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Associated Press CHALLENGING CHARGES: Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, says she "simply will not be forced to admit to something I did not do."
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Associated Press Democrats are hoping to win the votes of Sens. Olympia J. Snowe (left) and Susan Collins, Maine Republicans, to pass a $26 billion spending measure that would help states and local school boards.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, after a trip to Atlanta.
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Associated Press The Senate is expected to vote this week on Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court.
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Nick Jonas is co-chairman of a youth leadership committee for next year's Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration. (Associated Press)
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Low pay means low productivity in communist Cuba, where the state employs 95 percent of the official work force. Now, facing a severe budget deficit, President Raul Castro has hinted at restructuring or pruning the government payroll. (Associated Press)
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New Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter, right, and Orioles President of baseball operations Andy MacPhail smile during a news conference Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, in Baltimore.(AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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In this Aug. 6, 2007, photo, Guyanese Abdul Kadir, former member of the South American nation's Parliament, arrives at the Magistrates' Court for an extradition hearing in downtown Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. On Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, a New York jury convicted Kabir and a U.S. citizen of plotting to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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An Indian policeman fires tear-gas shells to disperse protesters during a demonstration defying a curfew in Humhamma, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. Government troops fired at thousands of people protesting Indian rule over the country's portion of Kashmir on Monday. (AP Photo)
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President Obama speaks about Iraq and Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at the Disabled American Veterans national convention in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama speaks about Iraq and Afghanistan , Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at the Disabled American Veterans national convention in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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** FILE ** This is a Friday April 2, 2004 file photo of British diplomat Peter Ricketts, at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Mr. Rickett's who became Britain's first national security adviser is to leave his post, the government confirmed Monday, Aug. 2. 2010, less than three months after the official took up the newly created role. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, file)
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An Iraqi police officer uses a bomb detector at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. Two bombings and a drive-by shooting killed eight people Monday, a reminder of Iraq's ongoing instability on a day when President Obama planned to outline progress toward the impending end of U.S. military operations in the country.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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In this photo taken Thursday July 22, 2010, Iraqi men play soccer in central Baghdad, Iraq. As the country is again coming dangerously close to being suspended for the third time from international football, the battle over control of the most popular sport reflects the fault lines of the power struggle over who should lead a new government and even taps into Arab-Kurdish tensions over disputed territory in the north. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
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Retired Israeli Gen. Giora Eiland speaks to reporters at Israel's Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, July 12, 2010. Gen. Eiland headed an internal military investigation committee that concluded Monday that flawed intelligence gathering and planning led to the deadly botched raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla on May 31. On Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, the Israeli government announced it will work with a United Nations investigation into the incident. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Robert Einhorn (right), the State Department's special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, and Daniel Glaser, the Treasury Department's deputy assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, appear at a press conference in Seoul on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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In this Dec. 23, 2009, file photo, snow is mirrored in the eyes of a cheetah in the outdoor enclosure of the zoo Hagenbeck in Hamburg. The Indian government plans to import cheetahs from Africa and introduce them into the country's grasslands, six decades after the fleet-footed feline was hunted here until it disappeared, officials said Monday Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Axel Heimken, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010 file photo, a BlackBerry smart phone is displayed at the Mobile World congress in Barcelona, Spain. The UAE said Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010 it will block key features on BlackBerry smart phones, citing national security concerns because the devices operate beyond the government's ability to monitor their use. Neighboring Saudi Arabia quickly indicated it planned to follow suit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
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Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden waits his turn during special teams practice at the NFL football team's training camp Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
