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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks with members of the media at Global Security Servic...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at Global Security Services...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, at a meeting with employees of Global Security Services in...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at Global Security Services...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at Global Security Services...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at Global Security Services in Dave...

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks about a payroll tax cut to reporters at the White House, Dec. 19, 2011. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Oh...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) at a news conference after a Republican caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 19, 2011. Boehner announced tha...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks about the extension of the payroll tax cut to a group of reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 19,...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks to reporters after a Republican caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 19, 2011. Boehner announced that...

Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), left, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), right, speak after a Republic...

Leigh Shipley, who is pregnant, gets off of her feet in a Minute Suites room at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Ga., Nov....

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, greets Leroy Claussen, as Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal looks on, left, a...

Vehicles move down a road with Mount Snow looming in the background in West Dover, Vt., Dec. 19, 2011. Many ski areas opened late this year, and the...

Lawyers from Barst, Mukamal & Kleiner give advice to immigrants at a seminar for the EB-5 visa program at the Sheraton Laguardia East Hotel in New Yo...

New York Giants' wide receiver Mario Manningham (82) reaches for Washington Redskins' defensive back Josh Wilson (26) as Wilson completes an intercept...

New York Giants' wide receiver Hakeem Nicks (88) misses a pass during an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins at MetLife Stadium in East...

New York Giants' tight end Bear Pascoe (86) goes over the top of the Washington Redskins' Perry Riley (56) and Josh Wilson (26) during an NFL football...

Released Palestinian prisoners arrive in Ramallah, West Bank, Dec. 18, 2011. Israel released about 550 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday night in the se...

A Palestinian woman hugs her son who was released from prison in Ramallah, West Bank, Dec. 18, 2011. Israel released about 550 Palestinian prisoners o...

Supporters wave Hamas flags to welcome released prisoners in Ramallah, West Bank, Dec. 18, 2011. Israel released about 550 Palestinian prisoners on Su...

The International Gem Tower under construction in New York, Dec. 18, 2011. Development zones in New York City have been drawn so that even projects i...

A seminar on a visa program hosted by Exclusive Visas at the Sheraton Laguardia East Hotel in New York, Dec. 10, 2011. Affluent foreigners are rushing...

From left: Kate Lindsey, Robert Brubaker, in the oven, as the Witch, and Aleksandra Kurzak in the opera "Hansel and Gretel" at the Metropolitan Opera...

Aleksandra Kurzak, center, in the opera "Hansel and Gretel" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Dec. 14, 2011. The opera, which will be repeated on...

FILE -- Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, at a hearing on Islamic radicalization inside U.S. prisons in Was...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, attends a church service at Harvest Baptist church in Fort Do...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, attends a church service at Harvest Baptist church in Fort Do...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, attends a church service at Harvest Baptist church in Fort Do...

Michele Bachmann attends a church service at Harvest Baptist church in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Dec. 18, 2011. Candidates are campaigning ahead of the Iowa c...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, attends a church service at Harvest Baptist church in Fort Do...

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) is sacked by Washington Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo (98) during the fourth quarter of an NFL footbal...

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) heads for the sidelines after being sacked during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the...

Washington Redskins fullback Darrel Young (36) is stopped during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadiu...

Washington Redskins quarterback Rex Grossman (8) throws a pass during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants at MetLife S...

Washington Redskins wide receiver Anthony Armstrong (13) breaks away for a 35-yard gain during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the N...

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) is pulled down by Washington Redskins defensive end Stephen Bowen (72) followed by linebacker Brian Orakp...

New York Giants' quarterback Eli Manning (10) during an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.,...

New York Giants running back D.J.Ware (28) is stopped near the end zone, on what was originally thought to be a touchdown, during an NFL football game...

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) on a bench during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins at MetLife S...

New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin on the sideline during an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherf...

Ellsworth Wareham, who stopped working as a heart surgeon only two years ago, at 95, at his home in Loma Linda, Calif., Dec. 16, 2011. Many of the res...

FILE -- Comedian Louis C.K. at the The Paley Center in New York, Nov. 3, 2010. Louis C.K. sold his latest stand-up special on his website with no obli...

A shopper browses produce at a grocery store in Loma Linda, Calif., Dec. 16, 2011. Many of the residents in the city, known for healthy lifestyles and...

A stack of phones used for testing by David Barnard, the founder of App Cubby, in San Marcos, Texas, Dec. 15, 2011. Christmas is the biggest day of th...

David Barnard, the founder of App Cubby, who is racing to finish an app before Thursday, uses an app on a phone in San Marcos, Texas, Dec. 15, 2011. C...

David Barnard, the founder of App Cubby, who is racing to finish an app before Thursday, in San Marcos, Texas, Dec. 15, 2011. Christmas is the biggest...

David Barnard, the founder of App Cubby, who is racing to finish an app before Thursday, in San Marcos, Texas, Dec. 15, 2011. Christmas is the biggest...

FILE -- Vaclav Havel, the Czech writer, at the Public Theater in New York, in 1968. Havel, whose eloquent dissections of Communist rule helped to dest...

Nancy Dubuc, the general manager of the History channel, at her home in New York, Dec. 9, 2011. The channel went from top 20 status on cable to top fi...