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Derek Grout, of Harvest Spirits distillery, with his copper-pot still in Valatie, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2010. With his copper-pot still, Grout has produced a...

Sgt. Tracy Stewart of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department drives through a flood threatened area in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Dec. 21, 201...

Residents fill up sand bags in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Dec. 21, 2010. In northeastern Los Angeles County, an area ravaged by a wildfire last yea...

Barricades and sandbags are placed in front of homes threatened by water in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Dec. 21, 2010. In northeastern Los Angeles C...

Sgt. Tracy Stewart of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department stands next to a barricade in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Dec. 21, 2010. In northe...

A barricade of sandbags protect a home in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Dec. 21, 2010. In northeastern Los Angeles County, an area ravaged by a wildfi...

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...

A plate of prosciutto at Osteria Mozza restaurant in Los Angeles, Dec. 4, 2010. Regularly scheduled dinners at Pizzeria Mozza and Osteria Mozza are in...

A plate of mixed vegetables, in front, and a liver pate, behind, at Osteria Mozza restaurant in Los Angeles, Dec. 4, 2010. Regularly scheduled dinners...

Broccolini, a hybrid broccoli, being roasted over an almond-wood fire, at Osteria Mozza restaurant in Los Angeles, Dec. 4, 2010. Regularly scheduled d...

A group of people seated "family style" for dinner at Osteria Mozza restaurant in Los Angeles, Dec. 4, 2010. Regularly scheduled dinners at Pizzeria M...

Roasted and pulled Pork Shoulder with greens from Osteria Mozza restaurant in Los Angeles, Dec. 4, 2010. Pizzeria Mozza and Osteria Mozza serves "fami...

University of Connecticut forward Samarie Walker (11), left, and center Stefanie Dolson (31) prepare to put on T-shirts commemorating their 89th conse...

The University of Connecticut women's basketball team celebrates at center court after winning a NCAA women's college basketball game against the Flor...

University of Connecticut forward Maya Moore (23), center, tosses her towel into the air in celebration during the final moments of a NCAA women's col...

University of Connecticut guard Lorin Dixon (30) holds the ball as Geno Auriemma, Huskies' head coach, yells in the background, during a NCAA women's...

University of Connecticut forward Maya Moore (23) goes for a rebound with her fingertips during a NCAA women's basketball game against the Florida Sta...

The opening moments of a NCAA women's basketball game between the University of Connecticut Huskies and the Florida State Seminoles at the XL Center i...

University of Connecticut forwards Maya Moore (23) and Samarie Walker (11) box out against Florida State Seminoles guard Christian Hunnicutt (5) durin...

Kevin Behrens, a University of Connecticut band member, gets his face painted before a NCAA women's basketball game against Florida State Seminoles at...

Mimi Ash, a property owner, at her home in Truckee, Calif., Dec. 1, 2010. According to a federal lawsuit filed in October by Ash, Bank of America had...

Mimi Ash, a property owner experiencing a wrongful foreclosure from her bank, at her home in Truckee, Calif., Dec. 1, 2010. Critics say a rising tide...

Mimi Ash, a property owner experiencing a wrongful foreclosure from her bank, at her home in Truckee, Calif., Dec. 1, 2010. Critics say a rising tide...

FILE -- Pickets opposing the R.O.T.C., the war in Vietnam and U.S. action in the Domincan Republic at Columbia University in New York, June 1, 1965. D...

A person rests beside an aged tree in Chongqing, China, Oct. 22, 2010. Not all of Chongqing is brand-new, some parts are old enough to have trees grow...

A man on his balcony in Chongqing, China, Oct. 24, 2010. The city's high rises attract hundreds of thousands of rural immigrants each year. (Matt Gros...

Inexpensive food is laid out for hungry workers in Chongqing, China, Oct. 26. Cheap dining in the open air is common in Chongqing. (Matt Gross/The New...

A man walks by a building marked with a "chai" character in Chongqing, China, Oct. 26, 2010. In Chongqing, many of the buildings that are marked with...

Women talk at Shuanggui Hall, a Buddhist temple, in Chongqing, China, Oct. 26, 2010. Shuanggui Hall hasn't been restored or repainted to attract visit...

A group of people pluck at a dish of mala huo guo from a caldron in Chongqing, China, Oct. 23, 2010. The dish, known as hot pot, made from spicy broth...

A man passes by monks' robes drying on the line at Shuanggui Hall, a Buddhist temple, in Chongqing, China, Oct. 26, 2010. Shuanggui Hall hasn't been r...

A view of skyscrapers over the Jialing River in Chongqing, China, Oct. 25, 2010. Chongqing, a metropolis of 32 million, is intersected by the Jialing...

Canopies of rope set up to protect trees from heavy snowfall at Kenrokuen Garden, in Kanazawa, Japan, Nov. 28, 2010. The garden is Kanazawa's principa...

Diners eat Wagashi, a traditional Japanese treat, and drink green tea at Shima, a preserved Edo-era tea house, in Kanazawa, Japan, Nov. 28, 2010. In t...

FILE -- Tourists walk along the beach in front of Zazilkin, a hotel with rustic cabanas in Tulum, Mexico, May 1, 2009. While most of the drug-related...

Shane Roberts, a bar tender, pours the drinks for a light crowd at Toronto Temperance Society, a members-only bar in Toronto, Dec. 12, 2010. The Toron...

Patrons at the Toronto Temperance Society bar in Toronto, Dec. 12, 2010. The Toronto Temperance Society, a bar open only to members and their guests,...

A rare earth mineral mine in Baishazhen, China, on Dec. 20, 2010. China has been cracking down on the rogue mining operations that produce an estimate...

Participants at the 8th Auto Guangzhou 2010 pass by a BYD G3 at the China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou, China on Dec. 20, 2010. One uncertaint...

A World War I memorial in Tremblois-Les-Carignan, France, on Dec. 21, 2010. Under pressure, the village is removing Marshal Philippe Petain's name fro...

Thomas Benjamin Snapp Pryor, the founder and brains behind the American Realness festival, in New York, Dec. 21, 2010. American Realness, an upstart f...

Albertine Kimble, coastal program manager for Plaquemines Parish, with her dog, Hunter, near a live oak tree on her property that has been in her fami...

**EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT SLUG TO IRAQ SADRISTS** Residents at a park in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, an area that shows heavy suppo...

**EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT SLUG TO IRAQ SADRISTS** Prayer rugs hang over a poster of Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr after Friday prayer, in the...

FILE -- Army Spc. Alan Bakula rests after taking shrapnel to the left arm and face from a mine explosion as members of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, Fir...

**EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT SLUG TO IRAQ SADRISTS** A market decorated for Ashura, the largest religious holiday for Iraq's Shiite majority in A...

Courtney Akai applies the LashDip product to Amanda Smeal at the Courtney Akai Lash Boutique in New York on Dec. 20, 2010. LashDip, a semipermanent m...

Jimmy Wilson, who played football for Montana, at a friend's home in San Diego, Calif., on Dec. 20, 2010. Wilson had a bitter journey back to college...

Elizabeth Kavanaugh and Jeff Rank near their former business, Large Format Digital, in Edgerton, Wis., on Dec. 20, 2010. The company, which printed ad...

FILE -- David Leonhardt of The New York Times in New York on Dec. 20, 2010. On Monday, April 18, 2011, it was announced that Leonhardt won the 2011 Pu...