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Members of the cast of Harlem's "Henry V," of The Classical Theater rehearse at Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, in Ne...

People walk the streets of Landskrona, Sweden, July 29, 2011. Sweden's mainstream parties, facing assaults on the welfare state, have been co-opting s...

A Muslim woman rides her bike through Landskrona, Sweden, July 29, 2011. A third of the people of Landskrona, a city nearly 600 years old, are immigra...

Robert Antioco, left, and Louis Green-Gonzalez look for jobs at the offices of the Jefferson Houses Jobs-Plus program in New York, Aug. 3, 2011. Mayor...

An opponent of Hosni Mubarak, who served longer than any ruler of modern Egypt until he was overthrown in a revolution in February, holds up a poster...

Opponents and supporters of Hosni Mubarak, who served longer than any ruler of modern Egypt until he was overthrown in a revolution in February, watch...

The kitchen and dining room in the home of Fabrizio Rondolino and Simona Ercolani, near Scotty's Junction in Nevada. Color was used sparingly, to refl...

Campers collaborate on a poster project for their brands at Fashion Camp NYC in New York, July 15, 2011. At Fashion Camp NYC, a five-day program cente...

Campers work on a T-shirt design at Fashion Camp NYC in New York, July 15, 2011. At Fashion Camp NYC, a five-day program centered at LIM College, camp...

A collage of iPhone photographs, using the Hipstamatic app, making a panorama of Times Square in New York, July, Aug. 1, 2011. New York offers its own...

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi during an interview in Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. After six months battling a rebellion his family portrayed as...

Alfred Preisser, left, and Christopher McElroen, founders of The Classical Theater of Harlem, in New York, Jan. 29, 2004. The Classical Theater of Har...

Ty Jones, who plays King Henry in the new production of "Henry V" for The Classical Theater of Harlem and is also the theater's producing director and...

Bjorn Soder, party secretary of the Sweden Democrats, in Kristianstad, Sweden, July 29, 2011. Sweden's mainstream parties, facing assaults on the welf...

Michael Ahlgren, who lost his job as a security guard for the Red Cross just before Christmas and bears a tattoo of the Swedish flag on his shoulder,...

Torkild Strandberg, city council chairman in Landskrona, left, and Mats Karlsson, a police chief, in Landskrona, Sweden, July 28, 2011. Sweden's mains...

Bart Justice, who founded Secure Destruction Service and fell into debt because revenues did not cover expenses, next to one of his mobile document sh...

President Barack Obama, who turns 50 tomorrow, speaks a fund-raiser event coupled with a birthday celebration at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Aug....

President Barack Obama, who turns 50 tomorrow, greets supporters at a fund-raiser event coupled with a birthday celebration at the Aragon Ballroom in...

President Barack Obama is greeted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in Chicago, Aug. 3, 2011. Obama, who turns 50 on Thursday, is scheduled attend a fundraiser ev...

President Barack Obama, who turns 50 tomorrow, speaks a fund-raiser event coupled with a birthday celebration at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Aug....

People wait for President Barack Obama to pass along on his motorcade route in Chicago, Aug. 3, 2011. Obama, who turns 50 on Thursday, is scheduled at...

Jennifer Hudson and Damian Kulash of the band OK Go sing for President Barack Obama, who turns 50 tomorrow, during a fund-raiser event coupled with a...

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One en route to Chicago, at Andrews Air Force Base on Aug. 3, 2011. Obama headed back to Chicago to raise mone...

President Barack Obama waves to visitors as he exits the White House on his way to board Marine One en route to Chicago, in Washington, Aug. 3, 2011....

Thomas Kiedrowski in front of a firehouse at 159 East 87th Street, where Andy Warhol had a studio in 1963, in New York, July 27, 2011. Kiedrowski, a g...

From left: Crissy Santiago, Robert Antioco, Louis Green-Gonzalez and James Green look for jobs at the offices of the Jefferson Houses Jobs-Plus progra...

A peacock that escaped a day earlier, at the Central Park Zoo in New York, Aug. 3, 2011. The peacock, which famously escaped from the zoo on Tuesday r...

Thomas Kiedrowski in front of the Andy Warhol statue at Union Square in New York, July 27, 2011. Kiedrowski, a guide for the Andy Warhol's New York C...

FILE -- George Manahan conducts the American Composers Orchestra at the Miller Theater in New York, May 22, 2010. New York City Opera is eliminating t...

A collage of iPhone photographs, using the Hipstamatic app, of the portrait series "communication prothesis," showing people whose teeth are bared, as...

A collage of iPhone photographs, using the Hipstamatic app, of messages from T-shirts at Forbidden Planet and old-fashioned books at the Strand, lower...

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 view from the corner office in the home of Fabrizio Rondolino and Simona Ercolani, near Scotty's Junction in Nevada. Their home is in such a remot...

The bathroom in the home of Fabrizio Rondolino and Simona Ercolani, near Scotty's Junction in Nevada. The green tiles in the utilitarian bathrooms ech...

The dining room in the home of Fabrizio Rondolino and Simona Ercolani, near Scotty's Junction in Nevada. Color was used sparingly, to reflect the dese...

The home of Fabrizio Rondolino and Simona Ercolani, near Scotty's Junction in Nevada. Their home is in such a remote spot , not far from Death Valley...

The home of Fabrizio Rondolino and Simona Ercolani near Scotty's Junction in Nevada. Their home is in such a remote spot , not far from Death Valley N...

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

A high-end Gucci coat at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury brand store in New York, July 29, 2011. While retailers selling to average Americans are holding n...

Lissette Gutierrez tries on a pair of high-end Louis Vuitton heels at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury brand store in New York, July 29, 2011. While retaile...

A shopper exits Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury brand store in New York, July 29, 2011. While retailers selling to average Americans are holding near fire...

Lissette Gutierrez shops for shoes at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury brand store in New York, July 29, 2011. While retailers selling to average Americans...

A shopper enters Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury brand store in New York, July 29, 2011. While retailers selling to average Americans are holding near fire...

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi during an interview in Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. After six months battling a rebellion his family portrayed as...

Jeff Reed runs a sound board during Bryan Fischer's daily tak-radio show at the headquarters of American Family Association in Tupelo, Miss., July 25,...

Donald Wildmon, second from left, founder of the American Family Association, a national conservative Christian organization, and employees at the hea...

Alison Krauss and Union Station perform at the Beacon Theater in New York, Aug. 2, 2011. The show, part of a tour on their latest album, "Paper Airpla...

Alison Krauss and Union Station perform at the Beacon Theater in New York, Aug. 2, 2011. The show, part of a tour on their latest album, "Paper Airpla...

Bryan Fischer, director of issue analysis for the American Family Association, a national conservative Christian organization, during his daily talk-r...