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** FILE ** President Obama signs the health care bill at the White House in Washington on March 23, 2010. (Associated Press)
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President Obama signs the health care bill in the White House on March 23, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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PROVIDED BY SYFY The cast of "Eureka," (from left) Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton and Tembi Locke, will be looking for new employment after Syfy on Monday reversed its decision to renew the show for a sixth season.
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DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Kristopher K. Baumann, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, says more than half of city police officials appointed rather than hired competitively do not live in the city as required by law.
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A man works in the ruins of a building in Port-au-Prince damaged by an earthquake. The government is giving wage earners access to credit at a preferential rate for 10 years to enable them to buy or construct a home. (Associated Press)
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The NFL and its players are getting close to a full-fledged collective bargaining agreement. The NFLPA already has re-established itself as a union, according to AP sources. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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U.S. Soccer moved quickly to name a replacement for fired coach Bob Bradley, announcing Juergen Klinsmann's hiring Friday, a day after Bradley was let go. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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Transportation Security Administration chief John S. Pistole on Thursday welcomed the unionization of his agency's 47,000 airport screeners. The move has proved controversial, with critics arguing that, as a security agency, TSA should not allow collective bargaining. (Associated Press)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray speaks with students and supervisers working with the District Department of Transportation during an announcement of the completion of pay-by-phone parking across the District. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** In this July 26, 2011, photo, workers seeking employment create resumes and look for open positions on laptops provided by USAJobs at a job fair for space workers and those workers that lost jobs due to the end of the space shuttle program in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Union calvary units march toward the battlefield during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Confederate infantry fires on the Union during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Union troops move down the battlefield toward the Confederates during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Union artillery units fire their cannons toward the Confederates. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Union troops move down the battlefield during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment .(Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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A Union soldier takes a sip from his canteen to stay cool during the re-enactment, which culminated a four-day anniversary celebration in Prince William County.
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed Senate Bill 5 into law March 31 limiting collective-bargaining rights of public employees. Mr. Kasich, a Republican, said he will play a visible role in defending the law in the lead up to a November repeal vote. (Associated Press)
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The British prime minister is denounced on a protester's poster Wednesday as the leader explains to the House of Commons that he unwittingly hired a former editor involved in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. (Associated Press)
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Prime Minister David Cameron (standing) answers questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday about his hiring of former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as communications director. Mr. Coulson, implicated in the newspaper phone-hacking scandal, resigned from the government job in January. (Associated Press)
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Ruff & Ready Furnishings employee Albert McCray works the register Sunday during the store's moving sale. "We take cards, we take cash, we take whatever we need to do to work with you," Mr. McCray said. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
