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A collection of buttons from the 2008 presidential election belonging to Maureen Gregory, who supported President Barack Obama in 2008, in Las Vegas,...

The oil refinery in Zawiya, Libya, Nov. 14, 2011. Although Libya's overall oil production remains at about 40 percent of the level that it was before...

The oil refinery in Zawiya, Libya, Nov. 14, 2011. Although Libya's overall oil production remains at about 40 percent of the level that it was before...

FILE -- Technicians work in the control room of Al Jazeera in Doha, Qatar, on Nov. 14, 2011. Al Jazeera, once a regional broadcast, is now available i...

Ted Cruz, a candidate in the Republican primary for the Senate race in Texas, in San Antonio, on Oct. 28, 2011. This year, Cruz, who is trying to stag...

The Euphrates River in Haditha, Iraq, on Nov. 13, 2011. Interviews with Marines, which were meant to be destroyed, about the 2005 massacre of Iraqi ci...

Alejandro Jodorowsky, an art-film director, and the Tarot de Marseille deck of cards he helped design, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Nov. 1...

From left: Emily Tyra, Hugh Jackman, Lara Seibert and Kearran Giovanni in Jackman's one man show "Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway" at the Broadhurst The...

Hugh Jackman in his one man show "Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway" at the Broadhurst Theater in New York, Oct. 24, 2011. In the concert, previously seen...

From left: Kearran Giovanni, Hugh Jackman, Lara Seibert and Emily Tyra in Jackman's one man show "Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway" at the Broadhurst The...

Hugh Jackman in his one man show "Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway" at the Broadhurst Theater in New York, Oct. 24, 2011. In the concert, previously seen...

A thronelike chair with arm rests in the from of lions' heads that Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, gave to Saddam Hussein, at the Al-Faw palace,...

Golf clubs used by the U.S. military rest in a corner in the Al-Faw palace, which was part of Camp Victory, in Baghdad, Nov. 7, 2011. The U.S. militar...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at the American Polish Cultural Center in Troy,...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at the American Polish Cultural Center in Troy,...

A chandelier hangs from the ceiling of the Al-Faw palace, which was part of Camp Victory, in Baghdad, Nov. 7, 2011. The U.S. military faces the coloss...

The Al-Faw palace, which was part of Camp Victory, in Baghdad, Nov. 7, 2011. The U.S. military faces the colossal job of sorting what to take and what...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, greets supporters during a campaign stop at the America...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, walks with his wife, Ann, before speaking to supporters...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at the American Polish Cultural Center in Troy,...

French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello in Paris, Nov. 10, 2011. Bonello's new film, "House of Pleasures," which is set in a turn-of-the-20th-century French...

French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello in Paris, Nov. 10, 2011. Bonello's new film, "House of Pleasures," which is set in a turn-of-the-20th-century French...

Robert Massie, the biographer and military historian who became famous for "Nicholas and Alexandria" more than 40 years ago, at his home in Irvington,...

Robert Massie, the biographer and military historian who became famous for "Nicholas and Alexandria" more than 40 years ago, at his home in Irvington,...

Robert Massie, the biographer and military historian who became famous for "Nicholas and Alexandria" more than 40 years ago, at his home in Irvington,...

Sting, the singer, performs as part of his "Back to Bass" tour at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, Nov. 8, 2011. Sting's performance Tuesday night w...

Sting, the singer, performs as part of his "Back to Bass" tour at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, Nov. 8, 2011. Sting's performance Tuesday night w...

Sting, the singer, performs as part of his "Back to Bass" tour at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, Nov. 8, 2011. Sting's performance Tuesday night w...

Sting, the singer, performs as part of his "Back to Bass" tour at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, Nov. 8, 2011. Sting's performance Tuesday night w...

President Barack Obama signs an executive order to cut waste and promote efficient spending in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Nov....

President Barack Obama during the signing of an executive order to cut waste and promote efficient spending in the Oval Office of the White House, in...

President Barack Obama and Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, N...

President Barack Obama speaks at the African American policy conference at the White House in Washington, Nov. 9, 2011. The day-long conference includ...

Ryan Raddon, known as DJ Kaskade at London Hotel in New York, Oct. 29, 2011. Hip clubgoing fans of the DJ might be surprised to learn that he is a 40-...

From left: In a six-picture combo, a brown wool town coat, $2,295 at Ralph Lauren; Phineas Cole gray plaid coat with a velvet collar, $2,987 at Paul S...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the Republican presidential debate at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., on Nov. 9, 2011. After a hiatus of several week...

Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney at the Republican presidential debate at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., on Nov. 9, 2011. After a hiatus of seve...

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) walks to a meeting with other Democratic members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction in the U.S. Capitol in W...

Wilferdo Arvelo, a longtime patron from Manhattan's Lower East Side, ponders his wagers at a betting window at the Aqueduct Racetrack in New York, on...

Matthew White, an author, at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, Oct. 21, 2011. White's book "The Great Big Book of Horrible Thin...

Matthew White, an author, at the Irish Hunger Memorial in New York, Oct. 21, 2011. White's book "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things" chronicles wha...

President Barack Obama visits students in a class before delivering remarks at the Yeadon Regional Head Start Center, in Yeadon, Pa., Nov. 8, 2011. Ob...

A bicycle lane marking in New York, Nov. 2, 2011. The city has installed some 260 miles of bike lanes in the last four years, many of them in the most...

M'Bura, a 5-month-old Okapi calf, at the Bronx Zoo in New York, Nov. 4, 2011. The zoo successfully bred the Okapi calf, which is a notoriously skittis...

M'Bura, a 5-month-old Okapi calf, at the Bronx Zoo in New York, Nov. 4, 2011. The zoo successfully bred the Okapi calf, which is a notoriously skittis...

Doug Morris, the new chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment, at his midtown office, in New York, Aug. 8, 2011. Morris took over Sony Music in Jul...

Doug Morris, the new chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment, at his midtown office, in New York, Aug. 8, 2011. Morris took over Sony Music in Jul...

Kweli, a female Okapi, with her 5-month-old calf, M'Bura, at the Bronx Zoo in New York, Nov. 4, 2011. The zoo successfully bred the Okapi calf, which...

Kweli, an Okapi, which is the only living relative of a giraffe, at the Bronx Zoo in New York, Nov. 4, 2011. The zoo successfully bred an Okapi calf,...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at an Iowa American Water...