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Iraqi soldiers at the ruins of Ctesiphon in the outskirts of Baghdad, Nov. 18, 2010. After years of neglect and violence, archaeologists and preservat...

American soldiers escort a team working on a restoration at the ruins of Ctesiphon in the outskirts of Baghdad, Nov. 18, 2010. After years of neglect...

American soldiers escort a team working on a restoration at the ruins of Ctesiphon in the outskirts of Baghdad, Nov. 18, 2010. After years of neglect...

The Lion of Babylon in Babylon, Iraq, May 1, 2010. After years of neglect and violence, archaeologists and preservationists have once again begun work...

A bass relief of the Babylonian god, Marduk, on the walls of the Ishtar Gate, which was built in the sixth century B.C. by Nebuchadnezzar's father, Na...

An Iraqi helicopter flies over the 1950's reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon, Iraq, May 1, 2010. After years of neglect and violence, archae...

Visitors walk through the entrance to the southern palace, which was reconstructed by Saddam Hussein, in Babylon, Iraq, May 1, 2010. After years of ne...

A 1950's reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon, Iraq, May 1, 2010. After years of neglect and violence, archaeologists and preservationists hav...

New York Jets cornerback Marquice Cole (34) reaches into the end zone for a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bi...

New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes (10) celebrates a touchdown in the third quarter of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in East...

New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) greets fans after an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in East Rutherford, N.J., on Jan. 2, 2011....

The scoreboard announces the Green Bay Packers leading the Chicago Bears during an NFL football game between the New York Giants and the Washington Re...

Washington Redskins quarterback Rex Grossman drops back for a pass in the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants at FedEx Fie...

Jean Ponsart, who owns a home on Rue Petain, in Tremblois-Les-Carignan, France, on Dec. 21, 2010. Under pressure, the village is removing Marshal Phil...

FILE -- Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) at a Senate debate in Trenton, N.J., on May 30, 2008. Andrews has joined with groups that fought for the health...

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) at his home in Orlando, on Dec. 31, 2010. The outgoing congressman, known for his vocal partisanship, is critical of his pa...

Maria Fransiska, an Indonesian nurse, right, helps a patient eat at a hospital in Kashiwa, outside of Tokyo, Jan. 2, 2010. Despite facing an imminent...

Pendleton Hill, a porter, rolls a cart of trash out to a curbside pile in New York, on Jan. 2, 2011. The New York City Sanitation Department, which la...

Pedestrians pass a curbside pile of trash in New York, on Jan. 2, 2011. The New York City Sanitation Department, which last picked up garbage 10 days...

Alan Gilbert, music director, conducting the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall in New York, Dec. 31, 2010. A New Year's Eve concert by the Ne...

New York Jets running back Joe McKnight (25) evades Buffalo Bills cornerback Ashton Youboty (26) during an NFL football game at New Meadowlands Stadiu...

New York Jets third-string quarterback Kellen Clemens (11) dives for a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills...

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning gets rid of the ball before being sacked in the first half of an NFL football game against the Washington Reds...

New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin on the sidelines in the first half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in Landov...

Washington Redskins cornerback D'Angelo Hall (23) breaks up a pass intended for New York Giants wide reciever Mario Maningham (82) in the second half...

Washington Redskins wide receiver Anthony Armstrong (13) streaks to the endzone on a 64-yard touchdown play in the second half of an NFL football game...

Jean Ponsart shovels snow on Rue Petain in Tremblois-Les-Carignan, France, on Dec. 21, 2010. Under pressure, the village is removing Marshal Philippe...

Jean-Pol Oury, mayor of Tremblois-Les-Carignan, France, by a World War I memorial in the town on Dec. 21, 2010. Under pressure, the village is removin...

Gislain Hardy and Richard Bernard, residents of the soon-to-be-renamed Rue Petain, in Tremblois-Les-Carignan, France, on Dec. 21, 2010. Under pressure...

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) at his home in Orlando, on Dec. 31, 2010. The outgoing congressman, known for his vocal partisanship, is critical of his pa...

A pair of steel-toed cowboy boots worn by Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) at his home in Orlando, on Dec. 31, 2010. The outgoing congressman, known for his...

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) with his sons, Storm, left, and Stone at his home in Orlando, on Dec. 31, 2010. The outgoing congressman, known for his voc...

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) with his sons, Storm, right, and Stone at his home in Orlando, on Dec. 31, 2010. The outgoing congressman, known for his vo...

Sixth-grade students work on iPads during a class at Pinnacle Peak Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Dec. 17, 2010. The school is among a gro...

Kaitlyn Zmek, left, and Madison Justice, sixth-grade students, work on an iPad during a class at Pinnacle Peak Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz....

Principal Mike Lee works with sixth-grade students on iPads during a class at Pinnacle Peak Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Dec. 17, 2010....

Maria Fransiska, an Indonesian nurse, left, asks for directions from a staffer at a hospital in Kashiwa, outside of Tokyo, Jan. 2, 2010. Despite facin...

FILE -- An official with the Essex County prosecutor's office announces the arrest of Lee Evans and Philander Hampton in relation to five murders in N...

Pedestrians pass a curbside piles of trash in New York, on Jan. 2, 2011. The New York City Sanitation Department, which last picked up garbage 10 days...

Marina Poplavskaya, center, during a rehearsal of Willy Decker's production of "La Taviata" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, on Dec. 28, 2010. T...

Marina Poplavskaya, on couch at right, during a rehearsal of Willy Decker's production of "La Taviata" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, on Dec....

Marina Poplavskaya during a rehearsal of Willy Decker's production of "La Taviata" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, on Dec. 28, 2010. The Verdi...

FILE -- Rick Harrison, second from left, works with a customer during filming of "Pawn Stars" at his pawn shop in Las Vegas, on May 17, 2010. The show...

New York Jets running back Joe McKnight (25) evades Buffalo Bills cornerback Ashton Youboty (26) during an NFL football game at New Meadowlands Stadiu...

New York Jets players take a victory lap to greet fans after an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in East Rutherford, N.J., on Jan. 2, 2011....

New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs (27) rushes with the ball in the first half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins at Fed...

A luggage tag for Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) at his home in Orlando, on Dec. 31, 2010. The outgoing congressman, known for his vocal partisanship, is...

A sixth-grade student work s on an iPad during a class at Pinnacle Peak Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Dec. 17, 2010. The school is among...

Lang Lang, the Chinese piano star, performing with the New York Philharmonic led by music director Alan Gilbert at Avery Fisher Hall in New York, Dec....

James Whiteside playing the lead role in "The Nutcracker" at the Boston Ballet in Boston, Dec. 2, 2010. The tour of "Nutcracker" productions around th...