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Tyson Balcomb, a Portland State University student who decided to leave Facebook, in Portland, Ore., Dec. 1, 2011. Facebook, which is preparing for a...

An Occupy Los Angeles protester wears a Guy Fawkes mask at an encampment outside City Hall in Los Angeles, Nov. 30, 2011. Scores of police dismantled...

Police officers in riot gear work to clear Occupy Los Angeles protesters from an encampment outside City Hall in Los Angeles, Nov. 30, 2011. Scores of...

Designer Betsey Johnson with her Art Deco diamond bracelet and her daughter Lulu's baby shoes, in New York, Nov. 19, 2011. When asked what essentials...

Jeremy Scott, center, backstage with models from Spring 2012 Fashion Week in New York, Sept. 14, 2011. Scott is the sole owner of his namesake label,...

Julian White, the former Florida A&M University band director, at his home in Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 29, 2011. A death of a FAMU drum major 10 days a...

Julian White, the former Florida A&M University band director, speaks to reporters at his home in Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 29, 2011. A death of a FAMU...

Marina Poplavskaya in the opera "Faust" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Nov. 22, 2011. The Metropolitan Opera's production of Gounod's "Faust"...

Police officers in riot gear work to clear Occupy Los Angeles protesters from an encampment outside City Hall in Los Angeles, Nov. 30, 2011. Scores of...

Police officers in riot gear form a line near Occupy Los Angeles protesters outside City Hall in Los Angeles, Nov. 30, 2011. Scores of police dismantl...

A police officer in riot gear pushes over a trash bin as police forces work to clear Occupy Los Angeles protesters from an encampment outside City Hal...

Police officers in riot gear work to clear Occupy Los Angeles protesters from an encampment outside City Hall in Los Angeles, Nov. 30, 2011. Scores of...

Police officers in riot gear form a line near Occupy Los Angeles protesters outside City Hall in Los Angeles, Nov. 30, 2011. Scores of police dismantl...

Stylist Sally Hershberger at her salon in Los Angeles, Nov. 19, 2011. When asked what essentials she would choose to bring with her in the event of a...

Stylist Sally Hershberger at her salon in Los Angeles, Nov. 19, 2011. When asked what essentials she would choose to bring with her in the event of a...

Designer Betsey Johnson with her daughter's baby shoes, lucky belt, Art Deco bracelet and grandchild's artwork, in New York, Nov. 19, 2011. When asked...

Actress Debra Winger, center, and actor Mark Ruffalo, second from right, during an anti-fracking fundraiser in front of the Tribeca Performing Arts Ce...

Actor Mark Ruffalo speaks at an anti-fracking fundraiser in front of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. Ruffalo has become...

A no-cellphone sign hangs in the workout area at the Houstonian Health Club in Houston, on Nov. 30, 2011. The gym is one of many fitness clubs that ha...

Customers shopped at a new high-end supermarket in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 28, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of state since 1955, Hillary...

A monk walks along a street in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 27, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of state since 1955, Hillary Rodham Clinton will...

Dock workers unload a van in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 27, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of state since 1955, Hillary Rodham Clinton will be...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at campaign stop at the Port of Tampa, Florida,...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, poses for a photo with supporters at campaign stop at t...

A vendor sells newspapers with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's main opposition leader, on the front page, in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 28, 2011. Makin...

Major Win Min Tun, a military officer, and Ma Aye Aye Mu, his bride, wait to enter their wedding reception at a luxury hotel in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov....

Vendors sell used electrical equipment at a market in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 27, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of state since 1955, Hilla...

A woman openly wears a pin with a picture of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's main opposition leader, in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 28, 2011. Making the...

Passengers on a bus in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 27, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of state since 1955, Hillary Rodham Clinton will be touri...

A man reads a newspaper on the street in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 28, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of state since 1955, Hillary Rodham Cli...

A couple poses for souvenir wedding photos at a park in Yangon, Myanmar on Nov. 29, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of state since 1955, H...

Ko Ko Gyi, former political prisoner who criticizes the government for the continued detention of other proponents of democracy, talks to a monk at Sh...

People watch the sunset from the docks in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 27, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of state since 1955, Hillary Rodham Cl...

A rickshaw driver rests on his bike in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 27, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of state since 1955, Hillary Rodham Clint...

A youth skates by himself on an ice rink at the mall in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 15, 2011. Despite being a wealthy city, Doha continues to search for an iden...

The Madrid Apartments, an apartment complex run by Shea Properties who sets the rent using revenue management software, in Mission Viejo, Calif., Nov....

A construction site in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 15, 2011. Despite being a wealthy city, Doha continues to search for an identity. (Bryan Denton/The New York...

STANDALONE -- Pedestrians wait for a light to change while shrouded in steam at the corner of 17th Street and Broadway in New York, on Nov. 29, 2011....

Joel Lederhause, founder of DiscountRamps.com, at the company's warehouse in West Bend, Wis., on Nov. 29, 2011. Lederhause is seeking investors for hi...

President Barack Obama during a news conference with leaders of the European Union in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on Nov. 28, 2011. The lea...

From right: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, President Barack Obama and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy during a news c...

From right: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, President Barack Obama and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy during a news c...

President Barack Obama during a summit meeting with leaders of the European Union in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 28,...

From left: European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, President Barack Obama and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso during a news co...

President Barack Obama hosts a summit meeting with leaders of the European Union in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 28, 2...

From left: Secretary of State Hillary Rodhim Clinton, President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a summit meeting with lead...

STANDALONE -- Children play soccer in the old city neighborhood of Sanaa, Yemen, Nov. 28, 2011. The president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, officially...

STANDALONE -- Tzvi Lieb checks the photos of his 6-month-old son, Akiva, who is in a swing for the first time, in New York, on Nov. 28, 2011. (Michell...

A vendor sells chicken at a street market in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 28, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of state since 1955, Hillary Rodham...

People walk past new ATM machines, after a government ban was lifted, in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 28, 2011. Making the first visit by a secretary of stat...