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A model of the massive plane planned by Stratolaunch Systems at a news conference in Seattle, on Dec. 13, 2011.The huge plane, which could be ready in...

Howard Janet, who represents one of the victims in the child sexual abuse case against Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach,...

Members of the media gather outside the Centre County Courthouse, where Jerry Sandusky waived his right to a preliminary hearing, in Bellefonte, Pa.,...

Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of child sexual abuse, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, P...

E. Marc Costanzo, senior deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, speaks at a news conference after Jerry Sandusky waived his right to a preliminary h...

E. Marc Costanzo, senior deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, speaks at a news conference after Jerry Sandusky waived his right to a preliminary h...

Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of child sexual abuse, and his wife, Dottie, arrive at the Centre County Courth...

Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of child sexual abuse, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa.,...

Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of child sexual abuse, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa.,...

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, Dec. 13, 2011. Obama and his allies are keenly aware of th...

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, Dec. 13, 2011. Obama and his allies are keenly aware of th...

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, Dec. 13, 2011. Obama and his allies are keenly aware of th...

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, Dec. 13, 2011. Obama and his allies are keenly aware of th...

Lamont Pride, who is charged in the killing of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski, is escorted to a car to be driven to the 75th Precinct in New York, Dec. 13...

Mari Gilbert, left, the mother of Shannan Gilbert, who disappeared in 2010 in Oak Beach, on Long Island, attends vigil in Oak Beach, N.Y., Dec. 13, 20...

Lamont Pride, who is charged in the killing of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski, is driven from the 75th Precinct in New York, Dec. 13, 2011. The police sai...

Mari Gilbert, left, the mother of Shannan Gilbert, who disappeared in 2010 in Oak Beach, on Long Island, attends a vigil alongside Melissa Cann, secon...

Caterina Schenardi's pink shoes at Gradisca, her son's Italian restaurant, in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. Massimo Galeano flies his family matriarch, Sch...

Caterina Schenardi, right, discusses pasta with her son, Massimo Galeano, the owner of Gradisca, an Italian restaurant in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. Gal...

Caterina Schenardi makes pasta at Gradisca, her son's Italian restaurant, in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. Massimo Galeano flies his family matriarch, Sche...

Caterina Schenardi rolls tagliatelle at Gradisca, her son's Italian restaurant, in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. Massimo Galeano flies his family matriarch...

Caterina Schenardi's tiny "Venus's navel" tortellini at Gradisca, her son's Italian restaurant, in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. Massimo Galeano flies his...

Caterina Schenardi makes pasta at Gradisca, her son's Italian restaurant, in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. Massimo Galeano flies his family matriarch, Sche...

Caterina Schenardi makes pasta at Gradisca, her son's Italian restaurant, in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. Massimo Galeano flies his family matriarch, Sche...

Visitors walk near the replica Shwedagon Pagoda in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Dec. 3, 2011. Myanmar's capital, Naypyidaw, is a costly monument to the former...

In a two-photo combination, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) listens, left, as former MF Global executives, from top, Jon Corzine, chief executive, Bradle...

Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee and staff talk amongst themselves during a hearing with former MF Global executives Jon Corzine, chief exe...

From top: Former MF Global executives Jon Corzine, chief executive, Bradley Abelow, chief operating officer, and Henri Steenkamp, chief financial offi...

Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha, who helped spearhead the Sunni Awakening movement, at his home and headquarters in Ramadi, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2011. The Iraqi gover...

From left : Former MF Global executives Jon Corzine, chief executive, Bradley Abelow, chief operating officer, and Henri Steenkamp, chief financial of...

Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha, right, who helps spearhead the Sunni Awakening movement, entertains a guest in a tent at his home and headquarters in Ramadi, I...

A tent from which Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha, who helped spearhead the Sunni Awakening movement, entertains guests and holds meetings in Ramadi, Iraq, Nov....

Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha, who helped spearhead the Sunni Awakening movement, in front of a painting of his brother, who was assassinated, at his home and...

A fenced off area of land owned by Hezbollah in the Chouf region of Lebanon, on Sept. 13, 2011. A $240 million purchase of land on the Mediterranean...

Antoun Sehnaoui, chairman of the Societe Generale de Banque au Liban, which bought the assets of the Lebanese Canadian Bank, in Beirut, on Sept. 13, 2...

The Societe Generale de Banque au Liban, which bought the assets of the Lebanese Canadian Bank in Beirut, on Sept. 12, 2011. On Tuesday, U.S. federal...

A dish of pickled herring that has been fried and topped with fresh onions, tomatoes, and cucumber at Domku restaurant, in Washington, Dec. 3, 2011. H...

A dish of pickled herring that has been fried and topped with fresh onions, tomatoes, and cucumber at Domku restaurant, in Washington, Dec. 3, 2011. H...

A dish of smoked herring salad at Millesime restaurant in New York, Dec. 3, 2011. Herring used to be food for Jewish grandfathers, but now it's showin...

A dish of smoked herring salad at Millesime restaurant in New York, Dec. 3, 2011. Herring used to be food for Jewish grandfathers, but now it's showin...

Peter Shelsky, a catering chef at Shelsky's Smoked Fish, with a pickled herring salad and the Brooklyn Transplant sandwich outside the restaurant, in...

A plate of potato latkes with cinnamon, sour cream and apples, in New York, Dec. 4, 2011. A simple way to dress up latkes for Hanukkah is to add apple...

A pickled herring salad, center, with apple horseradish, back left, and the Brooklyn Transplant sandwich at Shelsky's Smoked Fish restaurant, in New Y...

Ericka Gable, who refuses to use Facebook but uses other social media applications such as Twitter and Spotify, in New York, Nov. 25, 2011. Facebook,...

A plate of potato latkes with cinnamon, sour cream and apples, in New York, Dec. 4, 2011. A simple way to dress up latkes for Hanukkah is to add apple...

Ericka Gable, who refuses to use Facebook but uses use social media applications such as Twitter and Spotify, in New York, Nov. 25, 2011. Facebook, wh...

Tyson Balcomb, a Portland State University student who decided to leave Facebook, in Portland, Ore., Dec. 1, 2011. Facebook, which is preparing for a...

Ericka Gable, who refuses to use Facebook but uses use social media applications such as Twitter and Spotify, in New York, Nov. 25, 2011. Facebook, wh...

House Republicans speak to reporters before a voting on legislation to extend a payroll tax cut, in Washington, Dec. 13, 2011. The House Republican bi...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) prior to voting on legislation to extend a payroll tax cut, in Washington, Dec. 13, 2011. The House Republican bil...