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This Nov. 18, 1978, file photo released by NBC shows Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues, left, and John Belushi as Jake Blues, performing as the Blues Brothers on "Saturday Night Live" in New York. The long-running sketch comedy series celebrated its 40th anniversary with a 3-hour special airing Sunday on NBC. (AP Photo/NBC, Al Levine)

‘SNL’ celebrates its 40th season with an anniversary special

By Frazier Moore - Associated Press

West Team’s Stephen Curry, left, of the Golden State Warriors, against East Team’s Al Horford, of the Atlanta Hawks, during the first half of the NBA All-Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Warriors, Hawks on top, LeBron set to chase when NBA resumes

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

In this Friday Feb. 13, 2015 photo, skiers board the ski train at Loon Mountain ski area in Lincoln, N.H. With another winter storm coming skiers will be flocking to Northern New England for the mid-winter school break to get a chance at skiing the rare powder snow. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Resorts hope skiers flock to snow-covered New England

By LISA RATHKE - Associated Press

West Team's Russell Westbrook, of the Oklahoma City Thunder, dunks during the first half of the NBA All-Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Russell Westbrook has 41, West edges East in NBA All-Star Game

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

LeBron James, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, addresses children at the Boys & Girls Club at the Frederick Douglas Center, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, in New York. James, who is in town for Sunday's NBA All-Star basketball game, gave a contribution to the center under his LeBron James Family Foundation. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

LeBron James reflects on life, legacy before 11th All-Star Game

By Tom Withers - Associated Press

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, center right, smiles during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at City Hall in Philadelphia. Democrats have selected Philadelphia as the site of the party's 2016 national convention, choosing a patriotic backdrop for the nomination of its next presidential candidate. The convention will be held the week of July 25, 2016 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philadelphia to host Democratic National Convention

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2014, file photo, NBA commissioner Adam Silver walks off the court following a basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City. Silver stood at the podium last All-Star weekend and said he wanted to listen. He was two weeks into his rookie year as commissioner, interested in traveling around the league and hearing new ideas about how to make it better. When he returns to the All-Star stage on Saturday, Feb. 14, he isn’t planning to announce a new platform. But he also knows that the time for talk is ending. “I think the Year 2 needs to be one in which we're focused on action,” he told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Adam Silver ‘focused on action’ in 2nd year as NBA commissioner

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

New York Times journalist David Carr poses for a photograph as he arrives for the French premiere of the documentary "Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times," in Paris, in this Nov. 21, 2011, file photo. Carr collapsed at the office and died in a hospital Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. He was 58. Carr wrote the Media Equation column for the Times, focusing on issues of media in relation to business and culture. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

David Carr, New York Times media columnist, dies at age 58

By Tom McElroy - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez heads to the dugout during their 5-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. Rodriguez has met with the New York Yankees and apologized to the team as he prepares to report to spring training following his season-long suspension according to a team statement Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)

Alex Rodriguez meets with Yankees, apologizes for actions

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Senate Republicans, Cuomo holding ethics talks

By MICHAEL VIRTANEN and DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

Melissa Butler, who was with unarmed Akai Gurley when he was shot and killed by a New York City Police officer, in a pitch-dark, public housing stairwell, attends a news conference outside the office of the Brooklyn District Attorney, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. State Assemblyman-elect Charles Barron told reporters he thinks the shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley by a New York City Police officer, in a pitch-dark stairwell of a public housing complex, warrants a charge of criminally negligent homicide. Butler was with Gurley when he was shot. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Officer indicted in killing of unarmed man in NYC stairwell

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

Pediatrician Charles Goodman vaccinates 1-year-old Cameron Fierro with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, or MMR vaccine, at his practice in Northridge, California. State legislatures are dealing with a rash of legislation to tighten vaccination rules in reaction to the Disneyland measles outbreak, but not every bill is aimed at making sure children get their shots. (Associated Press)

Vaccine exemption bills introduced amid measles outbreak, underscoring anti-vaxxers’ strength

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 24, 2011 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Capitol Hill in Washington. Israel&#8217;s ambassador to the US has gotten an earful from a half-dozen House Democrats angered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s acceptance of a Republican invitation to address Congress next month. Boehner&#8217;s invitation came with the Obama administration in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. Boehner&#8217;s move has angered the White House and Democrats. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Jewish Democrats try to divert Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, photo, oil pump jacks are seen McKenzie County, in western North Dakota. Roughly 60 rigs are drilling in surrounding McKenzie County, 40 percent of the rigs statewide. But now that those prices have tumbled, the shifting oil market threatens to put the industry and local governments on a collision course. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Oil surges again on signs companies slow production

Associated Press

A TSA agent checks a bag at a security checkpoint area at Midway International Airport in Chicago. (Associated Press)

Airline employees bring loaded guns on flights, raise national security fears

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2007, file photo, Harper Lee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, &quot;To kill a Mockingbird,&quot; smiles during a ceremony honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. Publisher Harper announced Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, that &quot;Go Set a Watchman,&quot; a novel Lee completed in the 1950s and put aside, will be released July 14. It will be her second published book. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

Second Harper Lee novel to be published in July

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

In this image Jan. 29, 2015 photo released by Starpix, Grammy Award Winner Jennifer Nettles, center, rehearses for her Broadway role as Roxie Hart in the musical &quot;Chicago,&quot; in New York. Nettles will debut on Monday, Feb. 2 at the Ambassador Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Starpix, Aurora Rose)

Jennifer Nettles credits son for Broadway debut

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

Isabel Rodriguez, left, hands coffee to his husband, Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez, right, at the Davie, Fla. home of Felipe’s sister. The two are longtime immigrant and LGBTQ activists who walked from Miami to Washington, in 2010, to call attention to the struggles of youths living in the United States illegally. (AP Photo)

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Gay housing projects Obama government priority

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

This image from video provided by Weight Watchers shows a frame from their television commercial that aired during the Super Bowl NFL football game on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Weight Watchers) ** FILE **

Super Bowl advertisers strike unusually serious tone

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press