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Supporters of President Obama's health care policies — (from left) Ron Pollack, Larry Kim, Dell Erwin, Ray Scher and Kevin Wilson — hold a rally in front of federal court in Richmond on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing two cases challenging the federal health care reform act. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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*** FILE ** In this file photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, in Ogden, Utah, Debra Brown enters Judge Michael DiReda's courtroom in Ogden, Utah. A Utah judge ruled Monday, May 2, 2011, that Brown, who is serving a life sentence after being convicted of murdering her employer 17 years ago, is innocent of the crime. (AP Photo/Al Hartmann, The Salt Lake Tribune, Pool, File)
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Justin Miller (left) talks with Leah Chanthapanya (right) at a May 3 job fair in Independence, Ohio. Chanthapanya is looking for a customer service or administrative position. Employers added more than 200,000 jobs in April for the third straight month, the biggest hiring spree in five years. But the unemployment rate rose to 9 percent in part because some people resumed looking for work. (Associated Press)
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D.C. United's Andy Najar scored one of the goals in the 2-2 draw with the Philadelphia Union on Saturday. (Associated Press)
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Job seekers wait in line for a job fair to open on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, in Independence, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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Waitress Jasmine Randhawa serves a pepperoni pizza at Mountain Mike's pizza parlor in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday, April 1, 2011. The nation's service sector, which employs about 90 percent of the U.S. workforce, grew in April, though at the slowest pace since August. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife gave a nonprofit $400 million to pay election workers, train poll workers and rent polling locations for the Nov. 3 vote in various states. (Associated Press/File)
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Alicia Scott, 23, of Riverdale, Ga., applies for a job Tuesday at a McDonald's location in Atlanta. The fast-food corporation sought to fill 50,000 full-time and part-time positions in one day as part of its National Hiring Day. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** William Rusher attends the American Conservative Union's Conservative Century dinner at the Washington Hilton in 1999. (The Washington Times)
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Spelman College student Alicia Scott, 23, of Riverdale, Ga., fills out a job application at an Atlanta McDonald's restaurant Tuesday, April 19, 2011. McDonald's hopes to hire 50,000 new workers nationwide on its National Hiring Day. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Protesters walk away from the Herndon office of Rep. Frank R. Wolf on Monday after a press conference about the Dulles Metrorail project. The protesters, many union members, are upset that Mr. Wolf wants the Phase II contracts to be reopened to more bids rather than using a project labor agreement (PLA). (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, is chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo)
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An ill evacuee is treated by aid workers while being moved to a waiting ambulance, as nearly 1,200 migrant workers who were evacuated from Misrata by boat, many suffering from dehydration and needing medical attention, arrived at the port in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, April 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Job seekers wait in line to enter the 23rd annual City University of New York Big Apple Job Fair at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on Friday, April 8, 2011. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits during the week ending Saturday, April 9, 2011, rose for the first time in three weeks, although the broader trend still points to a slowly healing jobs market. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Brandon Webb's hiring by the D.C. Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services only added fuel to the fire in his mother's scandal, Ms. Webb says.
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY BARBARA L. SALISBURY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Rochelle Webb, former director of the Department of Employment Services, says her early dismissal was based partially on fear of what she would say in testimony.
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"It feels like he stole $1,000 from each one of us," said Town Clerk Candy Slack of Donald Hewitt, who admitted stealing town funds for his personal use while serving as the town's part-time treasurer from 1977 to 2009. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and could face 20 years in prison. (Associated Press)
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In this April 1, 2011, photo, an unemployed man looks at job listings at JobTrain in Menlo Park, Calif. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs are dropping and employers may be hiring more workers. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray says a council member's accusation about his hiring of a member of the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development is "very objectionable." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
