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Traders on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2011. American indexes suffered their largest one-day percentage drop since February 20...

Traders on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2011. American indexes suffered their largest one-day percentage drop since February 20...

Traders on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2011. American indexes suffered their largest one-day percentage drop since February 20...

Traders on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2011. American indexes suffered their largest one-day percentage drop since February 20...

Frank Masiello of Barclays Capital reacts while trading on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2011. American indexes suffered their l...

A trader reacts on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2011. American indexes suffered their largest one-day percentage drop since Feb...

Namrata Brar of NDTV Profit, on air at the NASDAQ studio in Times Square in New York, Aug. 4, 2011. American indexes fell 3 percent as new data height...

An injured opposition fighter sits along the shore before the breaking of the day's fast in the rebel-held city of Benghazi, Libya, Aug. 4, 2011. In w...

New York Jets wide receiver Plaxico Burress, right, during practice at the Jets' training facility in Florham Park, N.J., Aug. 4, 2011. Burress gave l...

An opponent of former President Hosni Mubarak holds up a noose in protest, as others watch Mubarak's televised trial near a police military academy co...

Workers sift through debris left behind from the tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., at a nearby landfill in Galena, Kan., July 2, 2011. In Alabama and M...

Warning signs near debris accumulated after tornadoes stuck in May at the site of the former Dude's Daylight Doughnuts, in Joplin, Mo., July 2, 2011....

Ground wood chip remains of natural debris accumulated after a tornado struck in April, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 26, 2011. In Alabama and Missouri, r...

The blades of Hogzilla, a grinder used to reduce the natural debris accumulated after a tornado stuck in April, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 26, 2011. In...

An Army Corps of Engineers worker unclogs Hogzilla, a grinder used to reduce natural debris accumulated after a tornado struck in April, in Tuscaloosa...

The six defenders accused of falsifying tests on major construction projects appear in the State Supreme Court for their arraignment, in New York, Aug...

A woman walks by a government-run Shaoyang orphanage in Shaoyang, China, July 6, 2011. A scandal involving at least 16 babies seized by family plannin...

Yuan Xinquan, whose 52-day-old daughter was taken by family planning officials because he did not have a marriage certificate, at his home in a villag...

FILE -- Jerry Seinfeld, known as a master of politically incorrect humor, in the offices of the Ammirati advertising company in New York, May 3, 2011....

FILE -- CNN's Piers Morgan on the set of his new show "Piers Morgan Tonight" at the Time Warner Center in New York, Jan. 13, 2011. Morgan, the CNN tal...

Yang Qinzheng, second from right, the grandfather of a baby who was taken by government family planning officials, cooks dinner for his two grandchild...

Fengxing Village in Longhui County an impoverished rural area in Hunan Province, China, July 1, 2011. At least 16 babies were seized by family plannin...

Rafinha Bastos, a pioneer of Brazil's burgeoning stand-up comedy scene, during a show at the Comedians Club in Sao Paulo, July 14, 2011. Bastos, who a...

Rafinha Bastos, a pioneer of Brazil's burgeoning stand-up comedy scene, during a show at the Comedians Club in Sao Paulo, July 14, 2011. Bastos, who a...

Rafinha Bastos, a pioneer of Brazil's burgeoning stand-up comedy scene, during a show at the Comedians Club in Sao Paulo, July 14, 2011. Bastos, who a...

Rafinha Bastos, a pioneer of Brazil's burgeoning stand-up comedy scene, during a show at the Comedians Club in Sao Paulo, July 14, 2011. Bastos, who a...

FILE -- David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox, left, and Curtis Granderson of the New York Yankees, whose team will battle each other for fist place this...

Rafinha Bastos, a pioneer of Brazil's burgeoning stand-up comedy scene, during a show at the Comedians Club in Sao Paulo, July 14, 2011. Bastos, who a...

Xiong Chao, 6, one of the last babies that family planning officials tried to take in 2006, and one of the few returned home, sleeps on the lap of his...

A truck carries natural debris accumulated after a tornado stuck in April, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 26, 2011. In Alabama and Missouri, residents are...

Frank Masiello of Barclays Capital reacts while trading on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2011. American indexes suffered their l...

Norm Lewis, left, and Audra McDonald, both with roles in the new version of "Porgy and Bess," in Cambridge, Mass., July 26, 2011. Diane Paulus, who ha...

Diedre Murray, the musician who helped adapt the new version of "Porgy and Bess," at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., July 26, 2011...

Suzan-Lori Parks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who helped adapt the new version of "Porgy and Bess," at the American Repertory Theater in Cam...

David Alan Grier, center, during a rehearsal of the new version of "Porgy and Bess," at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., July 26, 2...

FILE -- Rebecca Kilgore performs in "Lady Day and Prez: A Musical Tribute to Billie Holiday and Lester Young" at Feinstein's in New York, Aug. 2, 2010...

From left: Michelle Dorrance, a professional tap dancer, hip-hop artist Anthony Rue II, and Brittany Marcin, the former Rockette, gather to assess the...

"A Raisin in the Sun," the 1959 drama about a black family on the South Side of Chicago, on Playbill, in an undated photo. Part of the power of "Clybo...

Tiler Peck of New York City Ballet, gathers with other dance professionals to assess the show "So You Think You Can Dance," in New York, July 27, 2011...

Diane Paulus, the director who helped adapt the new version of "Porgy and Bess," at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., July 26, 2011....

Tony Wasilewski with a portrait of his son, Brian, at his home near Chicago in Schiller Park, Ill., Aug. 4, 2011. Wasilewski's wife, Janina, and their...

Tiler Peck of New York City Ballet, left, and Dallas McMurray of Mark Morris Dance Group, gather with other dance professionals to assess the show "So...

Hip-hop artist Anthony Rue II, left, and Brittany Marcin, the former Rockette, gather to assess the show "So You Think You Can Dance," in New York, Ju...

Susan Shields, left, and Graciano Matos, right, who work for the Jefferson Houses Jobs-Plus program, speak with a prospective member, Terrence Tatum,...

An urban farm with fresh vegetables in what used to be a vacant lot in Cleveland, June 27, 2011. Cleveland contains 20,000 vacant lots, more or less,...

The Buckeye urban farm, once a vacant lot, in Cleveland, June 27, 2011. Cleveland contains 20,000 vacant lots, more or less and every year, according...

The view from a group of four vacant parcels on Union Avenue, known as Control Site 6 in Cleveland, June 27, 2011. Cleveland contains 20,000 vacant l...

Researchers search for insects amongst flowers and vegetables in Cleveland, June 27, 2011. Cleveland contains 20,000 vacant lots, more or less, and wi...

FILE -- Employee Kirstin Maskol rings up a customer using Groupon at Muddy's Coffee House in Portland, Ore., Jan. 15, 2011. Groupon and LivingSocial h...

Supporters of Hosni Mubarak, who served longer than any ruler of modern Egypt until he was overthrown in a revolution in February, demonstrate near a...