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Imam Maan Al-Sahlani answers reporters' questions at the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center in New York, Jan. 3, 2012. The police are questioning a man who...

A popular tourist spot devastated by a storm in Vernazza, Italy, Dec. 20, 2011. Rebuilding has begun in Vernazza, one of several towns in the Cinque T...

Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi in a conference room at a government compound on the outskirts of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 26, 2011. Amon...

STANDALONE -- Prisoners accused of terrorism, but not yet tried or convicted, are sat before the media at the Interior Ministry in Baghdad, Jan. 3, 20...

A popular tourist spot devastated by a storm in Vernazza, Italy, Dec. 20, 2011. Rebuilding has begun in Vernazza, one of several towns in the Cinque T...

A model of a Virgin Galactic aircraft at the office of Lynda Turley Garrett, president of Alpine Travel and an accredited space agent for Virgin Galac...

The exterior of the new Revel resort and casino, which is slated to open in May, in Atlantic City, N.J., Dec. 16, 2011. The Revel's supporters hope th...

Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdish regional government, at his office in Erbil, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2011. Among Iraqis, the Kurds benefited the...

Shoppers at a mall in Erbil, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2011. Among Iraqis, the Kurds benefited the most from the war, gaining shopping malls and landscaped highw...

A building on the campus of Fordham University on the Platinum Mile in Westchester County, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2011. The office parks along Interstate 287...

The interior of a unit on the the 39th floor of the Revel resort and casino, which is slated to open in May, in Atlantic City, N.J., Dec. 16, 2011. Th...

Shoppers at a mall in Erbil, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2011. Among Iraqis, the Kurds benefited the most from the war, gaining shopping malls and landscaped highw...

Barham Salih, the prime minister of the Kurdish regional government, at his office in Erbil, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2011. Among Iraqis, the Kurds benefited t...

FILE -- Former Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, center, on the night of the Iowa caucuses, in Johnston, Iow...

FILE -- Former Sen. Rick Santorum, standing left, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, looking over returns on the night of the Iow...

Ramon Fernandez, the head of the Treasury within the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, in Paris,, Dec. 30, 2011. As France and Germany ta...

Ramon Fernandez, the head of the Treasury within the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, in Paris, Dec. 30, 2011. As France and Germany tak...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks with supporters during a campaign stop at Weber...

Darren Criss, an actor from the show "Glee" in New York, Dec. 28, 2011. Criss will make his Broadway debut on Tuesday at the start of a three-week run...

Darren Criss, an actor from the show "Glee" in New York, Dec. 28, 2011. Criss will make his Broadway debut on Tuesday at the start of a three-week run...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, signs photos on his campaign bus with Rep. Jason Chaffe...

Darren Criss, an actor from the show "Glee" in New York, Dec. 28, 2011. Criss will make his Broadway debut on Tuesday at the start of a three-week run...

Darren Criss, an actor from the show "Glee" in New York, Dec. 28, 2011. Criss will make his Broadway debut on Tuesday at the start of a three-week run...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, hugs supporter Joni Scotter during a campaign stop at P...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks with supporters during a campaign stop at Pate A...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, greets a supporter during a campaign event at the Missi...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at Weber Paper in Dubuque...

Darren Criss, an actor from the show "Glee" in New York, Dec. 28, 2011. Criss will make his Broadway debut on Tuesday at the start of a three-week run...

Darren Criss, an actor from the show "Glee" in New York, Dec. 28, 2011. Criss will make his Broadway debut on Tuesday at the start of a three-week run...

Darren Criss, an actor from the show "Glee" in New York, Dec. 28, 2011. Criss will make his Broadway debut on Tuesday at the start of a three-week run...

Darren Criss, an actor from the show "Glee" in New York, Dec. 28, 2011. Criss will make his Broadway debut on Tuesday at the start of a three-week run...

Supporters of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, cheer during a campaign stop at Pate Asph...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, on his campaign bus with his wife, Ann, in Dubuque, Iow...

FILE-- A supporter of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, carries a signed photograph of Ro...

An Afghan Uniformed Police officer, left, walks to the Bazaar outside an Afghan Uniformed Police base, as a British soldier from Bravo Company, 2nd Ba...

British soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, Mercian Regiment patrol during a school opening in Nakil Abid Kalay, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2011. T...

Herman Cornejo and Xiomara Reyes of the American Ballet Theater perform in "The Nutcracker" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House...

Police officers pull an Occupy Wall Street protester from Zuccotti Park in New York, Dec. 31, 2011. More than 500 people associated with the Occupy m...

Occupy Wall Street protesters grab some of the metal barricades that surround Zuccotti Park and begin piling themselves inside, in New York, Dec. 31,...

A photo of Mohammad Salman Hamdani, a Pakistani-American wrongly suspected of involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks before he was lionized as a young po...

A photo of Mohammad Salman Hamdani, a Pakistani-American wrongly suspected of involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks before he was lionized as a young po...

British officers and Afghan National Army soldiers wait outside during the opening of a new school in Nakil Abid Kalay, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2011. Th...

Revelers ring in the new year in Times Square in New York, Jan. 1, 2012. The square is an annual gathering place to watch the Waterford Crystal Times...

Herman Cornejo and Xiomara Reyes of the American Ballet Theater perform in "The Nutcracker" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House...

Charles Hough III, who was an Episcopal priest for 31 years and hopes to become a Roman Catholic priest, greets members of his congregation at St. Joh...

Placido Domingo, center, during a scene in the opera "The Enchanted Island" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Dec. 23, 2011. The play, which is a...

David Daniels and Danielle de Niese during a scene in "The Enchanted Island" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Dec. 23, 2011. The play, which is...

An Afghan school teacher looks out the window from his classroom as Afghan Uniformed Police officers patrol the school courtyard in Nakil Abid Kalay,...

Matthew Pennington, an Army veteran who lost a leg while serving in Iraq and has post-traumatic stress disorder, with his wife, Marjorie, in Dexter, M...

Revelers ring in the new year in Times Square in New York, Jan. 1, 2012. The square is an annual gathering place to watch the Waterford Crystal Times...