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Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) approaches a podium to discuss the New START treaty at a news conference following the Senate cloture vote on the treaty on...

Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), left, and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) leave a news conference after talking about the New START treaty on Capitol Hill in Wash...

From left: Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Republican Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) prior...

Tony Bates, chief executive of Skype, demonstrates a Skype connection on a laptop in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 29, 2010. Bates, who was hired in Octobe...

Tony Bates, chief executive of Skype, in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 29, 2010. Trying to find new ways to make money from its 124 million users, Skype, a...

Tony Bates, chief executive of Skype, demonstrates a Skype connection on a laptop in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 29, 2010. Bates, who was hired in Octobe...

Rack of Lamb with Pimenton, Garlic, and Olive Oil and Bread Crumbs, in New York, Oct. 14, 2010. This less conservative, but not crazy, bread-crumb top...

Rack of Lamb with Pimenton, Garlic, and Olive Oil and Bread Crumbs, in New York, Oct. 14, 2010. This less conservative, but not crazy, bread-crumb top...

**STANDALONE PHOTO** People dressed as Santa Claus pack the bar at Stitch, a lounge in New York's fashion district, during SantaCon on Dec. 11, 2010....

The Rev. Al Sharpton, left, joined New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, for a news conference on the need to overhaul the juvenile justice system,...

Emilie Gossiaux, who suffered a traumatic brain injury, a stroke and multiple fractures in her head, pelvis and leg after an 18-wheel truck struck her...

Emilie Gossiaux, who suffered a traumatic brain injury, a stroke and multiple fractures in her head, pelvis and leg after an 18-wheel truck struck her...

Emilie Gossiaux, who suffered a traumatic brain injury, a stroke and multiple fractures in her head, pelvis and leg after an 18-wheel truck struck her...

Emilie Gossiaux, left, who suffered a traumatic brain injury, a stroke and multiple fractures in her head, pelvis and leg after an 18-wheel truck stru...

Nut Brittle made in the microwave, in New York, Dec. 16, 2010. A microwave can make candy making much simpler, quicker and more fun than standing over...

Fresh-Cream Pralines made in the microwave, in New York, Dec. 16, 2010. A microwave can make candy making much simpler, quicker and more fun than stan...

Saffron Turkish Delights made in the microwave, in New York, Dec. 16, 2010. A microwave can make candy making much simpler, quicker and more fun than...

Saffron Turkish Delights made in the microwave, in New York, Dec. 16, 2010. A microwave can make candy making much simpler, quicker and more fun than...

Columbia University students gather on campus to view a lunar eclipse above the skies of New York, Dec. 21, 2010. For the first time in 372 years, a...

Photos grouped together show the lunar eclipse through its various stages above the skies of New York, Dec. 21, 2010. For the first time in 372 years,...

The moon is seen through the eyepiece of a telescope during a lunar eclipse above the skies of New York, Dec. 21, 2010. For the first time in 372 yea...

Columbia University students gather on campus to view a lunar eclipse above the skies of New York, Dec. 21, 2010. For the first time in 372 years, a...

B. Foley, a defenceman for the Edina Bantam B1 Green team, hops over the wall during a line change against Prior Lake at Braemar Ice Arena in Edina, M...

FILE -- Karen Ignagni, president and chief executive of America's Health Insurance Plans, during a media interview in Washington, Oct. 22, 2009. In a...

Players from the Edina Bantam B1 Green team and Prior Lake collide during a hockey game at Braemar Ice Arena in Edina, Minn., Dec. 7, 2010. When a tea...

Dave Terwilliger, left standing, an Edina Bantam coach, with his team between periods of a hockey game against Prior Lake at the Braemar Ice Arena in...

L. Perunovich, defenceman for the Edina Bantam B1 Green team, pushes the puck forward during a hockey game against Prior Lake at Braemar Ice Arena in...

Mary Hamilton, who is one of the few Hallmark greeting card artists whose work bears her name, paints a bear at her work space at Hallmark offices in...

A woman cooks near the Niger River in Matkala, Mali, Nov, 20. 2010. Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land rush is gobbling up larg...

A Pear Brown Betty with Hard Sauce covered by soft bits of toasty bread a la mode, in New York, Dec. 14, 2010. Although plum pudding and hard sauce tr...

A Pear Brown Betty with Hard Sauce covered by soft bits of toasty bread a la mode, in New York, Dec. 14, 2010. Although plum pudding and hard sauce tr...

Mary Hamilton, who is one of the few Hallmark greeting card artists whose work bears her name, paints a bear at her work space at the Hallmark offices...

Sekou Traore in his fields where he grows millet, sorghum and beans in the village of Soumouni, Mali, Nov. 21, 2010. Traor is fearful of losing his ho...

FILE -- Preet Bharara, U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks at a press conference to announce a settlement for the vic...

Villagers from a fishing community along the Niger River near Markala, Mali, Nov. 20, 2010. Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land...

Mary Hamilton, who is one of the few Hallmark greeting card artists whose work bears her name, paints a bear at her work space at Hallmark offices in...

Villagers from a fishing community along the Niger River near Markala, Mali, Nov. 20, 2010. Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land...

A rice farmer looks over a newly cleared and irrigated area of land near a 24-mile-long canal built to benefit local villages, in the village of Belde...

Farmers and their families from all over central Mali gather to protest the government leasing larger and larger tracts of land to foreign companies a...

Farmers and their families from all over central Mali gather to protest the government leasing larger and larger tracts of land to foreign companies a...

A man sets nets and woven traps to catch small fish near a 24-mile-long canal built to benefit local villages, in the the village of Beldenadji, Mali,...

A security guard stands watch over workers near a 24-mile-long canal built to benefit local villages, in the the village of Beldenadji, Mali, Nov. 18,...

Local children gather at a well in the village of Soumouni, Mali, Nov. 21, 2010. Across Africa and the developing world, a new global land rush is gob...

FILE -- New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, left, with New York state Sen. Eric Schneiderman during a joint press conference in New York, No...

Hand-illustrated casks at Harvest Spirit distillery in Valatie, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2010. Once thriving in the Northeast, distilleries are proliferating ag...

A labeling machine producing "Ice Glen Vodka" labels at Berkshire Mountain Distillers, near Great Barrington, Mass., Dec. 12, 2010. Once thriving in t...

Chris Weld, of Berkshire Mountain Distillers, in the fermentation room at the distillery, near Great Barrington, Mass., Dec. 12, 2010. Once thriving i...

David Haskell, left, and Colin Spoelman, owners of Kings County Distillery, in New York, Dec. 13, 2010. Once thriving in the Northeast, distilleries a...

Derek Grout, of Harvest Spirits distillery, bottles vodka at the distillery in Valatie, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2010. Once thriving in the Northeast, distiller...

A resident fills up a sand bag in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Dec. 21, 2010. In northeastern Los Angeles County, an area ravaged by a wildfire last...