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Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) speaks with reporters in a conference room near his office, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 4, 2...

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), center, heads to his office after an event with Chief Justice John Roberts in Washington on Jan. 4, 2011....

Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) speaks with reporters in a conference room near his office, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 4, 2...

FILE-- Julie Kent, left, David Hallberg and Xiomara Reyes, right, of American Ballet Theatre performing in "Seven Sonatas" at Avery Fisher Hall, in Ne...

Chef Jared Wentworth cooks potatoes, beef tongue, scallions, chives, garlic and thyme into a hash at Longman & Eagle restaurant, in Chicago, Dec. 21,...

French military bomb disposal technicians collect evidence at the scene of a bomb blast, the hole it created at right, in downtown Kabul, Dec. 4, 2010...

Ocilio Ferraz prepares a dish with female ants, known as "icas" or queen ants, at his restaurant, in the rural area of Silveiras, Brazil, Dec. 21, 201...

Shoes and broken glass at the scene of a bomb blast in downtown Kabul, Jan. 4, 2011. The bomb exploded during rush hour on Tuesday, killing one police...

Natalia Kolyada, a member of the persecuted Belarus Free Theater, in New York, Jan. 3, 2011. The theater troupe has managed to escape Belarus to perfo...

French military bomb disposal technicians collect evidence at the scene of a bomb blast, the hole it created at right, in downtown Kabul, Dec. 4, 2010...

Iraqi, Iranian and American officials packed a reception celebrating the anniversary of the Turkish Republic at the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad, Oct. 2...

The glass facade of the Harpa-Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Dec. 14, 2010. Iceland's economic crash has an up...

The Centro Gabriela Mistral, a performing arts center, in Santiago, Chile, on Dec. 20, 2010. Less than a year after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake wreake...

FILE -- A child in a newly-built residence at the Villages of Loreto Bay development in Loreto, Mexico, on March 1, 2008. The town is poising itself t...

A DJ sets up above dancers at FAC251, an indie-music club, at the old Factory Records building in Manchester, England, on Dec. 18, 2010. The factory c...

Visitors gather by the bar at FAC251, an indie-music club, at the old Factory Records building in Manchester, England, on Dec. 18, 2010. The factory c...

FILE -- Historic stone houses in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, on Feb. 6, 2009. The historic village offers casual restaurants with riverside patio...

FILE -- A swimmer dives into Lake Kivu near the Orchids hotel, also known as Orchids' Safari Club, in Bukavu, eastern Congo, Sept. 22, 2007. Bukavu, j...

FILE -- Dries Van Noten's shop, left, in Antwerp, Belgium, on March 29, 2008. The city has seen four destination-worthy concert stores open in the las...

Diners eat brunch at Rue Cler in Durham, N.C., on Dec. 13, 2010. The city has transformed its dying industrial area into a crop of standout restaurant...

FILE -- A man walks through the Aristotelous Square in Salonika, Greece, on March 6, 2007. The city has been gaining momentum as a tourist destination...

FILE -- The Orchids hotel, also known as Orchids' Safari Club, near the shores of Lake Kivu in Bukavu, eastern Congo, Sept. 22, 2007. Bukavu, just ac...

FILE -- A table prepared for dining in the Orchids hotel, also known as Orchids' Safari Club, near the shores of Lake Kivu in Bukavu, eastern Congo,...

FILE -- Lake Kivu near the Orchids hotel, also known as Orchids' Safari Club, in Bukavu, eastern Congo, Sept. 22, 2007. Bukavu, just across the border...

FILE -- Shoppers walk on Via della Spiga, a high-fashion shopping street, in Milan, on July 22, 2010. The city has a revamped historic center and a li...

A camel and rider move along a beach in Port Ghalib, Egypt, on Dec. 18, 2010. The area's rich marine life hasn't yet been sullied by packs of visitors...

Michael Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee running for re-election, speaks at a candidate's debate with Reince Priebus, right,...

Candidates take park in the Republican National Committee chairman's debate ahead of a vote for the position at the National Press Club in Washington,...

The Rev. Enso Sylvert at the remains of the Evangelical Church of Grace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 7, 2010. After a year of almost unfathomable ha...

Alain Villard, owner of the destroyed Villa Therese hotel in Petionville, Haiti, Nov. 30, 2010. After a year of almost unfathomable hardship in Haiti...

Fabienne Jean, a dancer who lost a leg in the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 6, 2010. After a year of almost unfathomable ha...

Students in a class under tarps at the Compassion of Jesus School set in the middle of its ruins, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 7, 2010. After a year...

Emile Jean Louis, director of the Compassion of Jesus School, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 7, 2010. After a year of almost unfathomable hardship in...

A pedestrian walks past piles of garbage in New York, on Jan. 3, 2011. The New York City Department of Sanitation deployed 1,100 trucks in two 12-hour...

A man walks two dogs past piles of garbage in New York, on Jan. 3, 2011. The New York City Department of Sanitation deployed 1,100 trucks in two 12-ho...

Piles of garbage on a street in New York, on Jan. 3, 2011. The New York City Department of Sanitation deployed 1,100 trucks in two 12-hour shifts and...

Cathleen Black, the new chancellor of the New York City school system, left, speaks with Jade Nijia, a fifth grader at PS 262 in New York on Jan. 3, 2...

Patrick Toomey, who was elected to the Senate in November as part of the Republican wave, at his home in Zionsville, Pa., Dec. 23, 2010. Toomey's goal...

Patrick Toomey, who was elected to the Senate in November as part of the Republican wave, lifts his baby, Duncan, from his crib as Bridget and Patrick...

Patrick Toomey, who was elected to the Senate in November as part of the Republican wave, talks with Royal Stoneback at Trivet Restaurant in Emmaus, P...

Patrick Toomey, who was elected to the Senate in November as part of the Republican wave, at Trivet Restaurant where he likes to get coffe and meet lo...

Patrick Toomey, who was elected to the Senate in November as part of the Republican wave, at Trivet Restaurant where he likes to get coffe and meet lo...

Patrick Toomey, who was elected to the Senate in November as part of the Republican wave, at Trivet Restaurant where he likes to get coffe and meet lo...

Bret Tobalske, a biologist and director of the University of Montana Flight Laboratory, holds a diamond dove on a dowel in a wind tunnel, at the lab i...

Bret Tobalske, a biologist and director of the University of Montana Flight Laboratory, holds a diamond dove on a dowel in a wind tunnel, at the lab i...

Former Govs. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis applaud during the inauguration if incoming Gov. Jerry Brown, the now 39th governor of California, a...

Incoming Gov. Jerry Brown is sworn in as 39th governor of California by State Supreme Court Chief justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, right, with the assist...

From left: Reince Priebus, Michael Steele, center, the chairman of the Republican National Committee running for re-election, Maria Cino and Saul Anuz...

Marie Claude Pierre, whose son was whisked abroad in an orphan airlift, at her home in the Eternal City slum on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti...

FILE -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) in Oshkosh, Wis., on Oct. 30, 2010. With Republicans assuming power in the House this week, they will begin trying to...