duvalier, present (left). Mr. Martelly has not sought prosecution of the former dictator, who has been accused of looting the treasury and torturing and killing political opponents. (Associated Press)
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President Obama greets people after arriving at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Oct. 24, 2011. (Associated Press)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy give a joint media conference at the European Union summit in Brussels on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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** FILE ** Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi jokes with lawmakers during a confidence vote in Rome on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the Chancellery in Berlin on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, to brief lawmakers on Sunday's European Union summit on the euro financial crisis. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition presidential candidate forum in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 22, 2011. (Associated Press)
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President Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Oct. 24, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks to supporters in front of the State House in Concord, N.H., on Oct. 24, 2011, after filing his papers to be on the ballot for the state's presidential primary. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Argentine President Cristina Fernandez flashes a victory sign while celebrating her re-election with supporters in Buenos Aires on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) meets with Robert Ford, the new U.S. ambassador to Syria, in Damascus, Syria, in Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Syrian Arab News Agency, File)
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, joined by his wife, Supriya, celebrates with supporters at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge on Saturday after winning re-election. The 40-year-old Republican received about 66 percent of the vote. (Times-Picayune via Associated Press)
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Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has, for now at least, become the leading choice of those opposed to the front-runner. (Associated Press)
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This government-owned lot at the intersection of New Jersey Avenue and H Street Northwest has allowed the Bennett Group to collect tax-free rent for years. It is now proposed for a multimillion-dollar project that includes a Wal-Mart. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
