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Georgina Mendoza, a senior deputy city attorney and the program director for the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace, in Salinas, Calif., Jan. 10,...

An Egyptian soldier assists an elderly man as he leaves a polling station in the Shoubra district of Cairo, Jan. 29, 2012. Egypt's military rulers hav...

A bronze statue of Ted Geisel, later Dr. Seuss, sits at the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden at the Springfield Museums in Springfield, Ma...

Brazilian street artist Jose Augusto Capela, aka Zezao, paints the finishing touches on his work inside a sewer on the Tiete river in Sao Paulo, Dec....

A graffiti gang leader paints a wall next to a residential buidling in Sao Paulo, Dec. 27, 2011. Gangs in Sao Paulo and other cities are using a form...

Graffiti gang leaders walk down an elevated highway as they search for a building to paint in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 27, 2011. Gangs in Sao Paulo and...

Rajah Kazah cries in her home in the town of Rankous, a restive city near the Lebanese border in Syria, Jan. 28, 2012. The Arab League suspended its m...

Fighters with the Free Syrian Army, a militia mostly made up of army defectors, watch for government tanks positioned outside the town of Rankous, a r...

A graffiti gang member paints of above the windows of a residential compound with the help of a friend's shoulders in Sao Paulo, Dec. 30, 2011. Gangs...

A member of the Free Syrian Army waves a former national flag of Syria in the Damascus suburb of Saqba, Jan. 27, 2012. Heavy bloodshed was reported Fr...

A graffiti gang member paints a wall with the help of a friend's shoulders in Sao Paulo, Dec. 30, 2011. Gangs in Sao Paulo and other cities are using...

A graffiti gang member paints a wall with the help of a friend's shoulders in Sao Paulo, Dec. 30, 2011. Gangs in Sao Paulo and other cities are using...

Marine One arrives at the White House in Washington, Jan. 27, 2012. President Barack Obama spoke earlier in the day at the University of Michigan, pro...

President Barack Obama takes the stage at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 27, 2012. Obama spoke with an emphasis on affordable co...

Protesters step on a poster of President Bashar Assad during a funeral for a member of the Free Syrian Army in the Damascus suburb of Saqba, Syria, Ja...

A member of the Free Syrian Army, a militia mostly made up of army defectors, guards his trench in the Damascus suburb of Saqba, Syria, Jan. 27, 2012....

A member of the Free Syrian Army guards his trench in the Damascus suburb of Saqba, Syria. Jan. 27, 2012. Heavy bloodshed was reported Friday as Arab...

Reem Acra in her Fifth Avenue showroom in New York, Jan. 27, 2012. Acra is not a household name, but when Oscar guests hit the red carpet on Sunday, s...

Mary Tyler Moore, the actress recipient of Emmys, Golden Globe awards and People's Choice Awards, at her home in Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 15, 2011. On J...

Mary Tyler Moore, the actress recipient of Emmys, Golden Globe awards and People's Choice Awards, at her home in Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 15, 2011. On J...

Mary Tyler Moore, the actress recipient of Emmys, Golden Globe awards and People's Choice Awards, at her home in Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 15, 2011. On J...

Mary Tyler Moore, the actress recipient of Emmys, Golden Globe awards and People's Choice Awards, at her home in Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 15, 2011. On J...

President Barack Obama speaks at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., Jan. 26, 2012. Obama will travel to Michigan later Thursday, continuing a mu...

Secret Service personnel monitors the area as President Barack Obama speaks during an energy event at the UPS depot in Las Vegas, Jan. 26, 2012. Obama...

President Barack Obama speaks during an energy event at the UPS depot in Las Vegas, Jan. 26, 2012. Obama will travel to Colorado later Thursday, conti...

President Barack Obama holds 5-year-old Madison Devera after speaking at an energy event at the UPS depot in Las Vegas, Jan. 26, 2012. Obama will trav...

EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE CROP A young girl reacts to President Barack Obama after he spoke during an energy event at the UPS depot...

From left: Bob Hunter Tom Anselmi and Ian Clarke, executives with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, at The Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Jan. 12, 2...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, during an announcement regarding television production in the city, at Silvercup Studios in New York, Jan. 26, 2012. As his a...

A tour guide leads visitors through the Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Jan. 11, 2012. Tourism has transformed Siem Reap, bringing jobs...

Jackie Lee, 7, left, and Alan Hereford, 4, play outside in their neighborhood on the Wind River Indian reservation in Wyoming, Jan. 13, 2012. The rese...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, waves on stage at Florida International University in Miam...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, with his wife Callista, during a campaign stop at the Holi...

Daniel Akerson, the chairman and chief executive of General Motors, testifies before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government...

FILE -- Aviation ordnancemen assemble 500-pound training bombs in the bomb assembly magazine of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, in the North...

An aviation ordnanceman assembles 500-pound training bombs in the bomb assembly magazine of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, in the North Ara...

Daniel Akerson, the chairman and chief executive of General Motors, is sworn in before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Governme...

Daniel Akerson, the chairman and chief executive of General Motors, testifies before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government...

A banner is displayed behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, as he delivers a prebuttal...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, delivers a prebuttal to President Barack Obama's State...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, greets a supporter at the National Gypsum Company, in T...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign event on Florida's housing mar...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, delivers a prebuttal to President Barack Obama's State...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, greets supporters during a campaign event on Florida's...

New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada during his announcement that he will retire from major league baseball, at Yankee Stadium in New York, Jan. 24,...

New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada during his announcement that he will retire from major league baseball, at Yankee Stadium in New York, Jan. 24,...

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Okeechobee, Fla., Jan. 24,...

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop in Okeechobee, Fla., Jan...

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a Treasure Coast Tea Party Rally at the...

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a Treasure Coast Tea Party Rally at the Communi...