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Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. suggested to Gov. Martin O'Malley in a May 9 letter that the fall's special General Assembly session include discussions on transportation funding needs, rising pension costs and the state's $1.1-billion structural deficit. (Associated Press)
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The unveiling Wednesday of 12 bronze animal heads by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in the courtyard of London's Somerset House is part of a global reaction to the artist's arrest. The heads represent the Chinese zodiac. (Associated Press)
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associated press Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, is expected to sign a bill creating a health care system modeled after Canada.
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich leaves an Hispanic prayer breakfast Wednesday on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, Maryland Democrat, discusses the recent operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, as the congressman visits with residents of the Oak Crest Retirement Community in Parkville, Md., on Friday, May 6, 2011. Mr. Ruppersberger is his party's top-ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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A Yemeni boy is thrown into the air by anti-government protesters during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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** FILE ** Saeed Jalili (left), Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, and Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, talk as they arrive at the historical Ciragan Palace in Istanbul on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, for a meeting between Iran and world powers on Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Salih Zeki Fazlioglu, Anatolia, Pool, File)
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President Obama waves to media Wednesday while walking from Marine One to the White House upon his return from Texas. (Associated Press)
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In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone Tuesday and acquired by the Associated Press, Syrian anti-government protesters carry candles during a rally in the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria. Syrian activists and eyewitnesses said on Wednesday that the army is shelling residential areas in the central city of Homs. (Associated Press)
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WORKING TOGETHER: Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan wait as documents are exchanged during a signing ceremony on Tuesday in the Cash Room of the Treasury Department in Washington during the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue meetings. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential long shots include former New Mexico Gov. Gary E. Johnson (above) and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. Both are libertarian-leaning iconoclasts. Mr. Johnson has argued for the legalizing, regulating and taxing of marijuana, while Mr. Paul has advocated abolition of the Federal Reserve Board.
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Republican presidential long shots include Rep. Ron Paul (above) of Texas and former New Mexico Gov. Gary E. Johnson. Both are libertarian-leaning iconoclasts. Mr. Johnson has argued for the legalizing, regulating and taxing marijuana, while Mr. Paul has advocated abolition of the Federal Reserve Board.
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Associated Press photographs An unconventional politician, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said that China should face taxes on imports until it stops manipulating its currency and that the U.S. should seize Iraq's oil fields to pay itself back for the cost of the war. But a retired GOP senator says few are taking his candidacy seriously.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Yemenis take a break from protests demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to watch a TV report about the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Pro-democracy uprisings across the Arab world suggest that al Qaeda's clenched-fist ideology has little place for a new generation seeking Western-style political reforms.
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President Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington's Maryland suburbs on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, as he travels to the U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas, to speak about immigration reform. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Demonstrators rally outside the Syrian Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, to protest the crackdown on those who want to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)
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Migrants receive assistance as they arrive on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa early on Sunday, May 8, 2011. Italian police and coast guard officials rescued some 400 migrants from Libya whose boat was tossed against rocks near the port in southern Italy after the steering malfunctioned, officials said. Tens of thousands have fled unrest in North Africa since January, most arriving at Lampedusa, the nearest Italian port to Africa. (AP Photo/Francesco Malavolta)
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In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, Libyan government officials and the media move through the ruins of an official building following a NATO airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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President Obama addresses military personnel who have returned recently from Afghanistan on Friday, May 6, 2011, at Fort Campbell, Ky. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (left) is joined by Democratic Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey and Charles E. Schumer of New York (right) at New York's Pennsylvania Station on Monday for an announcement of nearly $800 million in projects to improve service in the travel-congested Northeast.
