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Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, a nurse and union leader at Montefiore Medical Center who said the recent vote to authorize a strike was driven by more than n...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 15, 2011. Retreating from partisan sniping, lawmakers began p...

Candidates take their places on stage for a Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox News in Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 15, 2011. With 19 days left be...

Russia Abrahim, who chooses to stay in Iraq and teach after loosing two brothers and her father to sectarian violence, in Haditha, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2011...

U.S. military flag bearers during a symbolic flag-lowering ceremony marking the end to U.S. military involvement in Iraq, in Baghdad, Dec. 15, 2011. T...

FILE -- Mike Huckabee and supporters gather for a caucus party at the Embassy Suites in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 3, 2008. After the Wednesday night prem...

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, right, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks to Simon Conway, the host of a conservat...

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, on a visit to Simon Conway' conservative talk show on...

Karim Abbas, who is continuing his family's business as gold jewelers at the Khadimiya market, in Haditha, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2011. Despite the uncertaint...

Men inspect birds for sale at an animal market in Baghdad, on Dec. 9, 2011. After United States troops depart, Iraqis will be left with a country that...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, arrives at the premiere of "Gift of Life," a documentary produced by fo...

The audience awaits the Fox News-hosted debate among the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, in Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 15, 2011. Wi...

Candidates on stage for a Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox News in Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 15, 2011. With 19 days left before the Iowa cauc...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, right, gives a thumbs-up on stage with former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum at a Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox...

Workers labor through the night at a construction site for a new shopping mall in Baghdad on Dec. 13, 2011. After United States troops depart, Iraqis...

**EDS.: 24TH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** Troops with the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, nap on their flight from Germany...

**EDS.: 25TH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** A soldier with the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, naps on the bus to Camp Atterb...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks at a news conference in Washington, on Dec. 15, 2011. Boehner said he believes there is bipartisan support...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) outside his offices on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 15, 2011. Retreating from partisan sniping, law...

Duoaa Saad, who, although uncommon for women in Iraq, learned to drive after her father's recent death, in Haditha, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2011. Despite the u...

Hassan Al Shababi, who taught himself how to bake and opened a bakery, Vanilla, in 2004, in Baghdad, Nov. 16, 2011. Despite the uncertainty among Iraq...

Selma Fakherhas, who has one of the few professions permitted for a woman as a wedding photographer, in Baghdad, Nov. 9, 2011. Despite the uncertainty...

**EDS.: 17TH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** A U.S. military convoy crosses from Iraq into Kuwait on Dec. 3, 2011. United States forces have declared an e...

**EDS.: 18TH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** A U.S. military convoy crosses from Iraq into Kuwait on Dec. 3, 2011. United States forces have declared an e...

**EDS.: 19TH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** A U.S. military convoy crosses from Iraq into Kuwait on Dec. 3, 2011. United States forces have declared an e...

**EDS.: SEVENTH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** Iraqi officials on Dec. 1, 2011, attend a ceremony where control of the Victory Base Complex near Baghdad w...

FILE -- Evelyn Coke, who the Supreme Court found was not entitled to overtime pay as a health care aide, in Washington, April 16, 2007. The Obama admi...

**EDS.: 23RD IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** Troops with the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, board a plane in Germany en route...

**EDS.: 12TH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** Iraqi troops take control of Victory Base Complex near Baghdad on Dec. 2, 2011. United States forces have decl...

Visitors walk down the steps of the Transit Museum's entrance at Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street in New York, Dec. 10, 2011. The New York Transit...

STANDALONE-- The Empire State building is reflected on a window where a woman reads at inside the Whole Foods Market overlooking Union Square in New Y...

Jerry Cline pilots a boat with his alligator hunting party in a bayou near Gautier, Miss., Sept. 30, 2011. Mississippi's alligator hunting season, whi...

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), right, watches as Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) discusses their Medicare plan in Washington, on Dec. 15, 2011. Wyden and Ryan discu...

**EDS.: SIXTH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** Troops with the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, nap as they wait for their fligh...

The reflection of a shopper is seen on a window display of merchandise between an Express and J.C. Penney store in New York, Dec. 13, 2011. A sharp dr...

Hanging sale signs at an H&M store in New York, Dec. 13, 2011. A sharp drop in shopping since Thanksgiving weekend has prompted worried retailers to m...

A class views a R1-R9 motor truck at the New York Transit Museum in New York, Dec. 15, 2011. The New York Transit Museum showcases the city's public t...

Clive Dillon with his nanny Dekyi Sondue inside the 1907 Brooklyn Union Elevated car, the oldest train car in the New York Transit Museum, in New York...

Visitors view the new "ElectriCity: Powering New York's Rails" exhibit at the New York Transit Museum in New York, Dec. 10, 2011. The New York Transit...

William Herrmann of Whiting Petroleum walks along a pipeline at the Bakken Shale formation in Belfield, N.D., Sept. 3, 2011. Hydraulic fracturing tech...

Bonita Robinson takes a picture of her daughter, Emani Robinson, pretending to drive a bus at the New York Transit Museum in New York, Dec. 10, 2011....

Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the salad bar line behind Jonathan Chavez, a third grader, at Public School 218, near Yankee Stadium, in New York, on Dec....

A salad bar at Public School 218, near Yankee Stadium, in New York, on Dec. 15, 2011. The number of obese New York City schoolchildren fell by 5.5 per...

Joe Radcliff pilots a boat as he searches for alligators in a bayou near Gautier, Miss., Sept. 30, 2011. Mississippi's alligator hunting season, which...

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), right, watches as Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) discusses their Medicare plan in Washington, on Dec. 15, 2011. Wyden and Ryan discu...

**EDS.: NINTH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** Capt. Andi Hahn of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, turns out the lights as s...

**EDS.: FOURTH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** Troops with the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, load their bags onto a truck be...

**EDS.: 22ND IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** Troops with the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, load their gear before boarding a...

**EDS.: 25TH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** Troops with the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, jubilate as they arrive in Indian...

**EDS.: 14TH IN A SERIES OF 26 PHOTOS** Spc. Kevin Dorning of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, poses for a photo as hi...