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A display of motorcycles at Motorcyclepedia, a non-profit museum, in Newburgh, N.Y., Dec. 5, 2011. Motorcyclepedia, an expansive 85,000-square-foot mu...

A military Harley Davidson motorcycle on display at Motorcyclepedia, a non-profit museum, in Newburgh, N.Y., Dec. 5, 2011. Motorcyclepedia, an expansi...

Tamara Monosoff, the founder of Mom Invented, holds a device she invented called the "Beverage Barricade," a plastic lid that helps open cans, at her...

Tamara Monosoff, the founder of Mom Invented, holds her invention called the "Tinkle Target," which helps young boys aim better when using the toilet,...

A product shot of the Parmigiani men's watch, put in perspective next to a golf ball, in an undated photo. Watches have bulked up steadily since the "...

David Dischley, a defense lawyer, in his office in Springfield, Va., Dec. 21, 2011. Dischley, who once worked as a prosecutor in Virginia, is now seei...

The Wall of Death, part of a display at Motorcyclepedia, a non-profit museum, in Newburgh, N.Y., Dec. 5, 2011. Motorcyclepedia, an expansive 85,000-sq...

A bike on display at Motorcyclepedia, a non-profit museum, in Newburgh, N.Y., Dec. 5, 2011. Motorcyclepedia, an expansive 85,000-square-foot museum th...

New barrels of white oak bourbon are charred at Brown-Forman, the maker of brands like Jack Daniel's and Early Times, in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 6, 2011...

Karla Ramsey mixes a bourbon Manhattan in a bartenders' competition among five bartenders at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 9, 201...

George Suter, of Lawrenceburg, Ky., rolls a barrel of aged Buffalo Trace bourbon from a storehouse to be emptied and bottled at the Buffalo Trace Dist...

Varieties of bourbon on the shelves at Sherry-Lehmann Wine and Spirits in New York, Dec. 23, 2011. Bourbon, coined as a product America makes better t...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, signs posters during a campaign stop at Uncle Nancy's Coffee...

A variety of products invented by Tamara Monosoff, the founder of Mom Invented, on a table at her home in Walnut Creek, Calif., Dec. 20, 2011. Many we...

Sour mash pours into one of Buffalo Trace Distillery's 92,000 gallon fermenters in Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 9, 2011. Bourbon, coined as a product America...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, amuses a baby during a campaign stop at Uncle Nancy's Coffee...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, holds 6-month-old Ryder Hicks at the Tilt'n Diner in Ti...

Gerald Doering, right, and his son, Ted, at Motorcyclepedia, a non-profit museum, in Newburgh, N.Y., Dec. 5, 2011. Motorcyclepedia, an expansive 85,00...

Bourbon cocktails are lined up to be judged at a bartenders' contest at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 9, 2011. Bourbon, coined as...

Burak Turna, a Turkish writer who was once mocked as a literary shock jock, in the Beyoglu neighborhood of Istanbul, Dec. 13, 2011. Recent comments by...

Men socialize in a tea house where walls are adorned with posters of Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Istanbul, Dec. 15, 2011. Erdogan...

Robert Seaberg, managing director of planning services at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, at his office in Harrison, N.Y., Dec. 20, 2011. Seaberg advocat...

Musicians reenact the performances of a mehter, an Ottoman military band, at the Military Museum in Istanbul, Dec. 15, 2011. Recent comments by Turkey...

The scene where Marsha Lee was walking her dog when she was run into by Staff Sgt. Dwight Smith, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, in Wilmington, De...

Punches for Romain du Roi and matrices for Romain de l'Universite, part of the exhibition "Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic: Treasures From the...

Punches for Romain du Roi, part of the exhibition "Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic: Treasures From the Archives of the Imprimerie Nationale,"...

A book produced in Romain du Roi punches, part of the exhibition "Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic: Treasures From the Archives of the Imprimer...

Part of the exhibition "Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic: Treasures From the Archives of the Imprimerie Nationale," on display at the Grolier C...

Punches for Romain du Roi, part of the exhibition "Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic: Treasures From the Archives of the Imprimerie Nationale,"...

FILE -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, Dec. 19, 2011. Sources close to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and...

A book produced in Romain du Roi punches, part of the exhibition "Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic: Treasures From the Archives of the Imprimer...

A mold for a 120-point capital K in the Romain de l'Empereur typeface, part of the exhibition "Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic: Treasures From...

Maine Gov. Paul LePage, a first-term Republican, during a town hall meeting at Mt. Abram High School in Salem, Maine, Dec. 14, 2011. LePage wants to r...

Protesters gather outside State House office of Maine Gov. Paul LePage after the announcement of his proposed cuts to Maine's Medicaid system, at the...

Opponents of Maine Gov. Paul LePage's planned cuts to Maine's Medicaid system rally at the state Capitol, in Augusta, Maine, Dec. 14, 2011. LePage sai...

Opponents of Maine Gov. Paul LePage's planned cuts to Maine's Medicaid system rally at the state Capitol, in Augusta, Maine, Dec. 14, 2011. LePage sai...

Tribal sheiks call for Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi to face trial on charges he led a death squad, in Baghdad, Dec. 23, 2011. Years of anger and di...

Hundreds of Iraqis wait to apply for jobs in Baquba, Iraq, where a Sunni-backed proposal on regional control led to mostly Shiite protests, Dec. 19, 2...

Former Pennsilvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, attends the Warren County GOP Dinner in Indianola, Iow...

Former Pennsilvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, attends the Warren County GOP Dinner in Indianola, Iow...

FILE -- A view of missing letters on a sign that used to spell out Motor City, when the factory was producing cars, in Detroit, March 24, 2011. A form...

FILE -- Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Historic Clinton Engines Buildi...

FILE -- Mayor Dave Bing outside his office in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2009. Bing has called for layoffs, a pay cut for employees and privatization of some s...

FILE -- Alex Hunter with a load of catfish ready for processing, in Leland, Miss., June 24, 2008. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided to re...

A municipal police officer at a crime scene in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct. 28, 2011. While violence has declined in Juarez, with murders down by aroun...

Julian Leyzaola, police chief in Ciudad Juarez, at his office in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct. 31, 2011. While violence has declined in Juarez, with mur...

Nasir Memon, a computer science professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, demonstrates technology that allows you sign into an iP...

Nasir Memon, a computer science professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, demonstrates technology that allows you sign into an iP...

Nasir Memon, a computer science professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, demonstrates technology that allows you sign into an iP...

Manny Gonzalez, a photographer, takes pictures of departures and arrivals at Kennedy International Airport in New York, Dec. 11, 2011. To save money,...