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APMSen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Energy Committee, spoke Wednesday about getting congressional approval for the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline. With her with is Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., a member of the committee. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
This photo of Roy Middleton working underground at the Kentucky Darby mine now sits on the mantel in the Middleton home in Harlan County, Ky. He was killed after an explosion in 2006. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch/NPR/Original photo courtesy of Middleton family hide caption
NATO has reported a spike in Russian military activity at sea and in NATO and other Western European countries' airspace, as tensions mounted over Ukraine. Here, a Russian military long-range bomber aircraft flies in international airspace on Oct. 29. Royal Air Force/AP hide caption