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This Aug. 28, 1963, file photo shows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledging the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington. Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, marks the 25th federal observance of the birth of King, one of America's most celebrated citizens, and the only non-U.S. president to be honored with a national holiday. (AP Photo/File)
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A worker packs-up a portion of the 30,000 chairs at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. The memorial's dedication ceremony has been postponed due to the impending arrival of Hurrican Irene. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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As Hurricane Irene approaches the U.S. east coast, storm clouds hang in the sky above following a downpour of rain, the newly built Martin Luther KIng Jr. National Memorial stands tall against a darkening sky in Washington, D.C., Thursday, August 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Libyan rebel fighters hug on Green Square after Friday Muslim prayer in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. British warplanes struck a large bunker Friday in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, his largest remaining stronghold, as NATO turned its attention to loyalist forces battling advancing Libyan rebels in the area.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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A rebel fighter reloads ammunition belts at Tripoli International Airport outside Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. British warplanes struck a large bunker Friday in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, his largest remaining stronghold, as NATO turned its attention to loyalist forces trying to hold back advancing Libyan rebels in the area. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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Rebel fighters at Tripoli International Airport outside Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. British warplanes struck a large bunker Friday in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, his largest remaining stronghold, as NATO turned its attention to loyalist forces trying to hold back advancing Libyan rebels in the area. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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From left, Councilman Vincent Orange, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Councilman Marion Barry and Harry Johnson hold one of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Drive signs at the corner of Maine Avenue and 14th Street Southwest in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. The men were on sight to officially unveil the street signs that will rename this part of Maine Avenue as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive The road will continue along the Southwest Freeway and join up with the other part of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Southeast. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows after giving a speech at the Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers' meeting in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Kan announced he was resigning after almost 15 months in office amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Washington Nationals Ian Desmond pops up his bunt attempt to the catcher for an out during the fifth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday. The Nats lost 8-1. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Washington Redskins quarterback Rex Grossman throws during the first half against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, Aug. 25. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Ali Tarhouni, finance minister in the rebels' National Transitional Council, speaks during a news conference in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Ali Tarhouni, a member of Libya's rebel Cabinet says it is moving immediately to Tripoli from its eastern stronghold city of Benghazi. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)
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Telephones are seen inside a bunker in Moammar Gadhafi's main compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. NATO intelligence and reconnaissance assets are being used in the hunt to track down Moammar Gadhafi, the elusive Libyan dictator. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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A boarded up house is left with a message for Hurricane Irene in anticipation of her arrival in Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center issued the first warnings for the entire North Carolina coast to the Virginia border. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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** FILE ** The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on the Mall. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Barack Obama shares a "fist bump" with wife Michelle while on the campaign trail in 2008. Fist bump was among more than 100 new terms revealed Thursday for the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary's newest edition. Other new entries include "tweet," "cougar," and "boomerang child."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Libyan rebel fighters Wednesday look through an album containing photos of former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. It was found inside dictator Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli, Libya.
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A sign declaring a mandatory evacuation in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Irene is seen as motorists head north in Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 on North Carolina's Outer Banks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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** FILE ** Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a town-hall meeting at the Keene Recreation Center in Keene, N.H., on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. He also spoke in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Masked Palestinian militants fire their rifles on Aug. 25, 2011, in Gaza City during the funeral of Islamic Jihad militant Ateya Mkat, 22, who was killed the day before in an Israeli air strike. (Associated Press)
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A hole caused by a NATO bombing attack is seen in Col. Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Bab Al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya, on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
