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ASSOCIATED PRESS Joined by his daughter Alicia, and singer Chuck Jackson, Rep. Charles B. Rangel blows out candles on a cake during his birthday fundraiser on Wednesday. Mr. Rangel said he was eager to turn his attention to campaigning and let his ethics charges play out.
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ORLANDO SENTINEL Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum discusses the campaign while meeting with the Orlando Sentinel editorial board on Wednesday.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Karen Moran of West Palm Beach, a member of the "tea party," tries to prohibit Everett Wilkinson, chairman of the South Florida Tea Party, from heckling GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott on Thursday in West Palm Beach.
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Illustration: Christopher Hitchens by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Nationals' Josh Willingham (16) has a few words for the umpire on a strike call as Arizona Diamondbacks' Miguel Montero waits for the next pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks defeated the Nationals 6-1.
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** FILE ** Karen National Army soldiers stand in formation during Revolution Day ceremonies in Burma in January 2006. The ethnic tribesmen, a minority in Burma, fought against the Japanese in World War II, but were never given their own state as the British had promised.
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, right, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, inspect the guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing , China, Wednesday, Oct.15, 2008. Zardari was to meet the leader of China in Beijing on Wednesday, as he reaches out to a close ally for increased investment to aid his country's ailing economy. A possible deal between the countries on civil nuclear power is also highly anticipated. Such an agreement would serve as a counterpoint to a recent deal between India and the United States that cleared the way for American businesses to sell nuclear fuel and technology to India for use in its civilian programs.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)
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Vice President Dick Cheney, center, applauds as President Bush, right, speaks before signing the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act during ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Standing behind them on stage are, from left to right, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Ronen Sen. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee exchange documents after signing the U.S.-India Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, during a ceremony at the State Department, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee clasp hands after signing the U.S.-India Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy during a ceremony at the State Department, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, speaks to reporters on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, after the Senate passed a $600 million bill to pay for more law enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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A clergyman of the St. Nicolas Cathedral holds list of submarine disaster victims in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Russian navy ships are flying flags at half-mast and memorial ceremonies are being held across the nation to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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People light candles at St. Nicolas Cathedral, place, where the list of submarine disaster is displayed, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Russian navy ships are flying flags at half-mast and memorial ceremonies are being held across the nation to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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An Afghan mourns for relatives who other mourners say were killed by NATO forces during a raid in the Sayed Abad district of Wardak province west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Naikzad)
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Storm clouds gather over the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Severe thunderstorms and windy condition are effecting the Washington Metro area today. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - This is a Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005 file photo of soccer star and presidential candidate George Weah from the Congress for Democratic Change 'CDC' party seen at a press conference in the city of Monrovia, Liberia . The photos of George Weah's football past are rapidly disappearing from the walls of his seaside villa, replaced instead by academic paraphernalia and pictures of the Liberian goalscoring great with political figures. (AP Photo/File)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS President Carter (right) chats with acting Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic (left) and Rep. Dan Rostenkowski at the White House on Feb. 7, 1977.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, Illinois Democrat, departs a federal courthouse in Washington on April 9, 1996, after pleading guilty to two counts of mail fraud. He was sternly told by a judge that he brought "a measure of disgrace" to Congress. Rostenkowski was immediately sentenced to 17 months in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.
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Linda McMahon chats with Scotty's Diner owner Scotty Vincent as she campaigns in North Haven, Conn., on Wednesday, the day after winning the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Connecticut. (AP Photo)
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U.S. Army Spc. Nicholas Fischer smokes as he stands guard in the Arghandab Valley of Afghanistan. A law, meant to deter smuggling and underage sales of tobacco through the mail, has blocked family and friends from shipping packages containing cigarettes to troops. (Associated Press)
