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FILE -- Ai Weiwei, a high-profile artist and ardent Chinese government critic, in Beijing, March, 2011. On April 3, Chinese authorities detained Ai as...

UNDATED -- BC-TRAVEL-TIMES-SINGAPORE-ART-NYTSF -- Singapore's new Museum of Contemporary Arts, known as MOCA, exemplifies Singapore's ability to conse...

UNDATED -- BC-TRAVEL-TIMES-SINGAPORE-ART-NYTSF -- After a coffee or fresh watermelon juice at Kith Cafe, rent a vintage single-speed French city bike...

UNDATED -- BC-TRAVEL-TIMES-SINGAPORE-ART-NYTSF -- Kith Cafe is located on Robertson Quay, where neighborhood families and fashionable couples convene...

Wendi Liss, one of dozens of employees at the Office of the State Appellate Defender who specialize in death penalty cases, in Chicago, March 31, 2011...

Jim Messina, previously a White House deputy chief of staff, in Chicago, March 28, 2011. Messina is running the president's re-election campaign, whic...

Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, right, and homeowner Kathy Tyler tour a neighborhood hit by foreclosures in North Las Vegas, Nev., Ap...

The University Medical Center, a major hospital that bought most of its heart devices from Biotronik after 2008, in Las Vegas, March 4, 2011. Intervie...

Wendi Liss, one of dozens of employees at the Office of the State Appellate Defender who specialize in death penalty cases, in Chicago, March 31, 2011...

The Rev. Michael Demastus, pastor of the Fort Des Moines Church of Christ, at the church in Des Moines, Iowa, March 24, 2011. Demastus attended the Pa...

Jewelry designer Eddie Borgo in New York, March 25, 2011. Ever since Borgo inherited his grandfather's Rubik's cube 10 years ago, he has marveled at h...

The Rubik's cube jewelry designer Eddie Borgo inherited from his grandfather, in New York, March 25, 2011. Ever since Borgo inherited the cube 10 year...

President Barack Obama tours fuel efficient vehicles at a UPS facility in Landover, Md. on April 1, 2011. Obama spoke about the unemployment rate of 8...

Melissa Lafsky, editor in chief of the website, The Infrastructurist, at her office in New York, March 30, 2011. A state official declared this week t...

Andrea Wenner, the founder of Out2Play, an organization started in 2005 that put up roughly 120 playgrounds used by about 80,000 children in public el...

Abboud al-Zomor, the former intelligence officer who supplied the bullets that killed President Anwar el-Sadat and is Egypt's most notorious newly rel...

A view of the Meadowlands Xanadu mall and sports complex in East Rutherford, N.J., March 26, 2011. Xanadu, an unfinished $2 billion mall project in Ea...

FILE -- Guy Geier, managing partner of the architectural firm FXFowle, and a New Jersey resident, in New York, March 26, 2008. A state official declar...

Brian McGrath, founder and principal of Urban-Interface LLC, an urban design consulting practice, at Parsons The New School For Design in New York, Ma...

Scott Case, a co-founder of Priceline and vice chairman of Malaria No More, a nonprofit that supplies bed nets in malaria zones, at the Malaria No Mor...

Michael Fertik, chief executive of the reputation management company Reputation.com, during a meeting in Redwood City, Calif., March 25, 2011. People...

President Barack Obama speaks at a UPS facility in Landover, Md. on April 1, 2011. Obama spoke about the unemployment rate of 8.8 percent, down slight...

Crystal Deans, a former stripper, teaches a class at her studio, Best Shape of Your Life, in Spring, Texas, March 26, 2011. Deans offers free monthly...

David Mutnick, an options broker who has a 529 prepaid tuition plan to save money for his children's education, with his family at home in Deerfield,...

David Mutnick, an options broker who has a 529 prepaid tuition plan to save money for his children's education, at home in Deerfield, Ill., March 30,...

David Mutnick, an options broker who has a 529 prepaid tuition plan to save money for his children's education, at home in Deerfield, Ill., March 30,...

Ann Kaplan, right, a member of Belizean Grove, and Alexa von Tobel, center, who she helped with seed funding for her company that led to an investment...

Ann Kaplan, left, a member of Belizean Grove, and Alexa von Tobel, center, who she helped with seed funding for her company that led to an investment...

Joanna Jacobson, a founder of Strategic Grant Partners, at her office in Boston, March 30, 2011. Jacobson has been able to avoid some of the pitfalls...

FILE -- Frances McDormand and Tate Donovan perform as Margie and Mike in the Broadway play "Good People" at Samuel J. Friedman Theater in New York, Fe...

Tate Donovan, an actor in the Broadway play, "Good People," at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater in New York, March 29, 2011. The play, by David Lindsay-...

Tate Donovan, an actor in the Broadway play, "Good People," at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater in New York, March 29, 2011. The play, by David Lindsay-...

India Hicks, the model and former "Top Design" host, at The Mark Hotel in New York, March 21, 2011. Hicks, a former bridesmaid for Diana, Princ?ess of...

India Hicks, the model and former "Top Design" host, at The Mark Hotel in New York, March 21, 2011. Hicks, a former bridesmaid for Diana, Princ?ess of...

India Hicks, the model and former "Top Design" host, at The Mark Hotel in New York, March 21, 2011. Hicks, a former bridesmaid for Diana, Princ?ess of...

Crystal Deans, a former stripper, left, talks with clients at her studio, Best Shape of Your Life, in Spring, Texas, March 26, 2011. Deans offers free...

Crystal Deans, a former stripper, wears heels to teach a class at her studio, Best Shape of Your Life, in Spring, Texas, March 26, 2011. Deans offers...

Crystal Deans, a former stripper, demonstrates a move while teaching a class at her studio, Best Shape of Your Life, in Spring, Texas, March 26, 2011....

Crystal Deans, a former stripper, teaches a class at her studio, Best Shape of Your Life, in Spring, Texas, March 26, 2011. Deans offers free monthly...

Bryce Tom, of the reputation management company Metal Rabbit Media, at home in New York, March 27, 2011. People who are unhappy with unflattering info...

Thousands of Egyptians take part in Friday prayers in Cairo's Tahrir Square, April 1, 2011. Thousands of people gathered on Friday in the square calli...

A painting on a bus, in Paramaribo, Suriname, March 21, 2011. Many drivers have adorned their buses, or what they call "wilde bussen," on Paramaribo's...

A girl walks by a painted bus with the image of former Suriname President Desi Bouterse, in Paramaribo, Suriname, March 21, 2011. Many drivers have ad...

A painting on a bus, in Paramaribo, Suriname, March 21, 2011. Many drivers have adorned their buses, or what they call "wilde bussen," on Paramaribo's...

Former U.S. president George Bush painted on a bus, in Paramaribo, Suriname, March 21, 2011. Many drivers have adorned their buses, or what they call...

Jamaican rapper Sean Paul painted on a bus, in Paramaribo, Suriname, March 21, 2011. Many drivers have adorned their buses, or what they call "wilde b...

A painting of Bob Marley on a bus, in Paramaribo, Suriname, March 21, 2011. Many drivers have adorned their buses, or what they call "wilde bussen," o...

Indian film stars painted on a bus, in Paramaribo, Suriname, March 21, 2011. Many drivers have adorned their buses, or what they call "wilde bussen,"...

A man walks by a painted bus, in Paramaribo, Suriname, March 21, 2011. Many drivers have adorned their buses, or what they call "wilde bussen," on Par...

Waltraud Meier, a soprano, at the Metropolitan opera, in New York, March 24, 2011. Meier, known for the intelligence and intensity of her portrayals,...