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Hope Boykin, center, with fellow members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing in an excerpt of "Festa Barocca," part of the Judith Jam...

A man adds trash to a pile on the street in New York, on Jan. 3, 2011. The New York City Department of Sanitation deployed 1,100 trucks in two 12-hour...

Cathleen Black, the new chancellor of the New York City school system, visits PS 262 in New York on Jan. 3, 2010. Black, the former chairwoman of Hea...

Patrick Toomey, who was elected to the Senate in November as part of the Republican wave, gets out of his vehicle at Trivet Restaurant in Emmaus, Pa.,...

Nicole Rodrigues, a publicist, and her daughter, Yvette, 9, next to a shelf of stuffed bears and snowglobes in Yvette's room, at their home in the San...

Elizabeth McGovern, one of the stars of the British series "Downtown Abbey," in London, Dec. 20, 2010. McGovern plays an American heiress whom an esta...

Sofia Black-D'Elia, right, and James Newman in a recording studio with Bryan Elsley, left, executive producer of "Skins," in New York, on Dec. 17, 201...

Sofia Black-D'Elia, right, in a recording studio with Bryan Elsley, left, executive producer of "Skins," in New York, on Dec. 17, 2010. Elsley, who cr...

Sofia Black-D'Elia, left, and James Newman in a recording studio with Bryan Elsley, right, executive producer of "Skins," in New York, on Dec. 17, 201...

James Newman, Sofia Black-D'Elia and Danny Flaherty, who play characters on "Skins," at a recording studio in New York, on Dec. 17, 2010. Bryan Elsley...

From left: Sofia Black-D'Elia, James Newman and Danny Flaherty, who play characters on "Skins," at a recording studio in New York, on Dec. 17, 2010. B...

Nicole Rodrigues, a publicist, and her daughter, Yvette, 9, look at a map on a computer in Yvette's room as Nicole points out the next city she will b...

Elizabeth McGovern, one of the stars of the British series "Downtown Abbey," in London, Dec. 20, 2010. McGovern plays an American heiress whom an esta...

Elizabeth McGovern, one of the stars of the British series "Downtown Abbey," in London, Dec. 20, 2010. McGovern plays an American heiress whom an esta...

Members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing in "Revelations" part of the Judith Jamison Farewell program at the City Center in New Yo...

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...

STANDALONE -- A balloon delivery man waits for the subway at Chambers St. station, in New York, Jan. 3, 2011. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)

Some of the stuffed animals given by Nicole Rodrigues, a publicist, to her daughter, Yvette, 9, as gifts from the different cities Nicole visits on bu...

Robert Battle, left, the artistic director designate of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, hugs the outgoing artistic director Judith Jamison on...

Nasha Thomas-Schmitt, left, Linda-Denise Fisher Harrell and Renee Robinson, of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, performing in "Cry," part of th...

FILE -- Scott Walker, the Republican governor-elect of Wisconsin, meets with his staff in Milwaukee, on Nov. 5, 2010. Walker is dealing with budget sh...

Colin McGraw, and his wife Jen chose a Honda Odyssey for the ease of loading their daughters, in the minivan outside their home in Castle Rock, Colo.,...

Robert Battle, left, the artistic director designate of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, bows as he hands flowers to the outgoing artistic dire...

The Rev. Enso Sylvert sits under a large tree supporting a massive tent outside the remains of the Evangelical Church of Grace in Port-au-Prince, Hait...

The last remaining structure of the Villa Therese hotel in Petionville, Haiti, Nov. 30, 2010. After a year of almost unfathomable hardship in Haiti mo...

Daphne Joseph, who lost her mother in the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 6, 2010. After a year of almost unfathomable hardsh...

Michael Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee running for re-election, listens to Reince Priebus, a challenger and chairman of the...

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

New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese addresses the media at the New York Giants training facility in East Rutherford, N.J., Jan. 3, 2011. As th...

New York Giants owner John Mara, center, thanks linebacker Michael Boley, right, and linebacker Clint Sintim, left, as they clean out their lockers at...

Incoming Gov. Jerry Brown waves to supporters and media with his wife Anne Gust Brown outside the Memorial Auditorium where he was in Sacramento, Cali...

New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin speaks at a press conference at the New York Giants training facility in East Rutherford, N.J., on Jan. 3, 2010. Th...

Incoming Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during his inauguration at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 3, 2011. Brown began his return engage...

A member of the panel of judges that will rule on hundreds of Afghan election complaints of election abuse speaks to reporters in Kabul, Jan. 3, 2011....

Members of the panel of judges that will rule on hundreds of Afghan election complaints of election abuse speak to reporters in Kabul, Jan. 3, 2011. T...

FILE -- Reince Priebus, chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party, left, and Michael Steele, the Republican National Committee chairman, debate at th...

Chinese workers prepare a road for paving in the Irkeshtam Pass, a border crossing with China, in Kyrgyzstan, on Sept. 7, 2010. While China is seizing...

Workers wait for a shipment of Chinese goods in Murghab, Tajikistan, on Sept. 6, 2010. While China is seizing the spotlight in East and Southeast Asia...

Grave markers in a cemetery devoted to Chinese workers near where a new high-speed rail network will be built in Borden, Calif., Dec. 11, 2010. Federa...

A sign near train tracks in Corcoran, Calif., Dec. 10, 2010. Federal and state authorities have committed some $5.5 billion to a high-speed rail netwo...

Train tracks just outside of Corcoran, Calif., Dec. 10, 2010. Federal and state authorities have committed some $5.5 billion to a high-speed rail netw...

Grave markers in a cemetery devoted to Chinese workers near where a new high-speed rail network will be built in Borden, Calif., Dec. 11, 2010. Federa...

FILE -- Laura Benanti, as Louise in "Gypsy," singled out bald men at the St. James Theater in New York, March 1, 2008. Theater critic David Rooney get...

David Rooney, a freelance theater critic in New York, Dec. 28, 2010. Rooney gets extra attention from the stage because of his glistening bald head. (...

FILE -- Michael Feinstein, left, and Dame Edna in "All About Me" at the Henry Miller's Theater in New York, Feb. 22, 2010. The theater critic David Ro...

An original city well in the southern palace, which was reconstructed by Saddam Hussein, in Babylon, Iraq, May 1, 2010. After years of neglect and vio...

A boy walks near the Aqar Quf ziggurat in the outskirts of Baghdad, Nov. 19, 2010. After years of neglect and violence, archaeologists and preservatio...

Kyrgyz shepherds pack a Chinese solar panel near Rangkul, Tajikistan, on Sept. 5, 2010. While China is seizing the spotlight in East and Southeast Asi...

Chinese merchants work out of shipping containers at a market, selling items like DVD players and stuffed animals, in Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, on Sept. 1...

Conductor Ron Schaeffer stands in the doorway of an Amtrak train in Corcoran, Calif., Dec. 10, 2010. Federal and state authorities have committed some...