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Jimmie Roberts, a reading tutor who got a large raise after earning the rating "highly effective" for two years in a row, with a student at the Shaw M...

A reveler with a Justin Bieber cutout in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York, Dec. 31, 2011. The square is an annual gathering place to watch t...

The newly built prison in Figueres, northeast Spain, Dec. 13, 2011. The prison, which sits empty, is evidence of questionable regional spending . (Mar...

Craig Romney, son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks to a diner during a visit t...

FILE -- New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan during an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Nov. 27,...

An Occupy Iowa Caucus protester stands outside an event where former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nominati...

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock exchange early Friday morning, Dec. 30, 2011. On its last trading day of the year, Wall Street was on track...

David Norris, who lost his partner of 10 years to AIDS complications, at his apartment in New York, Dec. 21, 2011. Norris, as a gay man, has lost frie...

Yeung Sun Live Poultry, after a wall collapsed due to construction on the street outside, in New York, Dec. 26, 2011. The smells and sights of Yeung S...

Farm workers make tortillas at Rancho Buenos Suerte in Todos Santos, Mexico, Dec. 28, 2011. Organic agriculture used to be synonymous with sustainabil...

FILE -- Alan Wenker, the controller at Feed Products North who spent a decade hunting for a better 401(k) plan for himself and his co-workers, in Mar...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has an emotional moment during a campaign event in Des Moi...

Students during class at the Holy Town High School, a low-cost private school run by M.A. Hakeem, in Hyderabad, India, Nov. 24, 2011. As India's econo...

FILE -- New York Giants outfielder Don Mueller in New York, July 14, 1957. Mueller, a two-time All-Star with the Giants who had a career batting avera...

Manuel Verdugo, the owner of the Tiky Cabo organic farm, and his son, Manuel Antonio, sell organic produce at the Cabo Organic Farmers Market, in Cabo...

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Le Mars Convention Center, in Le Mars,...

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Le Mars Convention Center, in Le Mars,...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, autographs a sign during a campaign event at Black Bear Diner...

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

Supporters gather at a campaign event for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, in the parkin...

A Rutgers University fan looks on during the New Era Pinstripe Bowl game between Rutgers and Iowa State University at Yankee Stadium in New York, Dec....

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at his annual interfaith breakfast at the New York Public Library in New York, Dec. 30, 2011. The mood at the ty...

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, greets diners while watching the New Era Pinstripe Bow...

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange early Friday morning, Dec. 30, 2011. On its last trading day of the year, Wall Street was on track...

A women's locker room in a club house that will be converted into a private home on farmland that used to be a golf course in Whittemore, Iowa, Dec. 1...

Samuel Palmisano, who is departing after nearly a decade as IBM's chief executive, at IBM's office in New York, Dec. 6, 2011. During his tenure, IBM h...

A golf ball on farmland that used to be a golf course in Whittemore, Iowa, Dec. 17, 2011. Across much of the Midwest, the spike in farm earnings has d...

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Bow Rotary Club in Bow, N.H., Dec...

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at the Le Mars Convention Center, in Le...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 30, 2011. Perry has va...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 30, 2011. Perry has va...

Matt, right, and Craig Romney, both sons of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speak at a...

Jim Wilson hands out flags at a campaign event for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, in t...

Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, at a campaign event in Des Moin...

The campaign bus of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, in Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 30, 2011. Wi...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has an emotional moment during a campaign event in Des Moi...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 30, 2011. Perry has va...

The Rev. Dr. Gardner Taylor, one of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s closest allies in the civil rights movement, at the Hillcrest Convalescent C...

Matt Romney, son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks with diners during a campaig...

Matt, right, and Craig Romney, sons of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speak with diner...

Chris Hayward, a farmer who believes a natural gas drill would "ruin" the area, near Karoo, South Africa, Dec. 20, 2011. Many of the sites in South Af...

Rutgers University football players celebrate with teammates after defeating Iowa State University during the New Era Pinstripe Bowl game at Yankee St...

Bonnie Becker, production stage manager for "Billy Elliot," in a loft space at the Imperial Theater in New York, Dec. 27, 2011. "Billy Elliot," the wi...

To help migrate birds, Bryce Lundberg, of Lundberg Family Farms, checks the ground cover planted by his business in rice fields near Richvale, Calif.,...

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, talks to diners while watching the New Era Pinstripe B...

From left: Dan Greteman, his daughter Kiran Greteman and David Lister wait for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican p...

Supporters gather at a campaign event for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, in the parkin...

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

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, greets supporters at a campaign event in the parking lo...

An advertisement about the stress and weight gain for the holiday season on the front doors of a health club in New York, Dec. 27, 2011. New Year's re...