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

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, performs as St. Jimmy perform in the musical "American Idiot" at the St. James Theater in New York, Jan. 8, 2011. A...

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, performs as St. Jimmy perform in the musical "American Idiot" at the St. James Theater in New York, Jan. 8, 2011. A...

Edwidge Danticat, editor of the book "Haiti Noir," which was released last week, at her home in Miami, Jan. 7, 2011. The book has taken on new resonan...

New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) is taken down by Indianapolis Colts in the first half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Jan. 8, 2010...

Matt Sanderson, a Playoff PAC founder and also a lawyer for Republican candidates, in his law firm office in Washington, Jan. 7, 2011. A Washington po...

Matt Sanderson, a Playoff PAC founder and also a lawyer for Republican candidates, in his law firm office in Washington, Jan. 7, 2011. A Washington po...

Danil Sannikov, 3, whose parents, Andrei Sannikov, a former presidential candidate, and Irina Khalip, a journalist, are in prison, plays at a park in...

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

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

Sandy Coulson takes a photo of a makeshift memorial left for victims who were killed or wounded in yesterday's Tucson shooting outside the state Capit...

Flowers left at the door of the Federal District Court House in a makeshift memorial for U.S. District Judge John Roll, who was killed a day earlier b...

Flowers and other items at a makeshift memorial outside University Medical Center, where wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) remains in critical...

FILE -- Solar cells are manufactured at SolarWorld plant in Hillsboro, Ore. April, 22, 2009. The new military appropriations law signed by President B...

Traffic stops for a train to pass in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 8, 2011. In a region where governments are swollen with foreign currency reserves and inflat...

Sandy Coulson, left, looks at a makeshift memorial left for victims who were killed or wounded in yesterday's Tucson shooting outside the state Capito...

Nicholas Merrill, who filed a constitutional challenge over the national security letter the FBI sent to a company he founded, Calyx Internet Access C...

Jack Griffin, who took the reins as chief executive of Time Inc. in September, at his office in New York, Nov. 10, 2010. Griffin has directed all Time...

Radical Studios' Barry Levine, president and publisher, right, and, Jesse Berger, executive vice president, in Los Angeles, Dec. 16, 2010. Radical has...

Illustrated novels from Radical Studios, a publishing company that began in 2008 and now has 72 publishing properties with more than 1,000 characters,...

Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver in the New York State Assembly chamber in Albany, N.Y., Jan. 6, 2011. Democratic leaders in the State Assembly are sig...

Poll workers prepare ballot boxes during voting in the referendum on whether southern Sudan should secede, in Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 9, 2011. People...

A photograph of portion of a national security letter the FBI sent to Calyx Internet Access Corporation, a company founded by Nicholas Merrill, for wh...

Nicholas Merrill holds a national security letter the FBI sent to Calyx Internet Access Corporation, a company founded by Merrill, in New York, Jan. 5...

Palestinians watch the demolition of the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem, Jan. 9, 2011. The site of the historic hotel in an Arab neighborhood is to...

Israeli bulldozers clear the land and demolish the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem, Jan. 9, 2011. The site of the historic hotel in an Arab neighborh...

Palestinians watch from a passing bus the walls come down from a wing of the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem, Jan. 9, 2011. The hotel was built in th...

Lobbyists in the rotunda outside the Illinois House of Representatives in Springfield, Ill., Jan. 6, 2011. With Illinois' budget crisis reaching despe...

Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago), right, speaks with fellow senators at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Jan. 6, 2...

Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) speaks with fellow senators at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Jan. 6, 2011. Wit...

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

Flowers left at the door of the Federal District Court House in a makeshift memorial for U.S. District Judge John Roll, who was killed a day earlier b...

The Sportsman's Warehouse, where police said alleged Tucson gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, bought his gun, in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2011. Court document...

A flag is flown at half-staff outside the University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2011. President Barack Obama issued a proclamation order...

New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson (21) scores a touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in...

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, wears a female costume to entertain the cast backstage during voice warm up before performing as St. Jimmy in the m...

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, prepares backstage to perform as St. Jimmy in the musical "American Idiot" at the St. James Theater in New York, Ja...

From left: Jeffrey Martinez, Stephen Woods and Anthony Woods, neighbors of alleged Tucson gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2011....

A make-shift memorial for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords outside the University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2011. People consoled each other a d...

Palestinians watch from a passing bus the walls come down from a wing of the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem, Jan. 9, 2011. The hotel was built in th...

Israeli bulldozers clear the land and demolish the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem, Jan. 9, 2011. The site of the historic hotel in an Arab neighborh...

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

Radical Studios' Barry Levine, president and publisher, left, and, Jesse Berger, executive vice president, in Los Angeles, Dec. 16, 2010. Berger and L...

Voters at a polling station to cast their ballots in a referendum on independence for souther Sudan in Juba, Sudan, Jan. 9, 2011. In an atmosphere of...

Juba, Sudan, Sunday, January 9, 2011: Southern Sudanese celebrate Sunday evening on the streets, waving their voter's cards and bibles after pouring...

Bulgur-Ricotta Pankcakes, in New York, Jan. 7, 2011. Whole grains can be used to create super-light pastries, the fastest and easiest of which are pan...

FILE -- California Gov.-elect Jerry Brown at a budget briefing in Sacramento, Calif., Dec. 8, 2010. Aides say Brown will propose a fiscal rescue plan...

Naima Cohn, a Landmark College student from Chicago, uses voice-recognition software that types her poem into a computer at the school library in Putn...

Visitors walk the entrance of the Hogwarts Castle at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla., Jan....

Visitors fill the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 5, 2011. The Potter playland has given...