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Mark Lazarus, the chairman of the NBC Sports Group, in his office in New York, Dec. 16, 2011. Lazarus is blending NBC Sports with Versus and Golf Chan...

Mark Lazarus, the chairman of the NBC Sports Group, in his office in New York, Dec. 16, 2011. Lazarus is blending NBC Sports with Versus and Golf Chan...

The damaged fifth floor of the apartment building where Doris Gillespie burned to death in the elevator, right, after a man set her on fire, in New Yo...

Santa Claus waits to pass out candy canes to shoppers at Best Collateral, a pawn shop, in San Mateo, Calif., Dec. 17, 2011. The TV series "Pawn Stars"...

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...

Brad Rixmann, founder of Pawn America chain of stores, at one of his stores in Burnsville, Minn., Dec. 16, 2011. The TV series "Pawn Stars" has drawn...

Santa Claus passes out candy canes to shoppers at Best Collateral, a pawn shop in San Mateo, Calif., Dec. 17, 2011. The TV series "Pawn Stars" has dra...

FILE -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at the Port of Tampa during a campaign s...

The stage is broken down after Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presi...

Rickey Causey the nephew of Doris Gillespie, who burned to death in an elevator in her apartment building after a man set her on fire, outside the apa...

Mark Lazarus, the chairman of the NBC Sports Group, in his office in New York, Dec. 16, 2011. Lazarus is blending NBC Sports with Versus and Golf Chan...

FILE-- Said Ferjani, an Islamist who plotted a coup in Tunisia and fled to Britain to join other Islamists seeking asylum, in Sousse, Tunisia, Dec. 18...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at Danny's Sports Spot in Cherokee, Io...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at Danny's Sports Spot in Cherokee, Io...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Family Table Restaurant in Le M...

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to a group of law students at the University of Texas Law School in Austin, Texas, Dec. 13, 2011. Holder says he b...

Protesters at the Lyndon B. Johnson library before Attorney General Eric Holder spoke in Austin, Texas, Dec. 13, 2011. Holder says he believes most cr...

FILE -- Ayad Allawi, the Iraqiya bloc's leader, in Baghdad, Feb. 8, 2010. A boycott of Parliament by the Iraqiya coalition on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011,...

Workers at the Pella Corporation factory, a windows and doors company that hasn't fared as well as some of the other neighboring industries, in Pella,...

The center square in Pella, Iowa, Dec. 14, 2011. Iowa, one of several Midwestern states that largely sidestepped the reckless rise of the housing mark...

Joe Becker, owner of Ulrich's Meat Market who said that his down store was having an unusually profitable year, looks over a cheese display at his sho...

FILE -- Candidates on stage for a Republican presidential debate, hosted by Fox News in Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 15, 2011. Abandoned by top aides, Newt...

FILE -- New York Jets cornerbacks Kyle Wilson, left, and Donald Strickland (30) use beverage coolers as seats during the third quarter of an NFL foot...

FILE -- New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game ag...

FILE -- New York Jets Coach Rex Ryan roams the sidelines following a safety as the special-teams coach Mike Westhoff, center, briefs his punt-return t...

FILE -- New York Jets tight end Dustin Keller (81) takes a call on the sidelines during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Kansas...

FILE -- Part of the New York Jets defensive line during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs at MetLife Stadium i...

FILE -- A New York Jets playbook on the bench during the third quarter of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs at MetLife Stadium in Ea...

FILE -- New York Giants backup quarterback David Carr, at the end of a game against the Oakland Raiders at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Oc...

Al Haymon at the Adrien Broner-Martin Rodriguez bout in Cincinnati, Nov. 26, 2011. Haymon, a former music promoter, has quickly became a force in boxi...

Al Haymon, center, center, with the WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather, right, at the Adrien Broner-Martin Rodriguez bout in Cincinnati, Nov....

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Le Mars, Iowa, Dec. 16, 2011. Bachm...

Adrien Broner, a young prospect of Al Haymon, dances after knocking out Vincente Martin Rodriguez to win the WBO junior-lightweight title at US Bank A...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Family Table Restaurant in Le M...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop in Le Mars, Iowa, Dec. 16, 2011. Bachm...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Family Table Restaurant in Le M...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Family Table Restaurant in Le M...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Hy-Vee grocery in Spencer, Iowa...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Hy-Vee grocery in Spencer, Iowa...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Hy-Vee grocery in Spencer, Iowa...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Hy-Vee grocery in Spencer, Iowa...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at Danny's Sports Spot in Cherokee, Io...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, and her husband, Marcus, during a campaign stop at Danny's Sp...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at Danny's Sports Spot in Cherokee, Io...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at Danny's Sports Spot in Cherokee, Io...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Pizza Ranch in Primghar, Iowa,...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Pizza Ranch in Sibley, Iowa, De...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks to CNN's Wolf Blitzer via satellite during a campaign...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks to CNN's Wolf Blitzer via satellite during a campaign...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Pizza Ranch in Sibley, Iowa, De...