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Adrian Turner, chief executive of Mocana, stands by a projection of Mocana Device Certificate code at the company offices in San Francisco, Dec. 23, 2...

FILE -- A view of the souk, with its soaring Roman ruins, in the Old City of Damascus, Syria, Nov. 5, 2010. The Old City of Damascus has in the last d...

FILE -- People walk by the main entrance of the medieval Citadel, newly restored to its looming power, in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, Nov. 7, 2010....

Former Soviet-bloc vehicles piled at Alter Metal Recycling in Gulfport, Miss., Dec. 10, 2010. The presence of hundreds of former Soviet-bloc vehicles...

Former Soviet-bloc vehicles piled at Alter Metal Recycling in Gulfport, Miss., Dec. 10, 2010. The presence of hundreds of former Soviet-bloc vehicles...

Fred Koval, a retired Air Force lieutenant, at his home in Gulfport, Miss., Dec. 10, 2010. Koval had found 18 acres north of Gulfport to store 700 or...

A former Soviet-bloc vehicle parked at Alter Metal Recycling in Gulfport, Miss., Dec. 10, 2010. The presence of hundreds of former Soviet-bloc vehicle...

Calum Wolfe-Thompson, 7, climbs a hill he is about to sled back down at Fort Tyron Park in New York, Dec. 26, 2010. A rare December blizzard unleashed...

A person makes a miniature snowman at Fort Tyron Park in New York, Dec. 26, 2010. A rare December blizzard unleashed its fury on the East Coast on Sun...

A young child is pulled on a sleigh in Thomas Jefferson park in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Dec. 26, 2010. A rare December blizzard unleashed...

People walk through snow at Fort Greene Park in the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York, Dec. 26, 2010. A rare December blizzard unleashed its fury on t...

New York Jets tight end Dustin Keller (81) is turned upside down after being tackled by Chicago Bears linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa (59) in the third qua...

Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (6) passes the ball against the New York Jets in the second quarter of an NFL football game at at Soldier Field i...

New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes (10) misses a pass in the end zone while being defended by Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings (26) in t...

A young Iraqi performs on his motor scooter at a gathering of motorcycle and scooter riders in the Jadriya district of Baghdad, Oct. 15, 2010. Motorcy...

A young Iraqi performs on his motorcycle as part of an unofficial bike show at Lake Jadriya in Baghdad, Oct. 22, 2010. Motorcycle and scooter riders h...

A young Iraqi performs on his motor scooter at a gathering of motorcycle and scooter riders in the Jadriya district of Baghdad, Oct. 15, 2010. Motorcy...

A young Iraqi performs on his motorcycle as part of an unofficial bike show at Lake Jadriya in Baghdad, Oct. 22, 2010. Motorcycle and scooter riders h...

A young Iraqi performs on his motorcycle as part of an unofficial bike show at Lake Jadriya in Baghdad, Oct. 22, 2010. Motorcycle and scooter riders h...

Andres Sandoval, who is hoping for spot in the NBA Development League, with Bruce Kreutzer, the shooting coach at the Mark Price Shooting Lab in Suwan...

Andres Sandoval, who is hoping for spot in the NBA Development League, works on his shot at the Mark Price Shooting Lab in Suwanee, Ga., Nov. 4, 2010....

A young Iraqi performs on his motor scooter at a gathering of motorcycle and scooter riders in the Jadriya district of Baghdad, Oct. 15, 2010. Motorcy...

Young Iraqi men perform on their motor scooters at a gathering of motorcycle and scooter riders in the Jadriya district of Baghdad, Oct. 15, 2010. Mot...

Melanie McIver, a teacher at Public School 321 in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, with Elizabeth Phillips, the school principal, background,...

Leo Laporte hosts his podcast, TWIT, in Petaluma, Calif., Nov. 9, 2010. Laporte's podcasting network has made him a star is technology circles. (Jim W...

A view inside the offices of Etsy, an e-commerce website, in New York, Dec. 2, 2010. The site started as a way for hobbyists and crafty types to sell...

Adrian Turner, chief executive of Mocana, stands by a projection of Mocana Device Certificate code at the company offices in San Francisco, Dec. 23, 2...

Adrian Turner, chief executive of Mocana, stands by a projection of Mocana Device Certificate code at the company offices in San Francisco, Dec. 23, 2...

FILE -- A view of the refurbished Al-Hatab Square in the Old City in Aleppo, Syria, Nov. 7, 2010. Inovative restoration projects in the ancient city o...

FILE -- A view of the medieval Citadel, newly restored to its looming power, in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, Nov. 7, 2010. Inovative restoration pro...

FILE -- Tenor Carl Tanner performs in "Pagliacci" at the New York State Theater in New York, Sept. 26, 2007. Tanner, a former bounty hunter in real li...

Tenor Carl Tanner in New York, Dec. 18, 2010. Tanner, a former bounty hunter in real life, makes his Metropolitan Opera debut as a bounty hunter in "L...

Children clean snow off their stoop in the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York, Dec. 26, 2010. A rare December blizzard unleashed its fury on the East C...

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman in his office in Las Vegas, Dec. 13, 2010. Zappos, the online shoe retailer, plans to move into Las Vegas's old City Hal...

People play football in Thomas Jefferson park in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Dec. 26, 2010. A rare December blizzard unleashed its fury on th...

North Koreans gather during a marriage ceremony in a park in Pyongyang, North Korea, Dec. 18, 2010. A six-day visit to North Korea's capital to accomp...

People board a commuter bus in Pyongyang, North Korea, Dec. 18, 2010. A six-day visit to North Korea's capital to accompany Gov. Bill Richardson of Ne...

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

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

**EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT BYLINE TO JAMES ESTRIN** People play football in Thomas Jefferson park in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Dec....

**EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT BYLINE TO JAMES ESTRIN** People play football in Thomas Jefferson park in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Dec....

Dr. Antoni Ribas, the melanoma oncologist running UCLA's arm of a cancer drug trial, views cancer cells through a microscope at his laboratory at the...

George Glasier by the site of a proposed uranium mill construction in Paradox Valley near Naturita, Colo., Dec. 14, 2010. The proposal for the new mil...

A view of a property near by a proposed uranium mill construction in Paradox Valley near Naturita, Colo., Dec. 14, 2010. The proposal for the new mill...

A pile of waste rock near the entombed town of Uravan, Colo., Dec. 15, 2010. Uravan was so contaminated with radiation by the 1980s, when the uranium...

Michelle Mathews, a resident supporting the construction of a uranium mill near by, in Nucla, Colo., Dec. 15, 2010. The future of nuclear power in Ame...

David Helkey, a mechanic who commuted to Telluride in its booming yers, the town where the most opposition to the construction of a near by uranium mi...

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

First responders push an ambulance out of heavy snow in New York, Dec. 27, 2010. The Northeast awoke Monday morning under a heavy blanket of snow that...

Ana Peci, 11, shops using her Christmas gift cards at J.C. Penney in New York, Dec. 26, 2010. Shoppers spent more money this holiday season than at a...