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This undated photo provided by the Brown County Jail shows Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Erik Walden. Walden spent the weekend in jail after being arrested Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, on suspicion of felony domestic violence/substantial battery. He's accused of assaulting his girlfriend at their apartment near Green Bay. Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, court was closed for the weekend and Walden stayed in jail. (AP Photo/Brown County Jail)
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Speaking at the premiere of "Keep a Child Alive With Alicia Keys," a documentary about AIDS in Africa, U2 singer Bono said he was "terrified" when he met Miss Keys, adding that he "was shaking in my boots." (Associated Press)
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Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, says a Republican president "could absolutely gut the vast majority" of the health care law by executive order. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said he would give some illegal immigrants permanent resident-worker status - but not citizenship. (Associated Press)
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Republican National Committee The Republican National Committee's official "Take Back the White House" Christmas tree ornament is among the holiday offerings at gopstore.com.
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Julian White, fired as director of Florida A&M University's famed Marching 100 band after the suspected hazing death, said Monday he thinks he was unfairly dismissed. (Associated Press)
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Egyptians wave national flags while protesting against the country's ruling military council in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday. "How can we have elections right after so many people have died?" asked farmer Hemdan El-Ready. (Associated Press)
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Dangerous or toxic children's toys, according to US Public Interest Research Group's (PIRG) 26th annual report, are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, during their annual news conference on . (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Pro-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans and carry a huge portrait of Syrian president Bashar Assad during a protest against the Arab League decisions in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 25, 2011. Syria missed an Arab League deadline to allow hundreds of observers into the country, prompting the bloc to consider economic sanctions against Damascus for its eight-month crackdown on dissent, a senior diplomat said. (Associated Press)
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Volunteer Emmy Ridings, 8, wheels a dessert cart through the Salvation Army Community Thanksgiving dinner at the First Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Va., Thursday Nov. 24, 2011. Nearly 1,000 meals were served during the dinner. (AP Photo/The Winchester Star, Scott Mason)
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State lawmakers in New Hampshire are expected to take up a measure to repeal the state's same-sex marriage law in January, the same month the state holds a presidential primary. Republican candidates like Mitt Romney (shown), Rick Perry and Herman Cain have had to clarify their position on the hot-button social issue. (Associated Press)
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Kevin Kline's impending visit to D.C. will not see him promote the latest in desert solar power or international adoption policies, but rather, his bread and butter: Acting — Monday at Shakespeare Theatre Co., Sidney Harman Hall.
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Michelangelo Payne sits on bed No. 68 that was assigned to him when he first arrived off the streets Nov. 20, 2009 at the Central Union Mission. The homeless shelter for men is the oldest social services agency in the District. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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"I was empty, I was broken," says Michelangelo Payne of the day he arrived at the Central Union Mission two years ago. The shelter for men and is the oldest social services agency in the District. Founded in 1881 by the Rev. Latham Douglass, many of the men it first served were Civil War veterans wandering along Pennsylvania Avenue. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Michelangelo Payne offers cookies to Carlos Manuel Lopez, 3, as he makes his rounds cleaning up and organizing things at Mount Gilead Baptist Church. The mission's current programs serve homeless men; underprivileged women, children and seniors; veterans and the growing needs of the city's Hispanic community. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Mary Todd Lincoln's three-piece purple velvet ensemble is thought to have been made by black dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley. Mrs. Lincoln is shown as an influential anti-slavery advocate who supported Union troops. (Photo courtesy Smithsonial National Museum of American History)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, with Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, speaks Wednesday to workers at Nationwide Insurance Co. in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Romney is using a tough stance against illegal immigration to separate himself from his rivals for the nomination. (Associated Press)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a budget debate in Berlin on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** From left: Johnny Mullet, Lester Mullet, Daniel Mullet, Levi Miller and Eli Miller wait Oct. 19, 2011, to make their pleas in Holmes County Municipal Court in Millersburg, Ohio. The five men, along with reputed Amish breakaway sect leader Sam Mullet and Emanuel Shrock, were arrested Nov. 23, 2011, by the FBI and local sheriff's deputies on federal hate crime charges. (Associated Press/Wooster Daily Record)
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Allison Marman of Silver Spring visits her boyfriend, who has been living in McPherson Square, on Nov. 22, the day after U.S. Park Police arrested a person on charges of sexual assault and theft. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
