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Cork from a bottle of Eagle's Rock, which offers Argentinean Torrontes and Malbec wines. Torrontes is a grape, and a white wine, and has gained popula...

A man from Cameroon who was tortured for his efforts to fight back against the government in trying to receive drinking water for his village, shows h...

A man from Cameroon who received asylum after Dr. Asgary wrote an affidavit confirming that his scars match his description of torture in prison, show...

From left: Chris Kimmerer, Meghan Linsey, Joshua Scott Jones and Andrew Petroff of Steel Magnolia perform in New York, on Jan. 10, 2011. The country m...

Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones perform with their band, Steel Magnolia, in New York, on Jan. 10, 2011. The concert was in celebration of the cou...

Microplane kitchen graters at the production facility in Russellville, Ark., Dec. 1, 2010. Designed to be a serious woodworking tool, the Microplane b...

Taxis at a gas station before their shift change, in New York, Jan. 5, 2010. According to a city review of GPS records taken from thousands of cab tri...

FILE-- Margaret Whiting sings for the crowd attending the American Theatre Wing Ding dinner, in a May 22, 1977 file photo. Whiting, a songwriter's dau...

Steve Kistler, co-proprietor of Kistler Vineyards, left, and Jason Kesner, assistant winemaker at Kistler, at the vineyards in Sebastopol, Calif., Nov...

Vine Hill Vineyard with chardonnay grapes at Kistler Vineyards in Sebastopol, Calif., Nov. 22, 2010. Kistler once set the standard of quality with its...

Pasta handkerchiefs with chunky pesto and bits of pine nuts. The handkerchief, or fazzoletti, shape - a rectangle or square, is as traditional as anyt...

Lowell McAdam, president and chief operating officer of Verizon, left, and Tim Cook, chief operating officer of Apple, at a news conference in New Yor...

Richard Grace, founder of Grace Manufacturing, Inc., holds several Microplane grater blades on the production floor at the manufacturing facility in R...

Gabrielle Campbell, left, and Rebecca Nance inspect uncut medical tools after they were stamped at the production facility for Microplane in Russellvi...

A Microplane cheese grater, in New York, Jan. 6, 2010. Designed to be a serious woodworking tool, the Microplane brand graders became widely purchase...

A Microplane cheese grater, in New York, Jan. 6, 2010. Designed to be a serious woodworking tool, the Microplane brand graders became widely purchase...

A Microplane cheese grater, in New York, Jan. 6, 2010. Designed to be a serious woodworking tool, the Microplane brand graders became widely purchase...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gives his first State of the State at the Assembly Chambers State House in Trenton, N.J., Jan. 11, 2011. Christie calle...

W. Dennis Duggan, a Family Court judge, at a courtroom in Albany, New York, Jan. 11, 2011. A new survey shows that hundreds of judges remain deeply di...

Taxis driving over the Queensboro Bridge, in New York, Jan. 6, 2010. According to a city review of GPS records taken from thousands of cab trips over...

FILE-- Margaret Whiting sings "One For My Baby" at 92nd Street Y in New York, May 6, 2006. Whiting, a songwriter's daughter, who as a teenage singer c...

Kistler's McCrea Vineyard Chardonnay, left, and Kistler's Silver Belt Vineyard Cuvee Natalie Pinot Noir, at Kistler Vineyards in Sebastopol, Calif., N...

Steve Kistler, co-proprietor of Kistler Vineyards, left, and Jason Kesner, assistant winemaker at Kistler, at the vineyards in Sebastopol, Calif., Nov...

Vine Hill Vineyard with chardonnay grapes at Kistler Vineyards in Sebastopol, Calif., Nov. 22, 2010. Kistler once set the standard of quality with its...

Zeke Pierce, a student at Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy and past competitor in Junior Olympics races, works on his technique at Golden Peak, near Min...

Students at Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy review skiing tapes of their day as they wait for a bus to pick them up, near Minturn, Colo., Jan. 5, 2011....

Students train year-round at a gym named the Center of Awesomeness at Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy, near Minturn, Colo., Jan. 5, 2011. Vail Ski and...

Student Victor Gilmeneau prepares to load his ski gear onto a bus heading to the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy, near Minturn, Colo., Jan. 5, 2011. Va...

A pair of freestyle skis sit in the hall at Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy, near Minturn, Colo., Jan. 5, 2011. Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy, which r...

A sign in the hallway on the opening day of the state Legislature in Austin, Texas, Jan. 11, 2011. Riding a wave of populist anger, the Republican Par...

Family and friends gather while workers complete last-minute wiring in the new office of state Rep. David Simpson, a Republican, on the opening day of...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the Texas House of Representatives on the opening day of the state Legislature in Austin, Texas, Jan. 11, 2011. Riding...

Texas Supreme Court justices recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the Texas House of Representatives on the opening day of the state Legislature in Aust...

Lowell McAdam, president and chief operating officer of Verizon, left, and Tim Cook, chief operating officer of Apple, at a news conference in New Yor...

Lowell McAdam, president and chief operating officer of Verizon, left, and Tim Cook, chief operating officer of Apple, at a news conference in New Yor...

Dan Mead, president and chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless, left, and Tim Cook, chief operating officer of Apple, at a news conference in New...

A Braised Cabbage dish by Chef Floyd Cardoz, who was the executive chef of Tabla restaurant until it closed December 2010, in New York, Jan. 6, 2010....

From left: Dominic McManus, Joshua Scott Jones and Meghan Linsey of Steel Magnolia perform in New York, on Jan. 10, 2011. The concert was in celebrati...

Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones perform with their band, Steel Magnolia, in New York, on Jan. 10, 2011. The concert was in celebration of the cou...

A Braised Cabbage dish by Chef Marcus Samuelsson, at his new restaurant called Red Rooster, in New York, Jan. 6, 2010. Chefs embrace cabbage for its s...

Chef Marcus Samuelsson with his Braised Cabbage dish at his new restaurant called Red Rooster, in New York, Jan. 6, 2010. Chefs embrace cabbage for it...

Chef Floyd Cardoz, who was the executive chef of Tabla restaurant until it closed December 2010, with his Braised Cabbage dish at a Union Square Event...

Chef Floyd Cardoz, who was the executive chef of Tabla restaurant until it closed December 2010, prepares his Braised Cabbage dish at a Union Square E...

Roasted Arctic char with pine nuts, Japanese soba noodles and Meyer lemon juice. To keep the noodles from sticking together and to add a peppery, herb...

Roasted Arctic char with pine nuts, Japanese soba noodles and Meyer lemon juice. To keep the noodles from sticking together and to add a peppery, herb...

Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones perform with their band, Steel Magnolia, in New York, on Jan. 10, 2011. The concert was in celebration of the cou...

Rinde Eckert, a tenor, left, and Gary Fagin, a composer, perform a piece from the musical "Robert Moses Astride New York" in New York, on Jan. 11, 201...

From left: Armie Hammer, Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg, who acted together in "The Social Network," at the National Board of Review of Motion Pi...

A pedestrian enters the cafe 't Brugs Beertje, or the Bruges Bear, in Bruges, Belgium, Dec. 30, 2010. Since opening in 1983, the Bruges Bear has amass...

Yaele Vigouroux, left, and Stephane Chabert, both of Savoie, France, drink Lambic beers at the Brasserie Cantillon brewery, in Brussels, Dec. 30, 2010...