Bette Midler greets Aretha Franklin at Aretha's 69th birthday party, in New York, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
Anti-Syrian government protesters shout slogans as they protest after Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, week long crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country's autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
** FILE ** Commerce Secretary Ron Brown is shown in this May 1995 file photo. The special prosecutor investigating Brown is reviewing activities with an Oklahoma gas company that include a $160,000 payment to Brown's son and trips for a top Commerce aide, according to interviews and documents. (AP Photo/File, J. Scott Applewhite)
In this image taken from a bus heading to an organized trip by the Libyan authorities, smoke rises from a Libyan military base on the outskirt of Tajura, 30 kms (20 miles) east of Tripoli, Libya, on Friday, March 25, 2011. NATO agreed to take over command of the newly established no-fly zone over Libya, but the alliance's new role doesn't allow the U.S. to make a quick exit from the costly military operation as the Obama administration had wanted. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay
Syrians anti and pro-Assad protesters clash after Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria, on Friday, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, weeklong crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country's autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
Anti-government protestors demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, carry the body of Mujahed Abdul Haq, his posters seen right, who was killed last Friday in clashes with Yemeni security forces, during his funeral procession in Sanaa,Yemen, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
French air force pilots exit from a Rafale jet fighter at Solenzara 126 Air Base on Corsica island in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday after coming back from a mission to Libya. NATO announced an agreement to take over the command of the U.S.-led air war over Libya, which saved the ragtag resistance that was nearly defeated last week.
D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. must appear in federal court next month for a hearing about student loans he is accused of not repaying. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
