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Shaquille O'Neal, who joined the Boston Celtics in August, conducts the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Boston, on Dec. 20, 2010. Since signing with t...

Shaquille O'Neal, who joined the Boston Celtics in August, conducts the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Boston, on Dec. 20, 2010. Since signing with t...

Shaquille O'Neal, who joined the Boston Celtics in August, makes his entrance to conduct the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Boston, on Dec. 20, 2010....

Shaquille O'Neal, who joined the Boston Celtics in August, offers a high five to 19-month-old Samantha Walker before he conducts the Boston Pops at Sy...

Shaquille O'Neal, who joined the Boston Celtics in August, bows after conducting the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Boston, on Dec. 20, 2010. Since s...

Keith Lockhart, left, conductor of the Boston Pops, and Shaquille O'Neal at a press conference before O'Neal conducted the orchestra at Symphony Hall...

Shaquille O'Neal, who joined the Boston Celtics in August, conducts the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Boston, on Dec. 20, 2010. Since signing with t...

Michael Shannon in the play "Mistakes Were Made" at the Barrow Street Theater in New York, on Dec. 1, 2010. Shannon's role is that of a frantic produc...

Michael Shannon in the play "Mistakes Were Made" at the Barrow Street Theater in New York, on Dec. 1, 2010. Shannon's role is that of a frantic produc...

Scratch lottery tickets on display at East Walpole News in Walpole, Mass., Dec. 22, 2010. With state budgets in crisis and lottery-funded programs lik...

FILE -- New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte throws in the second inning of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series against the Texas Rang...

FILE -- Members of the New York Giants offense huddle during the NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay, Wis., on Jan. 20, 2...

FILE -- John H. White, center, during a break at his trial in the Criminal Courts Building in Riverhead, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2007. White, convicted of sec...

Liz McCarthy, who persuaded her husband, Andrew, to have the Christmas tree decorated with white lights every other year, stands with her family at ho...

FILE -- Robert Gibbs, left, David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett, boarding Air Force One en route to Cleveland to accompany President Barack Obama on an...

A lottery scratch-off ticket sold in New York, Dec. 21, 2010. With state budgets in crisis and lottery-funded programs like pre-kindergarten targeted...

Michael Shannon in the play "Mistakes Were Made" at the Barrow Street Theater in New York, on Dec. 1, 2010. Shannon's role is that of a frantic produc...

Steve Harvey, the comedian and host on TV and radio, in New York, Dec. 6, 2010. After a career in comedy and TV, Harvey has written two advice books o...

Decorative white christmas lights hang on the front door of a home in New York, Dec. 21, 2010. Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys New York, a...

Steve Harvey, the comedian and host on TV and radio, in New York, Dec. 6, 2010. After a career in comedy and TV, Harvey has written two advice books o...

Steve Harvey, the comedian and host on TV and radio, in New York, Dec. 6, 2010. After a career in comedy and TV, Harvey has written two advice books o...

From front to back: Laurel Tentindo, Dai Jian, Nicholas Strafaccia and Tamara Riewe of the Trisha Brown troupe rehearse in the Museum of Modern Art at...

Ralph Lemon, left, and Okwui Okpokwasili rehearse for a performance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Dec. 17, 2010. Beginning Jan. 12, experim...

Members of the Trisha Brown troupe rehearse in the Museum of Modern Art atrium in New York, Dec. 13, 2010. Beginning Jan. 12, experimental dance will...

Michael Shannon at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York, on Dec. 20, 2010. Shannon is in the leading role of the off Broadway play "Mistakes Were Mad...

Michael Shannon at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York, on Dec. 20, 2010. Shannon is in the leading role of the off Broadway play "Mistakes Were Mad...

Michael Shannon at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York, on Dec. 20, 2010. Shannon is in the leading role of the off Broadway play "Mistakes Were Mad...

Michael Shannon at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York, on Dec. 20, 2010. Shannon is in the leading role of the off Broadway play "Mistakes Were Mad...

From left: Gordon Clapp, Thomas Guiry and Ethan Hawke perform in Tommy Nohilly's playwriting debut "Blood From a Stone" at the Acorn Theater in New Yo...

Daphne Rubin-Vega, left, and Ethan Hawke perform in Tommy Nohilly's playwriting debut "Blood From a Stone" at the Acorn Theater in New York, Dec. 12,...

Tommy Nohilly on the set of his playwriting debut "Blood From a Stone" at the Acorn Theater in New York, Dec. 13, 2010. Nohilly's debut draws on his o...

Decorative white christmas lights hang on the front door of a home in New York, Dec. 21, 2010. Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys New York, a...

FILE -- New York Knicks coach Larry Brown, right, and Isiah Thomas at a press conference at the team training facility in Greenburgh, N.Y., on April 2...

Recently installed solar panels for a water heating system at Wipro Technologies in Gurgaon, suburban New Delhi, Nov. 25, 2010. India appears to be at...

A view outside of a new campus of Tata Consultancy Services in Chennai, India, Nov. 26, 2010. India appears to be at that phase of economic developmen...

A view of a new campus of Tata Consultancy Services in Chennai, India, Nov. 26, 2010. India appears to be at that phase of economic development where...

A view of a new campus of Tata Consultancy Services in Chennai, India, Nov. 26, 2010. India appears to be at that phase of economic development where...

The new campus of Tata Consultancy Services in Chennai, India, Nov. 26, 2010. India appears to be at that phase of economic development where building...

Laborers at work at a new campus of Tata Consultancy Services in Chennai, India, Nov. 26, 2010. India appears to be at that phase of economic developm...

A version of the classic pollo alla diavola. This chicken dish has appeared at Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone's Torrisi Italian Specialties, whose men...

Ivana Lowell, daughter of Lady Caroline Blackwood, at her home in Sag Harbor, N.Y., on Dec. 11, 2010. Lowell has written a book, "Why Not Say What Hap...

FILE -- Sebastian Arcelus, center, performs as Buddy in the musical "Elf" at the Hirschfeld Theater in New York, Oct. 30, 2010. Audiences want to see...

Shannon Shy, an environmental lawyer who suffered from OCD, with his Christmas tree in Woodbridge, Va., Dec. 14, 2010. Shy used to arrange the Christm...

Gold nailhead cuff links from gilesandbrother.com in New York, on Dec. 17, 2010. Men's jewelry for custom engraving that can be found on specialty sit...

Tim Carlson with his daughter, Mae, 4, at a coffee shop in Constantine, Mich., on Dec. 22, 2010. Carlson, who lives in Seattle, was visiting his paren...

These days, less-invasive options exist to improve the appearance of one's neck, provided it isn't a full-blown turkey wattle. (Dan Neville/The New Yo...

Dr. Matthew White, a facial plastic surgeon at New York University Langone Medical Center, uses a new skin-tightening technique called Ulthera in New...

Dancers rehearse David Parker's "NutCracked" at the Dance Theater Workshop in New York, on Dec. 16, 2010. The ballet begins with tap dancing and takes...

The Egyptian dance during the "15th Annual Black Nutcracker" at the Apollo Theater in New York, on Dec. 16, 2010. The informal production featured a m...

Janine Reinhardt, a resident in emergency medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, at the hospital in Stony Brook, N.Y., on Nov. 24, 2010. R...