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New Haven Firefighter Frank Ricci testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor in Washing...

RETRANSMISSION TO CHANGE BYLINE TITLE IN IPTC HEADER TO STR -- Police at the scene of a shootout in Jersey City which left five officers wounded and t...

Police vehicles block New Jersey Avenue near the scene of a shooting in Washington on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. A chaotic scene unfolded near the U.S....

Sergeant Kimberly Schneider of the Capitol Police speaks to reporters near the scene of a shooting in Washington on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. A chaoti...

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) laughs during an exchange with Judge Sonia Sotomayor about the old "Perry Mason" television show during her confirmation hea...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing in Washington on July 15, 2009. Sotomayor refuse...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing in Washington on July 15, 2009. Sotomayor refuse...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor laughs during an exchange with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) about the old "Perry Mason" television show during her confirmation hea...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing in Washington on July 15, 2009. Sotomayor refuse...

Firefighters from New Haven, Conn., attend the confirmation hearing of Judge Sonia Sotomayor in Washington on July 15, 2009. A reverse discrimination...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor, second from left, arrives for the third day of her confirmation hearings to be associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, Wed...

Frank Ricci, second from left, the lead plaintiff in Ricci v. DeStefano, the race discrimination case that is playing a central role in Judge Sonia So...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor laughs during an exchange with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) about the old "Perry Mason" television show during her confirmation hea...

Evan Williams, CEO of Twitter at company headquarters in San Francisco in March 2009. A hacker stole internal company documents from Twitter by guessi...

Demi Lovato, the latest product of the Disney star-making machine, in concert in Fresno, Calif., on July 10, 2009. Lovato, 16, is an ascendant star, t...

Demi Lovato, the latest product of the Disney star-making machine, in concert in Fresno, Calif., on July 10, 2009. Lovato, 16, is an ascendant star, t...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing in Washington on July 15, 2009. Sotomayor refuse...

Demi Lovato, the latest product of the Disney star-making machine, backstage with her band and crew before a concert in Fresno, Calif., on July 10, 20...

A group of girls shopping on a street in Nablus, July 15, 2009. For the first time since the second Palestinian uprising broke out in late 2000, leadi...

A woman buys helium filled balloons for children on a street full of shops in Nablus, July 15, 2009. For the first time since the second Palestinian...

A member of a team of bomb investigators with the Third Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment looks over the wreckage of a pickup truck destroyed in a bomb...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her second day of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Ju...

Guests of Judge Sonia Sotomayor look on as she is quesioned by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) in this two-picture combo during her confirmation hearin...

News photographes train their lenses on Judge Sonia Sotomayor in this two-picture combo during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Co...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Sotomay...

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) questions Judge Sonia Sotomayor in this two-picture combo during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Commit...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor chats with Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), left, and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) during a break in her confirmation hearing before t...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor chats with her brother Juan Luis Sotomayor during a break in her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in W...

Two photos showing Judge Sonia Sotomayor as she was questioned by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), at center in image at right, during her confirmation he...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Sotomay...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her second day of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Ju...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Sotomay...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Sotomay...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor waves to family members during a break in her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Tuesda...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Sotomay...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), right, confers with Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the ranking Republican on the committee, b...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her second day of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Ju...

A general view of Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her second day of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washi...

Zdzislaw Arlet, director of Fiat's plant in Tychy, Poland in June 2009. "We are lucky there is a crisis," said Arlet. "Everybody wants to build small...

Members of a U.S. military team of bomb investigators, right, and Afghan national police officers arrive at the scene of a bomb blast that killed five...

Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), (R-AL) is seen on a monitor as he questions Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her confirmation heari...

**EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT BYLINE TO BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI** Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Jud...

U.S. and Afghan soldiers search for insurgents and bombs during a joint patrol in Baraki Barak, Afghanistan, on July 14, 2009. Though the Afghan insu...

The production line for the Fiat 500 Abarth at their plant in Tychy, Poland in June 2009. For decades, American engineers looking for the secret to sm...

Members of a team of bomb investigators with the Third Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment say a prayer for five Afghan national police officers killed ho...

From right, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who is also the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee...

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), right, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, listens as the committee's ranking member, Sen.Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.),...

The production line for the Fiat 500 at the Fiat factory in Tychy, Poland in June 2009. For decades, American engineers looking for the secret to smal...

An Afghan sholdier, foreground, and a U.S. soldier search for insurgents and bombs during a joint patrol in Baraki Barak, Afghanistan, on July 14, 200...

At Fiat's factory in Tychy, Poland, "a car comes off the assembly line every 55 seconds," the plant's director says in June 2009. For decades, America...