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Guest dine on lunch at Laxmi Vilas Palace near Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, Dec. 28, 2010. The Laxmi Vilas is a renovated 19...

Josh Morgan, a post doctorate fellow working with Dr. Jeff Lichtman, a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University, loads a slic...

Annie Murphy Paul, a medical journalist, center, with her two children Teddy, 5, left, and Gus, 1, on the swing set at their home in New Haven, Conn.,...

Annie Murphy Paul, a medical journalist, center, with her two children Teddy, 5, left, and Gus, 1, play in the yard at their home in New Haven, Conn.,...

Annie Murphy Paul, a medical journalist, center, with her two children Teddy, 5, left, and Gus, 1, read a book at their home in New Haven, Conn., Nov....

Trains sit idle at a snow covered Huntington Station in Long Island, N.Y., Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of...

Passengers stand in line to check baggage for international flights that remain unscheduled at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Dec...

Brian Rodregues, front, sleeps on top of a baggage carousel at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke...

Nascario Najera tries to make his way across high snow piles in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of s...

Jennifer Morla shovels snow while her father Rafael Morla takes a break in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy b...

Snow drifts across Brooklyn as seen from Manhattan's East Side in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of...

Snow drifts across Brooklyn as seen from Manhattan's East Side in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of...

A woman is helped up after slipping in heavy snow in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of snow that cr...

Locals attempt to shovel snow in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of snow that crippled local transpo...

A Mercedes-Benz is seen buried in snow in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of...

A man assists digging out a police car that was stuck in heavy snow in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday mor...

Passengers whose trains were canceled sleep overnight on a train at Penn Station in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning und...

A MTA bus stuck in the snow in the early morning hours in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of snow...

Passengers whose trains were canceled wait on a train at Penn Station in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy...

A resident avoids a busy sidewalk by skiing down a street in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of s...

Snow covers a backyard in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of snow that crippled local transportat...

Men point to a car stuck in the snow at John F. Kennedy International Airport while the airport remained closed in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Nor...

A man stands on top of a large pile of snow that was removed from the road near Rockefeller Center in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Mon...

Peter Farkas, a bicycle delivery man, makes his way through large piles of snow that were removed from the road near Rockefeller Center in New York, D...

People walk a snow covered road in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of snow that crippled local trans...

Resident Robert James shovels snow in front of his house in a heavy snowdrift in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke...

Dan Smulian uses skis to commute around his neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under...

Stranded passengers are seen sleeping in John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket...

Stranded passengers are seen in John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of snow t...

Omer and Saima Khan, along with son Aarush, 4, right, rest on a baggage carousel while stranded at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey,...

Dr. Jeff Lichtman, a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University, with a 3-D image of a section of brain and a magnified section...

A section, or slice, of a mouse brain used in research by Dr. Jeff Lichtman, a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University, in C...

A passenger climbs up stairs covered in snow while exiting a subway station in New York on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a...

Passengers climb up stairs covered in snow while exiting a subway station in New York on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a he...

Snow is removed from the sidewalks in Times Square in New York on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of snow tha...

A man uses cross-country skis to travel around New York on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of snow that cripp...

A pedestrian walks through the snow in New York during the early morning of Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket o...

Passengers attempt to navigate the snow-covered stairs of a subway entrance in New York on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a...

Passengers whose trains were canceled sleep overnight on a train in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blank...

Passengers whose trains were canceled sleep overnight on a train at Penn Station in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning und...

Passengers rest on cots in the terminal of John F. Kennedy International Airport while the airport remained closed in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The...

Josh Morgan, a post doctorate fellow working with Dr. Jeff Lichtman, a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University, scans slices...

Dave Schilli tries to dig out his snow plow so that he could continue with his "rescue mission" to dig out other snow plows in New York on Dec. 27, 20...

Several abandoned MTA buses fill a street after they became stuck in snow in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a he...

Passengers whose trains were canceled sleep overnight on a train at Penn Station in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning und...

Passengers use their suitcases as seating in the terminal of John F. Kennedy International Airport while the airport remained closed in New York, on D...

Airplanes sit idle on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport while the airport remained closed in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northea...

Sepehr Ardebimian, left, his mother Sholeh, center, and sister Parastou, play on the beach during brisk temperatures and high winds as they visit Miam...

Alida and Sal Galle, from Montreal Canada, go for an afternoon walk in the brisk temperatures and high winds in Miami Beach, Fla., Dec. 26, 2010. Flor...

A British Airways jet sits on the tarmac as snow is cleared from the runway of the closed Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Dec. 27,...