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William Cooper, the city manager, in City Hall in Hamtramck, Mich., on Dec. 17, 2010. Hamtramck officials are searching for something to cut from the...

A statue commemorating Pope John Paul II's visit in Hamtramck, Mich., on Dec. 17, 2010. Hamtramck officials are searching for something to cut from th...

Steve Brummer, a firefighter, leans on a truck in Hamtramck, Mich., on Dec. 17, 2010. Hamtramck officials are searching for something to cut from the...

Vacant stores along the main street in Hamtramck, Mich., on Dec. 17, 2010. Hamtramck officials are searching for something to cut from the strained ci...

A clothing store closing in Hamtramck, Mich., on Dec. 17, 2010. Hamtramck officials are searching for something to cut from the strained city budget i...

A train passes a sign welcoming visitors to Hamtramck, Mich., on Dec. 17, 2010. Hamtramck officials are searching for something to cut from the strain...

Vacant houses boarded up in Hamtramck, Mich., on Dec. 17, 2010. Hamtramck officials are searching for something to cut from the strained city budget i...

Pascual Cicenia, 26, left, putts a golf ball during a round at the Caracas Country Club in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 17, 2010. A state newspaper publi...

Peter Bottome, one of the owners of RCTV, a television network critical of President Hugo Chavez that was forced off the public airwaves in 2007, is s...

Patrons at the air-conditioned El Pinguino bar, which means "The Penguin," at the Caracas Country Club, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 16, 2010. A state...

Patrons at the air-conditioned El Pinguino bar, which means "The Penguin," at the Caracas Country Club, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 16, 2010. A state...

FILE -- Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Chief Justice John Roberts after Sotomayor joined the Supreme Court in Washington, on Sept. 8, 2009. Sotomayor, a...

The Caracas Country Club, at left, a bastion of opulence for Venezuela's elite, complete with a golf course and members only restaurants, bars and rec...

Ariana Velutini, 19, jumps on a horse during a riding class at the Caracas Country Club, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 15, 2010. A state newspaper publi...

Patrons wait for drinks during a party at the Caracas Country Club, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 17, 2010. A state newspaper published a study this mon...

FILE-- Cinder block houses in a neighborhood in the hills around Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 23, 2010. A state newspaper published a study this month s...

Luis Herrera, 72, left to right, Luis Miguel Guedez, 65, and Eduardo Wallis, 76, play golf at the Caracas Country Club, in Caracas, Venezuelan, Dec. 1...

Travel consultant and blogger Brett Snyder sits in an airplane seat at his home office in Long Beach, Calif., Dec. 15, 2010. Google announced its inte...

Travel consultant and blogger Brett Snyder sits in an airplane seat at his home office in Long Beach, Calif., Dec. 15, 2010. Google announced its inte...

Travel consultant and blogger Brett Snyder sits in an airplane seat at his home office in Long Beach, Calif., Dec. 15, 2010. Google announced its inte...

A pedestrian bundled up against the cold walks past a store display in Boston, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast grappled with commuter chaos and air tr...

A child is pulled on a sled down a snow-covered road in Boston, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast grappled with commuter chaos and air travel paralysis...

Snow-covered cars line a street in Boston, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast grappled with commuter chaos and air travel paralysis Monday after about tw...

Margarita Rodriguez, who spent over three hours digging her car out, shovels snow off her car in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast grappled wi...

Cory Myler and his daughter, Wren, 6, wait for their train at Penn Station in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast grappled with commuter chaos a...

John Fremer of Caveon Test Security, which specializes in catching cheating on standardized tests, in Washington, Dec. 16, 2010. Companies like Caveo...

John Fremer of Caveon Test Security, which specializes in catching cheating on standardized tests, in Washington, Dec. 16, 2010. Companies like Caveo...

Snow drifts across the Brooklyn borough as seen from Manthattan in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast grappled with commuter chaos and air travel...

Gusts of wind whip across the terminal road at Newark Liberty International Airport while the airport was closed due to high winds in Newark, N.J., De...

FILE-- Don Chu, an executive with Primary Global Research who was accused of helping hedge funds obtain nonpublic information, exits Manhattan federal...

New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez reacts while talking to the sideline staff during an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Fie...

A plow clears snow from the tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport as planes sit idle in New York, on Dec. 27, 2010. Thousands of passengers...

Airplanes at John F. Kennedy International Airport, where many flights were cancelled, in New York, Dec. 26, 2010. A rare December blizzard unleashed...

The Mahato family sit stranded at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, while trying to get back to their home in Dallas after coming bac...

Sidewalk tables are covered with snow outside Brooklyn Public House in New York, Dec. 26, 2010. A rare December blizzard unleashed its fury on the Eas...

Dr. Roger Lo of the cancer center at UCLA, removes a cancer growth from a patient at the UCLA Medical Plaza in Los Angeles, Nov. 24, 2010. In the race...

Dr. Roger Lo of the cancer center at UCLA, places skin cells removed from a patient into a vial at the UCLA Medial Plaza in Los Angeles, Nov. 24, 2010...

Kris Benson shovels the snow from her sidewalk in the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York, Dec. 26, 2010. A rare December blizzard unleashed its fury on...

Tenor Carl Tanner at an underground entrance to the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Dec. 18, 2010. Tanner, a former bounty hunter in real life, makes...

A view of a property near by a proposed uranium mill construction site between Paradox Valley and Naturita, Colo., Dec. 14, 2010. The future of nuclea...

Reed Hayes, a former uranium mill worker, at home in Paradox, Colo., Dec. 14, 2010. Hayes said he is still haunted by the night in July 1967, when he...

FILE -- Traditionaly veiled Syrian women walk along the plaza in front of the main entrance of the medieval Citadel, newly restored to its looming pow...

A sign warning Radioactive Materials near the entombed town of Uravan, Colo., Dec. 15, 2010. Uravan was so contaminated with radiation by the 1980s, w...

Craig Pirazzi, a member of the Paradox Valley Sustainability Association, by the site of a proposed uranium mill construction near Naturita, Colo., De...

A view along the main street where some residents support the construction of a near by uranium mill in Nucla, Colo., Dec. 15, 2010. The future of nuc...

From left: Jenn Mummert, Kristin Colbert and Dan Callahan view a line of shoes at the Zappos offices, an online shoe retailer, in Henderson, Nev., Dec...

Reed Hayes, a former uranium mill worker, at home in Paradox, Colo., Dec. 14, 2010. Hayes said he is still haunted by the night in July 1967, when he...

Employees at Etsy, an e-commerce website, eat together at a catered lunch in their offices in New York, Dec. 2, 2010. The site started as a way for ho...

A variety of handmade and art items on display in the offices of Etsy, an e-commerce website, in New York, Dec. 2, 2010. The site started as a way fo...

A chandelier awaits installation in the offices of Etsy, an e-commerce website, in New York, Dec. 2, 2010. The site started as a way for hobbyists and...