People looking for jobs wait in line to speak with potential employers at the Brooklyn Job Fair on April 13 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

Rep. Darrell Issa and other Republicans in Congress are headed to Mexico on Friday to try to find more weapons purchased by straw buyers in the U.S. Harry Hamburg/AP hide caption

Mexican soldiers have taken control of the police department in downtown Matamoros, in the border state of Tamaulipas. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption

A beaver swims in Tierra del Fuego. The beavers are cutting and flooding forests across the vast, remote archipelago. With no natural predators, they mow down forests unchecked, and their dams create lagoons that suffocate trees and vegetation. The beavers also flood over roads and cattle-grazing pastures, causing millions in damages. null hide caption

Laz Alonso (left) and Paula Patton star as a bride and groom from opposite ends of the socioeconomic spectrum in Jumping the Broom. The film grossed $36 million during its U.S. run in May. Jonathan Wenk/TriStar Pictures hide caption

Peter Folk poses as his famed character, Lt. Columbo, in the detective television series Columbo. NBC/AP hide caption

Bob Ducharme protests changes to Social Security in front of Chicago's Social Security Administration office in 2005. Until recently, AARP had not conceded that Social Security benefits may need to change in the future. Tim Boyle/Getty Images hide caption

The groundbreaking fanfare included a cake model of Vertex's new corporate headquarters. Curt Nickisch hide caption

Back To School: Tom Hanks plays a middle-aged man who reinvents himself by enrolling at his local college after he loses his longtime job at a big-box company. Bruce Talamon/Universal hide caption