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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) speaks at a press conference introducing legislation of a privacy bill with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in Washington, April...

Former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairman of President Barack Obama's debt commission, during an appearance before Senate Judiciary Com...

Former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairman of President Barack Obama's debt commission, during an appearance before Senate Judiciary Com...

Gerald W. McEntee, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) for three decades, in his office in Washington,...

Gerald W. McEntee, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) for three decades, in his office in Washington,...

The Empire State Building in New York, April 12, 2011. The Malkin family, which controls the 102-story Art Deco tower at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street,...

Helen Hull Hitchcock in her office in St. Louis on April 5, 2011. Hitchcock, founder of a lay organization called Women for Faith and Family, opposes...

Terrence Tilley, chairman of the theology department at Fordham University, in New York on April 6, 2011. Tilley supports Sister Elizabeth Johnson, a...

An undated handout of Maya Soetoro-Ng's book "Ladder to the Moon." With the the release of her book, which hit bookshelves on Tuesday, Soetoro-Ng, who...

Stanley McChrystal, a retired four-star general, prior to remarks by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and their wives at the White Hou...

President Barack Obama rubs his neck while listening to remarks at an event at the East Room of the White House in Washington, on April 12, 2011. Obam...

Jacint Ribas, a retired bank employee who is president of the Association for the Defense of the Right to Nudity, at a cafe in Barcelona, Spain, March...

Jacint Ribas, a retired bank employee who is president of the Association for the Defense of the Right to Nudity, at a park in Barcelona, Spain, March...

Maya Soetoro-Ng, President Barack Obama's half-sister, in New York, April 11, 2011. Soetoro-Ng's book, "Ladder to the Moon," a fictional paean to her...

Lobbyist Richard Lipsky, left, outside the U.S. District Court in New York, April 12, 2011. Lipsky and six others, including State Sen. Carl Kruger of...

The Empire State Building in New York, April 12, 2011. The Malkin family, which controls the 102-story Art Deco tower at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street,...

FILE -- A nighttime view of the Empire State Building in New York, March 24, 2008. The Malkin family, which controls the 102-story Art Deco tower at F...

State Sen. Carl Kruger of Brooklyn, outside the U.S. District Court in New York, April 12, 2011. Kruger, a Democrat, has pleaded not guilty to charges...

State Sen. Carl Kruger of Brooklyn, outside the U.S. District Court in New York, April 12, 2011. Kruger, a Democrat, has pleaded not guilty to charges...

State Sen. Carl Kruger of Brooklyn, outside the U.S. District Court in New York, April 12, 2011. Kruger, a Democrat, has pleaded not guilty to charges...

Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose (1) blocks a shot against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York, April 12, 2011. With Rose n...

Soldiers with U.S. Army's Easy Company, Second Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division look at a map during questioning with...

Soldiers with U.S. Army's Easy Company, Second Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division put on rain gear during a storm after...

Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology at Cornell University, at the university in Montclair, N.J., April 9, 2011. Howarth i...

FILE -- Natural gas drilling byproducts burn off at a pipeline station near Rifle, Colo., Jan. 16, 2011. Researchers have found that methane from natu...

FILE -- A natural gas well site near Silt, Colo., Jan. 16, 2011. Researchers have found that methane from natural gas is leaking in much higher quanti...

FILE -- A natural gas pipeline station near Rifle, Colo., Jan. 16, 2011. Researchers have found that methane from natural gas is leaking in much highe...

Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology at Cornell University, at the university in Montclair, N.J., April 9, 2011. Howarth i...

Friends and family members at funeral party for Gertrude Manye Ikol, a 65-year-old nurse from Ghana who had died two months earlier, at The San Jose C...

Michael Morpurgo, a children's book author, in London, on March 29, 2011. Morpurgo's 1982 book "War Horse" has risen from semi-obscurity to become a h...

Michael Morpurgo, a children's book author, in London, on March 29, 2011. Morpurgo's 1982 book "War Horse" has risen from semi-obscurity to become a h...

FILE-- Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), leaves a closed Senate session on the New Start Treaty, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 20, 2010. Inhofe, a co...

Reporters speak from the central hall of the Republican Palace during a government tour in Baghdad, on April 11, 2011. The Iraqi government is prepari...

Journalists film in the central hall of the Republican Palace during a government tour in Baghdad, on April 11, 2011. The Iraqi government is preparin...

Journalists film from a diving board at the Republican Palace during a government tour in Baghdad, on April 11, 2011. The Iraqi government is preparin...

Journalists film from a balcony in the Republican Palace during a government tour in Baghdad, on April 11, 2011. The Iraqi government is preparing the...

Workers renovate the exterior of the Republican Palace during a government tour in Baghdad, on April 11, 2011. The Iraqi government is preparing the p...

FILE -- Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser of the Bais Yitzchak Synagogue, who has become known in the Orthodox world as an expert on eating disorders and counsel...

Rich Kirby, a producer for WMMT, interviews Ricky Baker of the private Community Action Council in Whitesburg, Ky., on April 4, 2011. The station is o...

The skyline of the city of Charlotte, with the new Duke Energy Center, far left, in North Carolina, April 11, 2011. A lease at the Duke Energy buildin...

The new One Bank of America Center in Charlotte, N.C., April 11, 2011. A lease at the Duke Energy building and the construction of the One Bank of Ame...

Burton Nicoson, vice president of manufacturing at Samsung Austin Semiconductor, holds a silicon wafer that will be divided into chips at the manufact...

Aaron Tveit, center, performs during the musical "Catch Me If You Can" at the Neil Simon Theater, in New York, March 10, 2011. The theatrical incarnat...

Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton perform at Lincoln Center in New York, on April 8, 2011. The two performed selected songs from blues history in the c...

Norbert Leo Butz, left, and Aaron Tveit, perform during the musical "Catch Me If You Can" at the Neil Simon Theater, in New York, March 10, 2011. The...

Aaron Tveit, center, performs during the musical "Catch Me If You Can" at the Neil Simon Theater, in New York, March 10, 2011. The theatrical incarnat...

Norbert Leo Butz, center, performs during the musical "Catch Me If You Can" at the Neil Simon Theater, in New York, March 10, 2011. The theatrical inc...

Evi Nam, who attended New York University for a year, earned a 3.8, and started at Cornell last fall, at Cornell University at Ithaca, N.Y., March 26,...

Evi Nam, who attended New York University for a year, earned a 3.8, and started at Cornell last fall, at Cornell University at Ithaca, N.Y., March 26,...

Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton perform at Lincoln Center in New York, on April 8, 2011. The two performed selected songs from blues history in the c...