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A migrant from Central America stands outside a migrant house, as do local police in the town of Arriaga, in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas, on Jan. 6. More than forty such migrants were abducted in Oaxaca in a December incident; 20 subsequently escaped. (Associated Press)
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Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, seen here in 2007, declared the Obama administration's health care overhaul unconstitutional Monday, siding with 26 states that sued to block it, saying that people can't be required to buy health insurance. (AP Photo/Pensacola News Journal, Tony Giberson)
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Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson is seen in a May 2007 photo. Judge Vinson declared the Obama administration's health care overhaul unconstitutional on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, siding with 26 states that sued to block it, saying that people can't be required to buy health insurance. (AP Photo/Pensacola News Journal, Tony Giberson)
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Commissioner Linda Bond, a Canadian, will take office as general of the Salvation Army on April 2, 2011. She will be the third female international leader in the movement's history. [Photo by Mark A. Kellner/The Washington Times]
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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Sunday he fears Senate Democrats won't acknowledge "real problems" with entitlements, such as Medicare and Social Security. (Associated Press)
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On NBC's "Meet the Press," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, on Sunday said, "I think the president needs to be more bold" in addressing the massive federal deficit, including entitlements, in a collaborative effort. (NBC via Associated Press)
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Dr. Donald Berwick, whom President Obama appointed as head of Medicare and Medicaid without Senate hearings, now needs Senate approval. (Associated Press)
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Egyptian anti-government activists, one of them holding a crossed-out portrait of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, chant slogans as they protest in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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Egyptian anti-government activists, some standing on a burned police car challenge riot police officers, not seen, during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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**FILE** President Obama addresses the Families USA 16th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington on Jan. 28, 2011. Families USA is an consumer advocacy health care organization. (Associated Press)
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Egyptian anti-government activists run for a cover from the tear gaz during clashes with the riot- police in Cairo Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Egyptian activists protested for a fourth day as social networking sites called for a mass rally in the capital Cairo after Friday prayers, keeping up the momentum of the country's largest anti-government protests in years. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2006 file photo, a silicone gel breast implant is shown at Mentor Corp., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, in Irving, Texas. Federal health officials said Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, they are investigating a possible link between breast implants and a very rare form of cancer after reviewing a handful of cases reported over the last 13 years. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam, file)
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**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (left), Nevada Democrat, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)
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Egyptian protesters clash with police in Suez. Activists protested for a third day as social networking sites called for a mass rally Friday. (Associated Press)
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In this Feb. 25, 2010, file photo Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, left, walks past Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, during a meeting at the Blair House in Washington. In a rare moment of agreement at the January 2011 start of the 112th Congress Mr. McConnell and Mr. Reid opened by endorsing a bipartisan effort to find ways to improve an unwieldy, unproductive process for naming and confirming the nation's top officials. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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David Kato, an advocacy officer for the gay rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda, was found with serious wounds to his head at his home in Uganda's capital Kampala, late Wednesday Jan 26, 2011, and later died of his injuries. A Ugandan tabloid newspaper called Rolling Stone listed a number of men they said were homosexuals last year, including Kato. Kato's picture was published on the front page, along with his name and a headline that said "Hang Them." (AP Photo)
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Sen. Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat and Senate Budget Committee chairman, speaks about the Congressional Budget Office's economic outlook Wednesday during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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"Put simply, our fiscal problem is a health care problem," says House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican. (Associated Press)
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A man shows a poster of Rwandan President Paul Kagame to protest against his visit in Brussels last month. Four men who were once members of Mr. Kagame's inner circle have now fled the country. They say they fear for their lives even in exile as Mr. Kagame steps up efforts to silence their criticism. (Associated Press)
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Egyptian riot police clash with anti-government activists in Cairo on Wednesday. The activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests. (Associated Press)
