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Nial Ramirez, who was sterilized at 18 after she gave birth to her daughter as part of North Carolina's former eugenics program and says she thought s...

A trader with Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday morning, Dec. 9, 2011. Stocks rebounded Friday in th...

Irving Picard, left, and David Sheehan, the team appointed to unravel the Bernard Madoff estate, at their law office in New York, Dec. 5, 2011. Madoff...

FILE -- Ruth Madoff in her son Bernard's apartment in New York, Oct. 7, 2011. Bernard Madoff will mark Dec. 11 in a North Caronlina federal prison, wh...

Robert Goldfarb, a management consultant and author of "What's Stopping Me From Getting Ahead?" at his apartment in New York, Dec. 7, 2011. Goldfarb s...

Megyn Kelly, the anchor of "America Live" on Fox News, before a broadcast on set, in New York, Nov. 22, 2011. Kelly is part of a new generation of TV...

Megyn Kelly, the anchor of "America Live" on Fox News, before a broadcast on set, in New York, Nov. 22, 2011. Kelly is part of a new generation of TV...

During the evening commute, the roads are congested with buses, cars and SUVs in New York, Dec. 8, 2011. The pretax commuter benefit has taken differe...

Somali refugees play a traditional Somali game in Basateen, a slum in Aden, Yemen, Nov. 12, 2011. Driven by famine and war in their own country, Somal...

Somali refugees in Basateen, a slum in Aden, Yemen, Nov. 12, 2011. Driven by famine and war in their own country, Somalis in greater numbers than ever...

Chris Johnson, head of U.S. wealth advisory at Barclays Wealth, in New York, Dec. 8, 2011. As 2011 winds down, tax advisers are stressing that taxpaye...

A watchmakers works on timepieces in the factory of Edox Swiss Watches, which uses parts made by the Swatch Group, in Les Genevez, Switzerland, Nov. 2...

Nikolai Maksimov, one of Russia's richest men, out on bail after he was arrested and accused of embezzling millions in Moscow, Oct. 27, 2011. Cases li...

Forme?r Massa?chuse?tts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candi?date for the Repub?lican presi?denti?al nomin?ation, greets attendees during a campaign event at the...

Forme?r Massa?chuse?tts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candi?date for the Repub?lican presi?denti?al nomin?ation, speaks at a campaign event at the Diamond V Pla...

Jose Vargas holds a sign at a campaign event for forme?r Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candi?date for the Repub?lican presi?denti?al nomin?ation,...

Forme?r Massa?chuse?tts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candi?date for the Repub?lican presi?denti?al nomin?ation, at a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec....

A Polaris ATV 4 seater enters an off-road trail in Cochecton, N.Y., Nov. 30, 2011. While side-by-sides appear to be far less prone to accidents than...

Somali refugees in Basateen, a slum in Aden, Yemen, Nov. 12, 2011. Driven by famine and war in their own country, Somalis in greater numbers than ever...

The site of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, a Japanese internment camp, in Powell, Wyo., Dec. 5, 2011. The area is now home to an 11,000-square-...

An exhibit in the Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center's largest room in Powell, Wyo., Dec. 5, 2011. The area that was once a Japanese internme...

Chris Johnson, head of U.S. wealth advisory at Barclays Wealth, in New York, Dec. 8, 2011. As 2011 winds down, tax advisers are stressing that taxpaye...

A watchmaker works on a timepiece in the factory of Edox Swiss Watches, which uses parts made by the Swatch Group, in Les Genevez, Switzerland, Nov. 2...

Jean-Daniel Pasche, president of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, which includes about 500 companies ranging from the behemoth Swatch to sm...

Watchmakers working on timepieces in the factory of Edox Swiss Watches, which uses parts made by the Swatch Group, in Les Genevez, Switzerland, Nov. 2...

Jean-Daniel Pasche, president of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, which includes about 500 companies ranging from the behemoth Swatch to sm...

A watchmakers works on timepieces in the factory of Edox Swiss Watches, which uses parts made by the Swatch Group, in Les Genevez, Switzerland, Nov. 2...

Nikolai Maksimov, one of Russia's richest men, out on bail after he was arrested and accused of embezzling millions in Moscow, Oct. 27, 2011. Cases li...

Jerry Hols prays during a service at The Rock Christian Life Center church in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Dec. 4, 2011. For the first time in American history, a...

Ann Romney sings at a campaign event for her husband, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, i...

Guests attend a campaign event for forme?r Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candi?date for the Repub?lican presidenti?al nomin?ation, at the Diamond...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, greets attendees with his wife Ann Romney, left, during...

Parishioners attend The Rock Christian Life Center church in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Dec. 4, 2011. For the first time in American history, a major political...

FILE -- A man holds a map of a proposed new highway during a town hall meeting about the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor in Robstown, Texas, Feb. 6, 200...

A Polaris ATV 4 seater near a trail in Cochecton, N.Y., Nov. 30, 2011. While side-by-sides appear to be far less prone to accidents than ATV's, federa...

A Polaris ATV 4 seater on a trail in Cochecton, N.Y., Nov. 30, 2011. While side-by-sides appear to be far less prone to accidents than ATV's, federal...

Elizabeth Lee Sample, left, and Brenda Powers, both of of Sotheby's, in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. Partners in life as well as business, Sample and Powe...

President Barack Obama speaks at Osawatomie High School, in Osawatomie, Mo., Dec 6, 2011. Every president must make decisions that please or infuriate...

Elizabeth Lee Sample, left, and Brenda Powers, both of of Sotheby's, in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. Partners in life as well as business, Sample and Powe...

The Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino in Coarsegold, Calif., Dec. 2, 2011. Clan rivalries and political squabbles are often triggers for disenrollment,...

The Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino in Coarsegold, Calif., Dec. 2, 2011. Clan rivalries and political squabbles are often triggers for disenrollment,...

Nikah Dondero, who turned down a master's degree program after being disenrolled from her tribe, wears her Indian regalia, in Mariposa, Calif., Dec. 1...

Nikah Dondero, who turned down a master's degree program after being disenrolled from her tribe, wears her Indian regalia, in Mariposa, Calif., Dec. 1...

Nasir Memon, a computer science professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, demonstrates technology that allows you sign into an iP...

Alex Cutler, better known as Don Blanquito, a singer and a composer of Brazilian funk, walks through one of the working-class suburbs of Rio de Janeir...

Nasir Memon, a computer science professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, demonstrates technology that allows you sign into an iP...

Women and children at a Baptist church displacement camp for those caught between the ethnic civil war in Bhamo, Myanmar, Dec. 9, 2011. Even as the Bu...

EDS: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT BYLINE Women and children at a Baptist church displacement camp for those caught between the ethnic civil war in Bhamo...

Ann Rutledge and her husband, Sylvain Raynes, the founders of R&R Consulting, at their credit rating agency firm's office in New York, Nov. 2, 2011. R...

A students hold candles during a vigil on the Virginia Tech campus following a shooting in Blacksburg, Va., on Dec. 8, 2011. A campus police officer w...