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Haitian workers paint a fence in the Iron Market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 7, 2011. A year after the earthquake that devastated Haiti's capital,...

People walk outside of the Iron Market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 7, 2011. A year after the earthquake that devastated Haiti's capital, just 5 pe...

FILE -- Jonathan Lippmann, the state's chief judge, in his office in New York, on Jan. 28, 2010. Lippmann has demanded that paperwork be sound as seve...

FILE -- Judge Arthur Schack in his chambers in New York, on July 21, 2009. Schack is one of several judges who have accused lawyers of processing shod...

Akio Toyoda, the Toyota president and grandson of the Japanese carmaker's founder, at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, on J...

Akio Toyoda, the Toyota president and grandson of the Japanese carmaker's founder, stands by a new 2012 Prius V at the 2011 North American Internation...

A student automotive design project called the Sidewinder on display at the Lawrence Technological University exhibit at the 2011 North American Inter...

A Prius concept by Toyota at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011. The show opened on Monday with as many as 4...

The Ford C-Max debuts at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011. The C-Max, Ford's Europe family truckster, now...

The Chrysler 300 is debuted at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011. The Chrysler 300, a onetime style standou...

Chrysler Group LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne, second from right, at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011. The show...

Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen AG chairman, speaks with reporters after the debut of he new Volkswagen Passat at the 2011 North American International...

The Mini Paceman concept car at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011. The show opened on Monday with as many a...

The Kia KV7 concept car at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011. The show opened on Monday with as many as 40 n...

Jonathan Browning, Volkswagen Group of America President and CEO reveals the new Volkswagen Passat at the 2011 North American International Auto Show...

FILE -- New Jersey Nets power forward Derrick Favors (14) looks to pass in a game against the Detroit Pistons at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J....

Sergey Skaterschikov, founder of Skate's, at his office in Moscow, on Jan. 6, 2011. Skaterschikov's firm keeps a database of more than 5,000 of the wo...

Sergey Skaterschikov, founder of Skate's, at his office in Moscow, on Jan. 6, 2011. Skaterschikov's firm keeps a database of more than 5,000 of the wo...

Capitol Police talk with each other in the Cannon Rotunda at the Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 10, 2011. House lawmakers are considering adopting an en...

Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.), gives an interview in the Cannon Rotunda at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 10, 2011. House lawmakers are considering ado...

Members of Congress along with staff members return to their offices at the Capitol in Washington after a moment of silence for the victims of Saturda...

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama return to the White House in Washington after they observed a moment of silence for the victims o...

Flowers sit on the Capitol steps in Washington for the victims of Saturday's shooting in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 10, 2011. Jared Loughner, a troubled 22-y...

A flag at the Supreme Court in Washington flies at half-staff for the victims of Saturday's shooting in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 10, 2011. Jared Loughner,...

Members of Congress along with staff and family members on the steps of the Capitol in Washington during a moment of silence for the victims of Saturd...

Members of Congress along with staff and family members on the steps of the Capitol in Washington during a moment of silence for the victims of Saturd...

Members of Congress along with staff and family members on the steps of the Capitol in Washington during a moment of silence for the victims of Saturd...

Members of Congress along with staff and family members on the steps of the Capitol in Washington during a moment of silence for the victims of Saturd...

People take part in a make-shift memorial for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) outside the University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2011....

A participant in the Congress Welcoming Performing Program carries a communist flag celebrating Vietnam's upcoming Communist Party National Congress...

A woman walks by the Gucci store in downtown during her engagement shoot in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8, 2011. In a region where governments are swollen wi...

A man walks under Nationalist banners and signs celebrating Vietnam's upcoming Communist Party National Congress in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8,...

A child runs over railroad tracks in a slum neighborhood in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8, 2011. In a region where governments are swollen with foreign curre...

People gather and place flowers and other items at a makeshift memorial outside University Medical Center, where wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ar...

Poll workers prepare to receive voters on the referendum on whether southern Sudan should secede, in Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 9, 2011. People voted at e...

A man looks at a Rolex advertisement in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8, 2011. In a region where governments are swollen with foreign currency reserve...

Workers settle in for the night inside an office building they are constructing in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8, 2011. In a region where government...

Performers on stage at the Congress Welcoming Performing Program celebrate Vietnam's upcoming Communist Party National Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan...

A man sits under a sign celebrating Vietnam's upcoming Communist Party National Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8, 2011. In a region where governmen...

A view of traffic in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8, 2011. In a region where governments are swollen with foreign currency reserves and inflation remains rela...

A view of a slum neighborhood along the railroad tracks in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8, 2011. In a region where governments are swollen with foreign curren...

A view of a slum neighborhood along the railroad tracks in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8, 2011. In a region where governments are swollen with foreign curren...

Visitors pass by a floral decoration celebrating Vietnam's upcoming Communist Party National Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8, 2011. With the Comm...

Tarek Halaby presents his one-man lecture-performance "An attempt to understand my socio-political disposition through artistic research on personal i...

John Gallagher Jr as Johnny, left, and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day as St. Jimmy, perform in the musical "American Idiot" at the St. James Theate...

A man places barbed wire on a fence while others guard the area as Israeli bulldozers clear the land and demolish the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem...

A man places barbed wire on a fence as behind him Israeli bulldozers clear the land and demolish the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem, Jan. 9, 2011. T...

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan, the state's Democratic Party chairman, meets with state representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springf...

Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) in his office in Springfield, Ill., Jan. 6, 2011. With Illinois' budget crisis reaching desperate...

Rep. Tom Cross (R-Oswego), Minority Leader in the Illinois House of Representatives, in his office in Springfield, Ill., Jan. 6, 2011. With Illinois'...