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Visitors ride the Forbidden Journey at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 5, 2011. The...

Supporters of the referendum on independence dance in Juba, Sudan, Jan. 7, 2011. Voting on secession will begin Sunday and continue for one week so al...

Pea plants grow in the window of an Advance Placement Biology class at the Bancroft School, which was selected by the College Board to try out new AP...

Samples of spinach leaves float to the top of a cup in an Advance Placement Biology lab class at the Bancroft School, which was selected by the Colleg...

Rayne Nelson, a Landmark College student from Tustin, Calif., has a laugh with a friend on campus in Putney, Vt., Dec. 2, 2010. Nelson hopes to gradua...

Chantelle Welp, a student at Suffolk University in Boston, talks with her boyfriend, Colin Sorensen, using Skype at her dormitory on campus in Boston,...

FILE -- New York Jets runningback Joe McKnight (25) runs the ball against the Buffalo Bills late in the second half of an NFL football game at New Mea...

Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.), a House freshman, holds his new voting card on the first day of the 112th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 5...

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

Caitlin Wert, left, of Atlanta, Ga., her sister Erin, of Nashville, Tenn., and their mother Emily of Atlanta, Ga., dress as Harry Potter characters as...

Casey Majors, 10, left, and her sister Molly, 8, watch Pygmy Puffs christened at the checkout counter at Zonko's Joke Shop at The Wizarding World of H...

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

Visitors ride the Forbidden Journey at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 5, 2011. The...

Residents walk in the streets of Djenne, Mali, Nov. 22, 2010. Many residents of Djenne, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, say they long for more...

A resident walks down the steps of the Great Mosque of Djenne, the largest mud-brick structure in the world, in Djenne, Mali, Nov. 22, 2010. As a Worl...

Residents stay warm by a fire near the Great Mosque of Djenne, in the background, the largest mud-brick structure in the world, in Djenne, Mali, Nov....

Children near a political poster in Juba, Sudan, Jan. 7, 2011. Voting on secession will begin Sunday and continue for one week so all can cast their b...

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...

Connor Richmond, 17, left, and Robert Turley, 16, participate in an Advance Placement Biology lab class at the Bancroft School, which was selected by...

Meghan Benzel, a Landmark College student from of Philadelphia, right, listens for an assignment in her journalism class on campus in Putney, Vt., De...

Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.), a House freshman, right, confers with Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) in the basement of the Cannon House Office Building...

Riders of the Forbidden Journey ride are greeted by The Sorting Hat at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in O...

Visitors tour the inside of Hogwarts Castle at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 5, 20...

Vendors serve Butterbeer, a non-alcoholic drink, at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla., Jan....

Casey Majors, 10, left, and her sister Molly, 8, shop for Pygmy Puffs at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in...

Visitors enter the Hogwarts Castle for the Forbidden Journey ride at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Orl...

A visitor walks through an archway entrance to the Hogwarts Castle at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Or...

Visitor Erin Wert of Nashville, Tenn., wears face paint with the word "sneak" at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando R...

Passengers board a riverboat in Djenne, Mali, Nov. 22, 2010. Residents of Djenne, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, complain that the guidelines...

Passengers aboard a riverboat in Djenne, Mali, Nov. 22, 2010. Residents of Djenne, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, complain that the guidelines...

Residents walk down the steps of the Great Mosque of Djenne, the largest mud-brick structure in the world, in Djenne, Mali, Nov. 22, 2010. As a World...

Mahamame Bamoye Traore, the leader of the powerful mason's guild, left, in Djenne, Mali, Nov. 23, 2010. Residents of Djenne, which is a Unesco World H...

A boa constrictor in the snake facility of Jeremy Stone, a snake breeder who sells them for a living, at his home in Lindon, Utah, Dec. 30, 2010. The...

Jeremy Stone, a snake breeder who sells them for a living, with an albino boa constrictor in the snake facility at his home in Lindon, Utah, Dec. 30,...

Supporters of the referendum on independence dance in Yei, Sudan, Jan. 5, 2011. Voting on secession will begin Sunday and continue for one week so all...

Philip Geng Nyuol, a villager who nearly 50 years ago started fighting for independence, in Yei, Sudan, Jan. 6, 2011. Voting on secession will begin S...

FILE -- Newly designated House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) during the opening session of the 112th Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol in W...

Jonathan Arebalo looks over a check as he auctions foreclosed homes outside a courthouse in Phoenix, Dec. 21, 2010. Federal and state investigations i...

Rachel Hahn, 16, left, and Alyssa Kotin, 17, participate in an Advance Placement Biology lab class at the Bancroft School, which was selected by the C...

Michael McMahon, a Landmark College student, works on his audio project inside the Fine Arts Building on campus in Putney, Vt., Dec. 2, 2010. At Landm...

Alia Roth, a Connecticut College freshman who prefers to exchange hand written letters with her boyfriend, in her dormitory on campus in New London, C...

FILE -- New York Jets runningback Joe McKnight (25) and head coach Rex Ryan after their final regular season NFL football game against the Buffalo Bil...

Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.), a House freshman, center, confers with staff members in the Cannon House Office Building on the first day of the 112th...

Visitors tour the inside of Hogwarts Castle at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 5, 20...

Jeremy Stone, a snake breeder who sells them for a living, with an albino boa constrictor in the snake facility at his home in Lindon, Utah, Dec. 30,...

A boa constrictor in the snake facility of Jeremy Stone, a snake breeder who sells them for a living, at his home in Lindon, Utah, Dec. 30, 2010. The...

Supporters of the referendum on independence dance in Yei, Sudan, Jan. 5, 2011. Voting on secession will begin Sunday and continue for one week so all...

Supporters of the referendum on independence dance in Yei, Sudan, Jan. 5, 2011. Voting on secession will begin Sunday and continue for one week so all...

FILE -- Three generations of the Harrisons, from left, Richard, Corey and Rick at the "Pawn Stars" pawn shop in Las Vegas, May 17, 2010. Reality TV sh...

Niki Pretti of Berkeley, Cali., observes a live owl at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla., Ja...