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Larry Swedroe, the director of research and a principal at BAM, a wealth management firm, at his home in St. Louis, Nov. 16, 2011. Swedroe's strategy...

Larry Swedroe, the director of research and a principal at BAM, a wealth management firm, at his home in St. Louis, Nov. 16, 2011. Swedroe's strategy...

Bil Browning, a writer and gay rights advocate, in a coffee shop in Washington, Dec. 21, 2011. Browning organized a boycott of the Salvation Army kett...

Bil Browning, a writer and gay rights advocate, in a coffee shop in Washington, Dec. 21, 2011. Browning organized a boycott of the Salvation Army kett...

Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) outside his home in Billings, Mont., Dec. 22, 2011. Rehberg has been an aggressive advocate for the coal and minerals min...

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

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, after a campaign stop at Uncle Nancy's Coffee House in Newton...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, after a campaign stop at Uncle Nancy's Coffee House in Newton...

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

FILE -- A condemned building near the Book Tower in Detroit, July 28, 2011. Detroit residents had been feeling as hopeful as their troubled financial...

A street light turned off in order to save power in a neighborhood in Detroit, Dec. 15, 2011. Detroit residents had been feeling as hopeful as their t...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, and his wife, Ann, buy candy at the Granite State Candy...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Concord, N.H., Dec. 23, 2011....

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, talks with diners at the Tilt'n Diner in Tilton, N.H.,...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, stops to greet a baby, in Concord, N.H., Dec. 23, 2011....

STANDALONE -- A crowd of people observe window displays at Macy's in New York, Dec. 23, 2011. Shoppers and tourists crowded Manhattan's streets two da...

Sale signs posted in the window of a Gap store in New York, Dec. 22, 2011. While scattered markdowns are standard every year, discounts across entire...

Yale University volleyball player Erica Reetz (6) with associate head coach Kevin Laseau during an NCAA first-round match against the University of So...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Richmond, Va., Dec. 22, 2011. On...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign event in Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 22, 2011. Thur...

The back of a bust by Giovanni Cristoforo Romano of Beatrice d'Este during a members preview of the "The Renaissance Portrait From Donatello to Bellin...

A man looks at the terracotta and marble busts of Filippo Strozzi by Benedetto da Maiano during a members preview of the "The Renaissance Portrait Fro...

A live broadcast of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) is displayed on a television as he speaks at a news conference about the payroll tax exten...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the National Motorcycle Museum in A...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the National Motorcycle Museum in A...

Sale signs posted in the window of a Loft store in New York, Dec. 22, 2011. While scattered markdowns are standard every year, discounts across entire...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Ottumwa, Iowa, Dec. 22, 2011. Thursday marked...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Ottumwa, Iowa, Dec. 22, 2011. Thursday marked...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Ottumwa, Iowa, Dec. 22, 2011. Thursday marked...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Ottumwa, Iowa, Dec. 22, 2011. Thursday marked...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Ottumwa, Iowa, Dec. 22, 2011. Thursday marked...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, signs a wind turbine blade on a campaign stop at TPI Composites in Newt...

A woman looks at Sandro Botticelli paintings during a members preview of the "The Renaissance Portrait From Donatello to Bellini" exhibit at the Metro...

Damaged books titled "Wiser in Battle" by Ricardo Sanchez, a retired Army general, at his home after it was damaged by a fire, in San Antonio, Dec. 21...

Ricardo Sanchez, a retired Army general and Democrat who was running for the Senate, surveys a storage shed in the back yard of his home after it was...

Ricardo Sanchez, a retired Army general and Democrat who was running for the Senate, finds a childhood dress of one of his daughters at his home after...

Ricardo Sanchez, a retired Army general and Democrat who was running for the Senate, inside his home after it was damaged by a fire, in San Antonio, D...

**EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT DATE** Rep. Michele Bachmann, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the...

**EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT DATE** Rep. Michele Bachmann, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the...

**EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT DATE** Rep. Michele Bachmann, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the...

Andrew Glover, the manager at the rental shop High Altitude, tunes up a pair of rental skis at the store on the way to Mount Snow, in West Dover, Vt.,...

A skier makes his way down an artificially snow-covered run at Mount Snow in West Dover, Vt., Dec. 19, 2011. Many ski areas opened late this year, and...

FILE -- A sign for the Duncan School of Law, in Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 28, 2011. The Duncan School of Law filed a suit after being denied accreditatio...

FILE -- Sydney Beckman, dean of Duncan School of Law, in a classroom on campus in Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 28, 2011. The Duncan School of Law filed a su...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign event in Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 22, 2011. Thur...

Employees watch Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at TPI Composites in Newton, Iow...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at TPI Composites in Newton, Iowa, Dec. 2...

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, center, after a campaign stop at the Historic Clinton Engines Buildin...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, waves before attending a campaign event in Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 22, 2...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at TPI Composites in Newton, Iowa, Dec. 2...