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D.C. Council member Jim Graham expects a "very long list" of stakeholders to testify in favor of the trust's mission and programs at his budget session Monday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Christians pray at a church in Seoul in April for cancellation of a tour by Lady Gaga that is set to begin Friday. The watchdog Korea Media Rating Board has limited attendance to patrons 18 or older. (Associated Press)
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France's President and candidate for re-election in 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, gestures as he delivers a speech during a campaign meeting in Saint Maurice, outside Paris, Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Bahrain Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad al-Khalifa (right) speaks April 17, 2012, with Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mourad Medelci during the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Arab League to discuss the situation in Syria taking place in Doha. (Associated Press)
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Mr. McNaughton works in his Provo, Utah, studio on "One Nation Under God," in which Christ presents the Constitution to a group of Founding Fathers and archetypal Americans.
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Pope Benedict XVI claps as Bavarian children in traditional garb dance in celebration of the pontiff's 85th birthday anniversary in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican on Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)
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** FILE ** Artist Thomas Kinkade unveils his painting "Prayer for Peace" at the opening of the exhibit "From Abraham to Jesus" in Atlanta in September 2006. Kinkade, 54, the self-described "Painter of Light," died April 6, 2012, at his home in Los Gatos, Calif. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe)
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Islamist protesters perform Friday prayers in Tahrir Square during a April 13, 2012, rally to denounce the presidential candidacies of Hosni Mubarak-era officials, including that of his former spy chief in Cairo. (Associated Press)
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks about the situation in Syria during a news conference Thursday at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. (Associated Press)
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Archbishop-designate William E. Lori is the head of the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Connecticut religious leaders who oppose the death penalty stop for a prayer during an April 3, 2012, march in Hartford, Conn., to the state Capitol for a rally in favor of repealing the punishment at state level. (Associated Press)
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A hallway off the kitchen leads to the screened porch, a three-season space with garden and nature views.
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Campaigning is now a family affair for Newt and Callista Gingrich, who both appear at the annual NRA convention on Friday. (image from Newt.org)
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**FILE** Police Lt. John Pike uses pepper spray to move Occupy UC Davis protesters while blocking their exit from the school's quad in Davis, Calif., on Nov. 18, 2011. (Associated Press/The Enterprise)
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** FILE ** Iraqi Shiite Muslims venerate Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a man of influence in Iraq who is revered as well as by Shiites around the world. He is now 81 years old and has lived in seclusion for years. (Associated Press)
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Shiites pray at the Shrine of Imam Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of the 7th century Prophet Muhammad and the first Imam of the Shiites, in Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad. Shiism is the dominant faith in Iraq. (Associated Press)
