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In this July 20, 2010, file photo, Lindsay Lohan is shown in court in Beverly Hills, Calif., where she was taken into custody to serve a jail sentence for probation violation. (AP Photo/Al Seib, file)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Red Shirt protesters against the government cheer Sunday during a rally in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand. Thousands of the demonstrators, who are supporters of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, took part in a rally marking the fourth anniversary of the military coup that ousted Mr. Thaksin from power. Chiang Mai is his hometown.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS In 1960 in her Georgetown home in Washington, Jacqueline Kennedy works on her weekly column. The newspaper column called "Campaign Wife" included discussion of policies and issues with personal stories and Mrs. Kennedy's advice on everyday matters such as child-rearing and shopping.
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Illustration: Abortion by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
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Associated Press Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell will address social conservatives in Washington this weekend.
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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio at a press conference with Republican leaders, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS New York state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. (top) and New York state Sen. Hiram Monserrate were ousted by voters on Tuesday. Mr. Espada's health care clinic in one of New York's poorest neighborhoods is under investigation for $14 million in government grants it received. Mr. Monserrate was convicted in a domestic violence case involving his girlfriend.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS People wait in Trenton, N.J., in July for the office of the state's Division of Pensions and Benefits to open. The number of public employee retirements in New Jersey is up dramatically this year, in part because of concerns that pension benefits could be cut.
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People wait outside the Trenton, N.J., office of the Division of Pensions and Benefits for the agency to open. The number of public employee retirements in New Jersey is up nearly 50 percent this year, partly because of concerns that pension benefits could be cut. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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'FREE THE INNOCENT PEOPLE': A child passes by posters of detainees hanging on a wall in a village in Malkiya, Bahrain. Graffiti calls for their release. (Associated Press)
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Well-wishers and male relatives of Bahrainis rounded up in a crackdown on Shiite Muslim activists gather for a sit-in in a private home in the village of Nuweidrat, Bahrain, on Tuesday. More than 250 Shiites have been detained since last month, and 23 political activists and others have been accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The banner shows some of the more prominent prisoners and reads, "Sit-in in support of families of the prisoners." (Associated Press)
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Ibrahim's mother, Mariam Labib, talks in July of her daughter's death. Ibrahim had complained of spousal abuse and had wanted a divorce, but her parents and Coptic belief banned it. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said Monday that he won't countenance any income-tax increases next year.
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Texas coach Mack Brown argues an officials call during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game against Wyoming, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 in Austin, Texas. Texas won 34-7. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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OPEN TO COMPROMISE: "If the only option I have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, I'll vote for it," House Minority Leader John A. Boehner says. (Associated Press)
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Tea partyers rally at the Capitol in September 2010 to oppose government spending, particularly bailouts and economic policies backed by President Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Residents eat at a Guatemalan restaurant across the corner of Sixth Street and Union Avenue where police shot an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who was menacing officers with a knife, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In this April 23, 2010 file photo, Belgium's Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, left, and commission chairman Peter Adriaenssens address the media in Brussels about the sexually abuse of a Bishop. A Belgian commission looking into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says it has received testimony from hundreds of victims and that witnesses say widespread abuse over decades led to at least 13 suicides. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, file)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters of Hazleton, Pa., Mayor Lou Barletta and the town's law cracking down on illegal immigration gather in front of City Hall in June 2007. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the law on Thursday, saying it infringed on the federal government's power.
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In this June 3, 2007, file photo, a crowd gathers below the steps during a rally in support of Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, in front of City Hall in Hazleton, Pa. A federal appeals court has ruled that Hazleton may not enforce its crackdown on illegal immigrants, dealing another blow to legislation that inspired copycat measures around the nation, including Arizona. (AP Photo/Steve Klaver, File)
