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Items on display at the booth of Scott Starrett, the founder of Cervantes Mobile, during the Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Cen...

Francis Claro, left, and James Tringas of Wells Fargo Advantage Global Opportunities fund, in Boston, Jan. 4, 2011. The duo seek companies with the fi...

Francis Claro, left, and James Tringas of Wells Fargo Advantage Global Opportunities fund, in Boston, Jan. 4, 2011. The duo seek companies with the fi...

A woman protects against falling snow with an umbrella as she passes an advertisement in New York, on Jan. 7, 2011. While only experiencing light snow...

The new Chief of Staff William M. Daley looks on during a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 6, 2011. Daley is e...

Saana Bitar and her daughter, Malak, 2, in the room where Omar Kawasmeh, an elderly Palestinian man, was shot during an Israeli army raid in Hebron, W...

The body of Omar Kawasmeh, who was killed during an Israeli army raid, is carried by mourners in Hebron, West Bank, on Jan. 7, 2011. Kawasmeh was shot...

Richard Silverman, a harness racer, trains at White Birch Farm in Allentown, N.J., Jan. 6, 2011. Silverman has been training for his scheduled return...

Richard Silverman, a harness racer, at White Birch Farm, where he trains, in Allentown, N.J., Jan. 6, 2011. Silverman has been training for his schedu...

Sick children along with their mothers rest in the beds of Dr. Hawa Abdi's hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Dec. 12, 2010. Abdi, one of the only traine...

Patients receive free medicine according to the their health cards at Dr. Hawa Abdi's hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Dec. 12, 2010. Abdi, one of the...

A mother sits with her daughter that is ill with the measles virus at Dr. Hawa Abdi's hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Dec. 12, 2010. Abdi, one of the...

Andy Cohen, talk show host and Bravo executive, left, with guests Taylor Armstrong, center, and Rocco DiSpirito on the set of Cohen's late night show...

Andy Cohen, talk show host and Bravo executive on the set of his late night show in New York, Dec. 10, 2010. Since Cohen has become a popular talk sho...

Niall Gannon, director of wealth management at the Gannon Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, in his office in Clayton, Mo., Jan. 5, 2011. This year...

Niall Gannon, director of wealth management at the Gannon Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, in his office in Clayton, Mo., Jan. 5, 2011. The risk...

Frank Hyman finishes a sculpture on a residential lawn in Durham, N.C., on Dec. 14, 2010. Hyman has combined seven avocations into a career, making a...

Frank Hyman finishes a sculpture on a residential lawn in Durham, N.C., on Dec. 14, 2010. Hyman has combined seven avocations into a career, making a...

Michaela Fortin, left, and Trish Tomlins, peer advisers, teach students a class on credit at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., Dec. 1, 2010. Champ...

Students take a class on credit at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., Dec. 1, 2010. Champlain College recently started requiring all undergraduates...

Michaela Fortin, a peer adviser, teaches students a class on credit at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., Dec. 1, 2010. Champlain College recently...

At the front of the class, Michaela Fortin, left, and Trish Tomlins, peer advisers, teach students a class on credit at Champlain College in Burlingto...

Sobheye Kawasmeh, third from left, shows mourners her bedroom where her husband, Omar Kawasmeh, was killed at her home in Hebron, West Bank, on Jan. 7...

Shawn Reynolds, one of Van Eck Hard Assets fund's co-managers, in New York, Dec. 30, 2010. Van Eck Hard Assets and other top performing funds of the f...

David Nadel, co-manager of Royce Global Value, which aims to find overlooked companies, in his office in New York, Jan. 4, 2011. Royce Global Value an...

David Nadel, co-manager of Royce Global Value, which aims to find overlooked companies, in his office in New York, Jan. 4, 2011. Royce Global Value an...

President Barack Obama looks through material used to make glass windows at the Thompson Creek Manufacturing plant in Landover, Md. on Jan. 7, 2011. O...

Michelle Hickox, an accountant with McGladrey, the nation's fifth-largest accounting firm, in an undated photo on Dec. 23, 2010. The firm lets Hickox...

Locals at the Thirsty Pagan, a brewpub and pizza joint, in Superior, Wis., Jan. 7, 2011. In an area where winter delivers about 7 feet of snow annuall...

Gen. Vang Pao, a leader of the Hmong ethnic group, on Oct. 21, 1969. Pao's funeral, six days and nights, with 10 cows slaughtered and stir-fried each...

President Barack Obama with his new Chief of Staff, William Daley in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 6, 2011. The recruitment of...

Pete Rouse, right, applauds as President Barack Obama welcomes his new Chief of Staff, William Daley, left, in the East Room of the White House in Was...

The new Chief of Staff William Daley, left, with President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 6, 2011. The recruitme...

President Barack Obama with his new Chief of Staff, William Daley in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 6, 2011. The recruitment of...

FILE -- Vivian Schiller, chief executive of NPR, in her office in Washington, July 23, 2009. Schiller was denied a bonus but kept her job after the fi...

Media gather at the Jeffrey Building, right, a state office building, where a package ignited a block from the Maryland State House, left, in downtown...

Aaron Greco, left, and his father, Buddy, on their fishing boat in Delacroix Island, La., on Aug. 18, 2010. Greco, 19, was struggling with whether to...

A pair of boots on a dock in Delacroix Island, La., on Aug. 18, 2010. The BP oils spill continues to affect local fishing industries in the gulf, comp...

Aaron Greco, 19, playfully wrestles with his father, Buddy, after a day of fishing in Delacroix Island, La., on Nov. 3, 2010. Greco was struggling wit...

Aaron Greco, 19, works to prepare his boat for a test run in Delacroix Island, La., on Nov. 3, 2010. Greco was struggling with whether to follow his f...

FILE -- House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution at a rally against the health care bill, in Washington, Nov....

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) leaves the House floor after reading a few lines from the United States Constitution on Capitol Hill in...

New York Rangers left wing Mats Zuccarello (36) is greeted by teammates after scoring the winning goal against the Carolina Hurricanes in overtime of...

New York Rangers left wing Brandon Prust (8) fights with Carolina Hurricanes right wing Troy Bodie (20) during the first period of an NHL hockey game...

From left: Robbie Ottley, Katie Black and Josh Delaney, Hope scholarship students at the University of Georgia, discuss the scholarship program at the...

Lauren Rice, a University of Georgia student, at the university in Athens, Ga., on Jan. 4, 2011. The state legislature is about to cut the scholarship...

A Christian church in the Shoubra neighborhood of Cairo, on Jan. 4, 2011. Security is being tightened for celebrations of Coptic Christmas on Thursday...

The operations room where James White tries to buy Treasuries at the best possible price in New York, Dec. 21, 2010. Josh Frost, who heads this team o...

House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.), left, with Rep. Rich Nugent (R-Fla.), second from left, and Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), seat...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), left, speaks at a news conference alongside House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Capitol Hill in Washingt...