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Michele Bachmann, a Republican presidential candidate for the 2012 election, speaks at a campaign stop, in Atlantic, Iowa, August 8, 2011. Days before...

Michele Bachmann, a Republican presidential candidate for the 2012 election, speaks at a campaign stop, in Atlantic, Iowa, August 8, 2011. Days before...

Natalya Rose Vrbsky, left, and Tibi Cziger perform at the Marlboro Music School and Festival at Marlboro College in Marlboro, Vt. Aug. 7, 2011. The fe...

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty walks with an aide to a Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition house party in Clive, Iowa, on Aug. 8, 2011. With the Iowa S...

People listen to music from the harbor outside the Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park, in Newport R.I., Aug. 6, 2011. Rather than book ol...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican candidate for president, right, speaks at a town hall meeting in Nashua, N.H., Aug. 8, 2011. The R...

Ed Lee, the interim mayor of San Francisco, talks with the media after filing paperwork to be included in the upcoming election, at city hall, in San...

Harish Raghavan of the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet gestures during a performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, in Newport R.I., Aug. 6, 2011. Rather t...

Heather Mitts, of the Atlanta Beat, right, and Kia McNeill, of Philadelphia Independence, fight for the ball during a game in Chester, Pa., July 31, 2...

Amy Rodriguez of the Philadelphia Independence is welcomed home after the World Cup with flowers and cheers from fans, in Chester, Pa., July 31, 2011....

Abby Wambach, a player and coach of the magicJack women's soccer team, signs autographs for fans, in Boca Raton, Fla., Aug. 5, 2011. The World Cup bol...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican candidate for president, speaks at a town hall meeting in Nashua, N.H., Aug. 8, 2011. The Republic...

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, greets patrons at Rich's Brew, a coffee shop, in Johnston, Iowa, on Aug. 8, 2011. With the Iowa Straw Poll just da...

Tanya Bloom tents to customers at The Shop at the Standard Hotel, in New York, June 9, 2011. Many hotels are upgrading their shops as destinations for...

Caroline Ellis, 11, an "Annie" hopeful, holds her audition video, in Keller, Texas, July 31, 2011. A rite of passage for young actors, waiting in long...

Barbara Gargiulo, a real estate broker, left, shows prospective buyer Shari Stein, around a house on the market in Montclair, N.J., Aug. 7, 2011. When...

Mary Graham, a restaurant owner, who got a face-lift and breast implants earlier this year, outside a future restaurant location in Tallahassee, Fla.,...

** EDS: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT PHOTOGRAPHER CREDIT TO PHILIP SCOTT ANDREWS** President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White Ho...

Abby Wambach, a player and coach of the magicJack women's soccer team, signs autographs for fans, in Boca Raton, Fla., Aug. 5, 2011. The World Cup bol...

Amber Hutchison, 14, left, takes a photo, with Kelsey Bromwell, 14, during the Women's Professional Soccer League game featuring magicJack versus Sky...

FILE-- From left: Reps. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), Bill Foster (D-Ill.), and Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.), all physicists in the House of Representatives, on Capi...

Ravi Coltrane plays the tenor saxophone with the Ravi Coltrane Quartet during the Newport Jazz Festival, in Newport R.I., Aug. 7, 2011. Rather than b...

President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on Aug. 8, 2011. Obama addressed the country's credit rating...

President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on Aug. 8, 2011. Obama addressed the country's credit rating...

Students arrive at a schoolhouse to attend a Tamazight language class, in Yafran, Libya, July 12, 2011. Tamazight, is the tongue of the Amazigh, or Be...

A boy from the Yafran rebel group helps to paint murals with the characters of an ancient language at the "House of Freedom," a makeshift war museum p...

Participants talk during the National Network of Parents to Protect Children from Radiation's kick-off meeting held in Tokyo, July 12, 2011. As the Fu...

Police officers tell a driver to turn back at the check point in a street that leads to central Namie, in Tsushima, Japan, July 16, 2011. As the Fukus...

Workers place layers of water-resistant sheets at a hole to bury radiation-contaminated school yard surface soil, in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan, July...

Rick Santorum, a Republican presidential candidate, greets locals at a campaign stop in a coffee shop in Ames, Iowa, Aug. 8, 2011. With the Iowa Straw...

Workers take a sheet off of radiation-contaminated school yard surface soil, in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan, July 13, 2011. As the Fukushima Daiichi nu...

Kazuya Muramatsu, a graphic designer, holds baby at a lobby during the National Network of Parents to Protect Children from Radiation's kick-off meeti...

Rick Santorum, a Republican presidential candidate, greets a local at a coffee shop during a campaign stop in Ames, Iowa, Aug. 8, 2011. With the Iowa...

Locals listen to a speech from Michele Bachmann, a Republican presidential candidate for the 2012 election, at a campaign stop, in Atlantic, Iowa, Aug...

Michele Bachmann, a Republican presidential candidate for the 2012 election, at a campaign stop, in Atlantic, Iowa, August 8, 2011. Days before the Io...

Michele Bachmann, left, a Republican presidential candidate for the 2012 election, signs autographs for supporters at a campaign stop, in Atlantic, Io...

From left: Domestic Policy Adviser Melody Barnes, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during the daily press...

FILE-- A pair of House pages walk through the Rayburn House Office Building the day before a new Congress will be sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washingt...

A person holds a pair of campaign fliers handed out at a campaign stop for Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, in Atlantic, Iowa, Aug....

Avishai Cohen plays trumpet with his new group, Triveni, at the Newport Jazz Festival, in Newport R.I., Aug. 7, 2011. Rather than book older more est...

Trombone Shorty performs during the Newport Jazz Festival, in Newport R.I., Aug. 6, 2011. Rather than book older more established acts to headline, t...

From left: Michael Brown, Caroline Goulding, Emilie-Anne Gendron, Brook Speltz, Sally Chisholm and Moran Katz perform at the Marlboro Music School and...

Marie Kolstad, who underwent a three-hour breast lift with implants, which costs about $8,000, at her home in Santa Ana, Calif., Aug. 4, 2011. Kolsta...

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks with a driver in Clive, Iowa, on Aug. 8, 2011. With the Iowa Straw Poll just days away, Pawlenty and other R...

Radiation-contaminated school yard surface soil covered with a sheet, in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan, July 13, 2011. As the nuclear plant continues to...

President Barack Obama prepares to speak in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on Aug. 8, 2011. Obama addressed the country's cre...

A herd of goats graze on dried brush beneath the Angels Flight railway, in Los Angeles, Aug. 8, 2011. For the fourth year, the goats from Environmenta...

A visitor pets a goat from a herd brought in to graze on dried brush beneath the Angels Flight railway, in Los Angeles, Aug. 8, 2011. For the fourth y...

Fordson High School football coach Fouad Zaban talks to his team during their first late night practice, in Dearborn, Mich., Aug. 7, 2011. To accommod...

Maurice Geraets, of the semiconductor company NXP, installs the milage charging system device in his car in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, May 27, 2011....