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The Mulholland Drive Bridge over Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, June 13, 2011. Starting July 16, 11 miles of the interstate which carries 500,000 cars...

Rush hour traffic on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, June 13, 2011. Starting July 16, 11 miles of the interstate, which carries 500,000 cars every day...

The Mulholland Drive Bridge over Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, June 13, 2011. Starting July 16, 11 miles of the interstate which carries 500,000 cars...

An overpass under construction near the Mulholland Drive Bridge over Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, June 13, 2011. Starting July 16, 11 miles of the i...

A sign signaling to commuters to expect delays on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, June 13, 2011. Starting July 16, 11 miles of the interstate which car...

Leo Strine Jr., chancellor of the Court of Chancery, in his offices in Wilmington, Del., June 29, 2011. The Delaware court is a descendant of feudal c...

Leo Strine Jr., chancellor of the Court of Chancery, during a hearing at the court in Wilmington, Del., June 29, 2011. The Delaware court is a descend...

A Kotva department store in Prague, July 6, 2011. Shopping arcades in the streets of Prague, mostly built during the 1910s and 1920s, have been celebr...

Arcade Cerna Ruze in Prague, July 6, 2011. Shopping arcades in the streets of Prague, mostly built during the 1910s and 1920s, have been celebrated fo...

Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, before a meeting in the District Attorney's office in New York, on July 6, 2011. Brafman said t...

A window in an arcade called Svetozor in Prague, July 6, 2011. Shopping arcades in the streets of Prague, mostly built during the 1910s and 1920s, hav...

A statue of St. Wenceslaus in the Lucerna, one of the shopping arcades in Prague, July 6, 2011. Shopping arcades in the streets of Prague, mostly bui...

Ian McDiarmid, left, and Jonathan Kent at the National Theater in London, July 4, 2011. Kent and McDiarmid have taken Henrik Ibsen's original nine-hou...

Ian McDiarmid, right, and Jonathan Kent at the National Theater in London, July 4, 2011. Kent and McDiarmid have taken Henrik Ibsen's original nine-ho...

An IWC wristwatch, a military issue watch and a Rolex, all owned by men's style blogger Michael Williams, in New York on July 1, 2011. With the abunda...

Andy Greenblatt of Watchismo displays six different kinds of watches in Danville, Calif on July 1, 2011. With the abundance of personal electronic dev...

Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, speaks after leaving the District Attorney's office in New York, on July 6, 2011. Brafman said...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, with his wife Anne Sinclair in New York on July 6, 2011. On Wednesday Stra...

Stephen Kircher, founder and chief executive of Solar Power Inc., which received a $33 million investment in March from a large Chinese manufacturer o...

Arcade Cerna Ruze in Prague, July 6, 2011. Shopping arcades in the streets of Prague, mostly built during the 1910s and 1920s, have been celebrated fo...

Derek Wagner, a chef at Nicks on Broadway, filets a fluke fish caught by Steve Arnold in Providence, R.I., July 6, 2011. By cutting out the wholesaler...

The Unit 1 spent nuclear fuel pool at the LaSalle County Generating Station, a nuclear power plant, in LaSalle, Ill., June 17, 2011. The earthquake an...

Five Hi-Storm dry cask containers, full of spent nuclear fuel, outside the LaSalle County Generating Station, a nuclear power plant, in LaSalle, Ill.,...

A Hi-Storm dry cask container, full of spent nuclear fuel, outside the LaSalle County Generating Station, a nuclear power plant, in LaSalle, Ill., Jun...

A sign marked "Caution: Radioactive Material," on a Hi-Storm dry cask container, full of spent nuclear fuel, outside the LaSalle County Generating Sta...

A worker points to a monitor where a multi-purpose canister is being removed from a spent nuclear fuel pool at the LaSalle County Generating Station,...

Workers can be seen on a monitor as a multi-purpose canister is removed from a spent nuclear fuel pool at the LaSalle County Generating Station, a nuc...

Brian Eno, a musician and producer, in his studio in London, June 17, 2011. Eno and Rick Holland have released a new album, "Drums Between the Bells."...

Brian Eno, a musician and producer, at his studio in London, June 17, 2011. Eno and Rick Holland have released a new album, "Drums Between the Bells."...

James McGuire, a judge on the intermediate state appeals court, in New York, June 13, 2011. New York state judges have gone 12 years without a salary...

Emily Jane Goodman, a State Supreme Court justice who says she was having trouble paying for apartment fees, at her chambers, in New York, June 14, 20...

Joseph Dyer, a retired Navy vice admiral and the chairman of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, with a PackBot at iRobot's headquarters in Bedfor...

Matthew Hranek, a New York photographer who runs a men's lifestyle blog the William Brown Project, with his 1968 Rolex Submariner in Hankins, New York...

Workers at a landfill with debris from the tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., at a nearby landfill in Galena, Kan., July 2, 2011. In Alabama and Missour...

The Genkai Nuclear Power Station in Genkai, Saga prefecture, Japan, June 23, 2011. If the governor of rural Saga Prefecture chooses not to restart two...

Yasushi Furukawa, the governor of the Saga prefecture, during an interview in Saga prefecture, Japan, June 23, 2011. If Furukawa chooses not to restar...

Yasushi Furukawa, the governor of the Saga prefecture, during an interview in Saga prefecture, Japan, June 23, 2011. If Furukawa chooses not to restar...

The Genkai Nuclear Power Station in Genkai, Saga prefecture, Japan, June 23, 2011. If the governor of rural Saga Prefecture chooses not to restart two...

Linda Boardman, president of Applegate Farms, the leading brand of natural and organic processed meats, in her office in Bridgewater Township, N.J., J...

Linda Boardman, president of Applegate Farms, the leading brand of natural and organic processed meats, in her office in Bridgewater Township, N.J., J...

The World Bank building in Washington, June 29, 2011. Many people have long questioned whether the economic prescriptions that the World Bank and In...

Michael Williams, who runs the men's style blog A Continuous Lean, wears his IWC wristwatch in New York on July 1, 2011. With the abundance of persona...

Steve Arnold sends photos of fresh fish he just caught to local chefs while docked in Point Judith, R.I., July 1, 2011. By cutting out the wholesaler,...

Actor Ken Olin during the rehearsal of "F2M," a play written by Olin's wife, Patricia Wettig, at in New York, June 16, 2011. In Wettig's play, Olin pl...

From left; Deirdre O'Connel, Phoebe Strole and Ken Olin during the rehearsal of "F2M," a play written by Olin's wife, Patricia Wettig, at in New York,...

Actress Karen Allen in Stockbridge, Mass., June 18, 2011. Allen, perhaps forever to be known as Marion Ravenwood, the love interest of Indiana Jones i...

Actress Karen Allen in Stockbridge, Mass., June 18, 2011. Allen, perhaps forever to be known as Marion Ravenwood, the love interest of Indiana Jones i...

Actress Patricia Richarson at her home in Los Angeles, June 20, 2011. Richardson, who starred as the 1990s mom Jill Taylor on the sitcom "Home Improve...

Actor Brent Barrett during rehearsals at Gibson Studios in New York, June 21, 2011. This summer, Barret is set to play the cannibalistic Dr. Hannibal...

Actor Brent Barrett during rehearsals at Gibson Studios in New York, June 21, 2011. This summer, Barret is set to play the cannibalistic Dr. Hannibal...