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FILE -- Sara Mearns, principal ballerina of the New York City Ballet, at rehearsal for her role in "Swan Lake" at Lincoln Center in new York, on Jan....

FILE -- Milan Herich in David Zambrano's "Soul Project" in New York, on Jan. 19, 2010. The performance was part of Danspace Project's Platform series,...

FILE -- Tony Neidenbach and Elizabeth DeMent in the Liz Gerring Dance Company performance of "Lichtung/Clearing" in New York, on March 10, 2010. The m...

Antique 18th-century Chinese plates that were broken and fused together with metal-wire staples at Andrew Baseman's apartment in New York, on Nov. 8,...

A 17th century porcelain miniature with a silver top and handle added in the 18th century at Andrew Baseman's apartment in New York, on Nov. 8, 2010....

A woman washes clothing outside a shanty house in Guguletu, South Africa, on Dec. 14, 2010. The township near Cape Town is where Anni Dewani was abduc...

A young man works on the roof of a shanty house in Guguletu, South Africa, on Dec. 14, 2010. The township near Cape Town is where Anni Dewani was abdu...

Children play in the street in Guguletu, South Africa, on Dec. 14, 2010. The township near Cape Town is where Anni Dewani was abducted and killed in a...

A double-faced cashmere and wool coat, $2,895 at Louis Vuitton. This season has brought plaid of a more restrained stripe with shadow plaids offering...

A Tween plaid wool blazer, $595 at TAGG. This season has brought plaid of a more restrained stripe with shadow plaids offering subtler patterns render...

A lightweight wool crew-neck sweater, $395 at Burberry Brit stores. This season has brought plaid of a more restrained stripe with shadow plaids offer...

Leather lace-up boots with wool plaid detail, $815 at trussardi.com. This season has brought plaid of a more restrained stripe with shadow plaids offe...

Laura Ann Conroy of Bliss Spa dry brushes the skin as part of a Fat Girl Slim, the spa's most popular body treatment, in New York, Dec. 1, 2010. A rub...

The products used in the Fat Girl Slim treatment at Bliss Spa in New York, Dec. 1, 2010. A rubdown with a scratchy brush, in a spa or at home supplies...

The Elemental Herbology system, a British company, sold at Spacenk.com, include exfoliating sisal mitts. A rubdown with a scratchy brush, in a spa or...

A hallway decorated for the Christmas holiday by Scott Salvator in a penthouse in New York, on Dec. 12, 2010. Salvator decorates the apartments of jus...

A rocking horse designed by Malcolm Kutner for a client's Christmas decorations in New York, on Dec. 10, 2010. Kutner started before Thanksgiving to h...

Members of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division on a mission at sunset in the Ghanzi Province of Afghanistan, Dec. 1...

Members of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division search a house during a mission in the town of Jum'ah Kala, part of...

The exterior of the Skidmore Museum in Skidmore, Mo., on Dec. 10, 2010. The small town, which is dwindling in population, was where Ken Rex McElroy, a...

A water tower near an industrial area in Skidmore, Mo., on Dec. 10, 2010. The small town, which is dwindling in population, was where Ken Rex McElroy,...

An intersection near a closed bar, left, where Ken Rex McElroy was killed in Skidmore, Mo., on Dec. 10, 2010. McElroy, a town bully, was killed in fro...

Rick Garofalo with a white christmas tree he designed at Penelope Zabolotney's apartment in New York, on Dec. 10, 2010. Garofalo decorated the apartme...

Andrew Baseman walks through his apartment in New York, on Nov. 8, 2010. Baseman collects domestic antiques that bear evidence of having been broken a...

A 1930s French lead dog with a leg replaced by a nail and wire at Andrew Baseman's apartment in New York, on Nov. 8, 2010. Baseman collects domestic a...

Three 19th century objects repaired with add-on metal armatures and handles at Andrew Baseman's apartment in New York, on Nov. 8, 2010. Baseman collec...

A white Christmas tree designed by Rick Garofalo at Penelope Zabolotney's apartment in New York, on Dec. 10, 2010. Garofalo decorated the apartment in...

A white Christmas tree designed by Rick Garofalo at Penelope Zabolotney's apartment in New York, on Dec. 10, 2010. Garofalo decorated the apartment in...

FILE -- Chanel's ready-to-wear collection for the Fall/Winter 2010 season presented in Paris, March 8, 2010. Fashion blogger Leandra Medine of The Man...

The nacelle of a Goldwind USA wind-turbine at the company's wind farm near Pipestone, Minn., Oct. 21, 2010. Goldwind and other Chinese-owned companies...

Members of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division search a house during a mission in the town of Jum'ah Kala, part of...

FILE -- Actor Kevin Spacey at the Bowery Hotel in New York, Dec. 6, 2010. On Friday, March 18, 2011, Netflix, the popular online film service, said t...

FILE -- Actor Kevin Spacey at the Bowery Hotel in New York, Dec. 6, 2010. On Friday, March 18, 2011, Netflix, the popular online film service, said t...

Fabrizio Rondolino and Simona Ercolan on the porch off of their home, near Scotty's Junction in Nevada. The porch includes a spring-fed tub surrounded...

The Citta Bassa, or lower city, a modern quarter of Bergamo, Italy, on Nov. 25, 2010. The city is a popular destination for Italian skiers, but it als...

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010 Originally published: Febr...

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

Founder & CEO of Under Armour Kevin A. Plank photographed at the company's headquarters outside Baltimore. December 2010

A row of Mary Jean Wallace's books, at her cabin in the high-altitude mountain mining town of Creede, Colo., Dec. 10, 2010. Wallace, a transplant from...

The Wallace cabin, where Mary Jean and her sister Sarah Wallace now live, in the high-altitude mountain mining town of Creede, Colo., Dec. 10, 2010. M...