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Chandra Johnson-Greene, who edits the Stamford, Conn., Patch.com outpost, in Stamford, Conn., Jan. 8, 2011. AOL, the former Internet colossus, has spe...

Mac Taylor, California's legislative analyst, in his office in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 7, 2011. Taylor is the head of an independent, nonpartisan off...

Mac Taylor, California's legislative analyst, in his office in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 7, 2011. Taylor is the head of an independent, nonpartisan off...

Sean "Diddy" Combs talks with Chris Gethard backstage at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, in New York, Jan. 14, 2011. After 13 months of persiste...

Sean "Diddy" Combs, left, joins Chris Gethard in his show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, in New York, Jan. 14, 2011. After 13 months of pers...

Kathleen Dooley and her 9-year-old pug, Lily, at the Port Chester Obedience Training Club in White Plains, N.Y., Dec. 14, 2010. Lily had hobbled after...

Kathleen Dooley's 9-year-old pug, Lily, at the Port Chester Obedience Training Club in White Plains, N.Y., Dec. 14, 2010. Lily had hobbled after years...

Edie Frere, a business owner and reader of The Los Angeles Times, holds a copy of The Times inside a stationery store in Los Angeles, Dec. 16, 2010. B...

Jonathan Derow, a specialist in restoring documents and artworks on paper, with the 1770 Bernard Ratzer "Plan of the City of New York" map he helped b...

FILE -- Joshua Topolsky, Engadget's editor in chief, at his home office in New York, April 30, 2010. Michael Arrington, founder of the TechCrunch blog...

Sean "Diddy" Combs, second from right, with Chris Gethard, right, and troupe in his show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, in New York, Jan. 14...

Sean "Diddy" Combs, center, joins Chris Gethard, second from right, in his show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, in New York, Jan. 14, 2011. A...

Lily, a 9-year-old pug who had a hip replacement in 2006, tackles an obstacle course at the Port Chester Obedience Training Club in White Plains, N.Y....

FILE -- Debra Lee, chief and chairwoman of BET Networks, during an interview in New York, Jan. 28, 2010. Lee said the record viewership for the season...

A book that paper conservationist Jonathan Derow baked in an oven to match the color of the 1770 Bernard Ratzer "Plan of the City of New York" map he...

Neil Blumenthal, left, and David Gilboa, founders of Warby Parker, and online eyeglasses distributor, at a photo shoot for their products in New York,...

Neil Blumenthal, left, and David Gilboa, founders of Warby Parker, and online eyeglasses distributor, oversee a photo shoot featuring their products i...

Lily, a 9-year-old pug who had a hip replacement in 2006, tackles an obstacle course at the Port Chester Obedience Training Club in White Plains, N.Y....

Jonathan Derow, a specialist in restoring documents and artworks on paper, with the 1770 Bernard Ratzer "Plan of the City of New York" map he helped b...

Jonathan Derow, a specialist in restoring documents and artworks on paper, with the 1770 Bernard Ratzer "Plan of the City of New York" map he helped b...

A selection of eye glasses available at Warby Parker, an online eyeglass distributor, in New York, Nov. 5, 2010. Warby Parker, a New York start-up, th...

Kathleen Dooley and her 9-year-old pug, Lily, on an obstacle course at the Port Chester Obedience Training Club in White Plains, N.Y., Dec. 14, 2010....

Kathleen Dooley and her 9-year-old pug, Lily, at the Port Chester Obedience Training Club in White Plains, N.Y., Dec. 14, 2010. Lily had hobbled after...

Harvey Hirschfeld, a founder of LawCash, a company that lends money to plaintiffs, in his office in New York, Dec.15, 2010. The business of financial...

Matt Rauscher walked to his local Walgreens to buy groceries in Chicago, Jan. 11, 2011. Retailers known for selling clothes or aspirin, like Walgreen...

FILE -- On the day of the Tucson shootings where 6 people were killed and 14 injured including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Aroiz.), Pima County Sheriff...

Ham bone soup with onions, shredded cabbage, carrots and cooked beans. The recipe calls to boil a bone and add additions for flavor. The only trick i...

Magnus Pantzar, Lisa Ericsson and their children Hedda Pantzar, 2, and Malva Pantzar, 4, in Stockholm, Jan. 16, 2011. In Pantzar's last marriage he ha...

Magnus Pantzar, Lisa Ericsson and their children Hedda Pantzar, 2, and Malva Pantzar, 4, in Stockholm, Jan. 16, 2011. In Pantzar's last marriage he ha...

People wait in line to attend the Crossroads of the West gun shows at the Pima Count Fairgrounds in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 15, 2011. A week after a gunma...

People wait in line to attend the Crossroads of the West gun shows at the Pima Count Fairgrounds in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 15, 2011. A week after a gunma...

From left: Alina , 4, Ralph, 3, and Al Lester eat lunch at Earlez Grille restaurant in Los Angeles, Jan. 6, 2011. Los Angeles is making one of the nat...

Alina Lester , 4, left, and Ralph Lester, 3, have a fountain drink at Earlez Grille restaurant in Los Angeles, Jan. 6, 2011. Los Angeles is making one...

A sign for a Wing Works and Kentucky Fried Chicken location in Los Angeles, Jan. 7, 2011. Los Angeles is making one of the nation's most radical food...

A sign for El Pollo Loco and Fosters Freeze restaurants in Los Angeles, Jan. 7, 2011. Los Angeles is making one of the nation's most radical food poli...

Inside an Ashurbanipal Cultural Association office after it was raided by armed intruders in Baghdad, Jan. 15, 2011. According to members of the group...

Outside an Ashurbanipal Cultural Association office after it was raided by armed intruders in Baghdad, Jan. 15, 2011. The raid on Ashurbanipal, the la...

The inside of an Ashurbanipal Cultural Association office after it was raided by armed intruders in Baghdad, Jan. 15, 2011. The raid on Ashurbanipal,...

Carl Pierre Louis, center, an earthquake evacuee, during a History class discussion at Felix Varela High School in West Kendall, Miami, Jan. 6, 2011....

Yolanda Galindo de Pabon, right, the mother of Rafael Benjamin Pabon, a pilot found high in the Andes in November, with Eulalio Gonzalez, the climber...

Mountain climbers begin the ascent to the Huayna Potosi glacier where the mummified body of the pilot Rafael Benjamin Pabon was found, outside La Paz,...

An elderly man at the closed Ashurbanipal Cultural Association after it was raided by armed intruders, in Baghdad, Jan. 15, 2011. According to members...

Students partake in studies at Our School at Blair Grocery, an unusual hybrid of GED training and farm academy, in New Orleans, Dec. 9, 2010. Our Scho...

Female inmates at police station jail in Abyei, Sudan, on Jan. 13, 2011. The town, rich with oil and fertile land, straddles the contested border betw...

An employee prepares a chili dog for a customer at Earlez Grille in Los Angeles, Jan., 7, 2011. Los Angeles is making one of the nation's most radical...

Kevin Lassegue, a Haiti earthquake evacuee, raises his hand during an AP French class at Felix Varela High School in West Kendall, Miami, Jan. 6, 2011...

Kevin Lassegue, a Haiti earthquake evacuee, center, during an AP French class at Felix Varela High School in West Kendall, Miami, Jan. 6, 2011. Thousa...

Huayna Potosi, a jagged Andean peak and the site where Rafael Benjamin Pabon's body was found by a climber, looms over La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 8, 2011....

Eulalio Gonzalez, center, and his climbing team Julio Choque Alaoa, left, and Alberto Nogales, at the Huayna Potosi glacier where they found the mummi...

Inside an Ashurbanipal Cultural Association office after it was raided by armed intruders in Baghdad, Jan. 15, 2011. Ashurbanipal, named for an Assyri...