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FILE -- The dinning area of the restaurant Windows on the World, atop the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York in 1976. September 11, 20...

FILE -- The dinning area of the restaurant Windows on the World, atop the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York in 1976. September 11, 20...

People look at signs offering to exchange housing, a process known as "Permutar," (or "swap") in a park where they gather every Saturday, in Paseo del...

People relax at a the sea wall in Piran, Slovenia, July 25, 2011. Slovenia, a tiny nation full of fair-tale castles, cutting-edge culture and sleepy p...

What is said to be the world's oldest grape vine is spread out in front of a house on Vojasniska strret in Maribor, Slovenia, July 25, 2011. Slovenia,...

The Denver Caboose cabin created rom a red 1960s railway car, near Skagway, Alaska, June 5, 2011. Most of Alaska's public-use cabins run by the U.S. F...

People in the John Muir cabin near Juneau, Alaska, June 9, 2011. Most of Alaska's public-use cabins run by the U.S. Forest Service, are scenically lo...

Hikers on their way to the John Muir cabin near Juneau, Alaska, June 9, 2011. Most of Alaska's public-use cabins run by the U.S. Forest Service, are s...

A dance performance at the riverside Bar Makalonca in Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 26, 2011. Slovenia, a tiny nation full of fair-tale castles, cutting-e...

Tanja Pak at her glass gallery in Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 26, 2011. Slovenia, a tiny nation full of fair-tale castles, cutting-edge culture and slee...

A wine cellar underneath the city of Maribor, Slovenia, July 25, 2011. Slovenia, a tiny nation full of fair-tale castles, cutting-edge culture and sle...

A sign featuring a new cellphone tour that travelers can dial into at Fort Ord Dunes State Park in Marina, Calif., July 21, 2011. Once reviled by park...

A beachgoer at Fort Ord Dunes State Park in Marina, Calif., July 21, 2011. Once reviled by park rangers as an unfortunate distraction, cellphones are...

Tartini Square in Piran, Slovenia, July 25, 2011. Slovenia, a tiny nation full of fair-tale castles, cutting-edge culture and sleepy pastel port towns...

A lively scene along the riverfront of Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 26, 2011. Slovenia, a tiny nation full of fair-tale castles, cutting-edge culture and...

Peterson Lake Cabin near Juneau, Alaska, June 7, 2011. These outposts, most maintained by the United States Forest Service, are scenically located alo...

The Dan Moller cabin near Juneau, Alaska, June 6, 2011. Most of Alaska's 200 public-use cabins run by the U.S. Forest Service, are scenically located...

A submerged rowboat seen from the Windfall Lake cabin near Juneau, Alaska, June 9, 2011. Most of Alaska's 200 public-use cabins run by the U.S. Forest...

An art gallery in Piran, Slovenia, July 25, 2011. Slovenia, a tiny nation full of fair-tale castles, cutting-edge culture and sleepy pastel port towns...

Drea Bernardi, an actress, participates in a performance art piece called "Ocularpation: Wall Street" near the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhat...

People at a makeshift camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 27, 2011. The al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab, which controls much of southern Somalia...

FILE -- Joel Levy, who earned close to $1 million a year as the one of the top executives running a Medicaid-financed nonprofit organization serving t...

Volunteers prepare to serve food to local residents as they gather to break the day's fast with an evening communal meal in the rebel-held city of Ben...

Chlidren in tow, a man picks out dates as he prepares to break the day's fast with an evening communal meal in the rebel-held city of Benghazi, Libya,...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) pauses while speaking at a news conference in Washington on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. Democratic and Republican leader...

Traders on the floor with music artist Usher, who rang the opening bell, at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 1, 2011. Stocks on Wall Street followe...

Erika Nelson, an artist from Lucas, Kan., shows a miniature she made for her mobile museum The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Vers...

Art projects made by Erika Nelson, an artist from Lucas, Kan., in Lucas, Kan., July 24, 2011. Thirty-one states cut their arts budgets for the 2012 fi...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks to reporters after voting on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 1, 2011. The House of Repr...

Workers crack open mussels and inspect pearls at the Grace Pearl company pearl farm in Zhuji, China, June 16, 2011. Zhan Weijian, chief executive of G...

Louis Langree, a music director, leads the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York, July 30, 2011. The fes...

Louis Langree, a music director, leads the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York, July 30, 2011. The fes...

Workers sort and organize pearls, according to color and size, at the Grace Pearl sorting facility in Zhuji, China, June 16, 2011. Zhan Weijian, chief...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) walks to his offices after voting on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 1, 2011. The House of Rep...

A miniature Catsup bottle made by Erika Nelson, an artist from Lucas, Kan., for her mobile museum The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smalle...

Maxie, a miniature goose made by Erika Nelson, an artist from Lucas, Kan., for her mobile museum The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smalles...

A miniature ball of stamps made by Erika Nelson, an artist from Lucas, Kan., for her mobile museum The World's Largest Collection of the World's Small...

Malnourished children in a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 27, 2011. The al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab, which controls much of souther...

A malnourished child in a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 27, 2011. The al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab, which controls much of southern...

FILE -- People walk along Broad Street in Central Falls, R.I., July 1, 2011. Even as officials in Washington pledged to cut domestic spending, the cit...

Zefrey Throwell, creator of a performance art piece called "Ocularpation: Wall Street," talks with a police officer near the New York Stock Exchange i...

Participants of a performance art piece called "Ocularpation: Wall Street," are arrested near the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Monday. Aug....

An unidentified actor, left; Drea Bernardi, center; and Roger Gindi, right, disrobe as they participate in a performance art piece called "Ocularpatio...

Participants of a performance art piece called "Ocularpation: Wall Street," are arrested near the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Monday. Aug....

An actor participates in a performance art piece called "Ocularpation: Wall Street" near the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan on Monday. Aug...

Roger Gindi, an actor, participates in a performance art piece called "Ocularpation: Wall Street" near the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan...

Drea Bernardi, an actress, participates in a performance art piece called "Ocularpation: Wall Street" near the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhat...

Blerim Maliqi, left, and Woria Ali, gather with friends to reminisce about Ismail Haji Ahmed, who was killed on the July 22 massacre on the island of...

A funeral is held for Bano Rashid, a woman who was killed by gunman Anders Behring Breivik, at Nesodden Church near Oslo, July 29, 2011. Norway's prim...

Local residents gather to break the day's fast with an evening communal meal in the rebel-held city of Benghazi, Libya, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, the f...