The New York Times Agency May 2010

A view of the damage left by a Taliban attack the previous day on a guesthouse in central Kabul, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. A day after Taliban militant...

A UN worker carried luggage towards a vehicle outside a guesthouse which was attacked by the Taliban a day earlier, in Kabul on Thursday, Oct. 29, 20...

A UN worker carried luggage towards a waiting vehicle outside a guesthouse which was attacked by the Taliban a day earlier, in Kabul on Thursday, Oct...

EMBARGOED FOR USE - IN PRINT AND ONLINE - UNTIL SUNDAY, NOV. 1 OR THEREAFTER -- Actress Penelope Cruz and film director Pedro Almodovar, both of Spain...

EMBARGOED FOR USE - IN PRINT AND ONLINE - UNTIL SUNDAY, NOV. 1 OR THEREAFTER -- Actress Penelope Cruz and film director Pedro Almodovar, both of Spain...

EMBARGOED FOR USE - IN PRINT AND ONLINE - UNTIL SUNDAY, NOV. 1 OR THEREAFTER -- Actor Matt Damon in New York, Oct. 20, 2009. Details matter to Damon,...

EMBARGOED FOR USE - IN PRINT AND ONLINE - UNTIL SUNDAY, NOV. 1 OR THEREAFTER -- Actor Matt Damon in New York, Oct. 20, 2009. Details matter to Damon,...

EMBARGOED FOR USE - IN PRINT AND ONLINE - UNTIL SUNDAY, NOV. 1 OR THEREAFTER -- Actor Matt Damon in New York, Oct. 20, 2009. Details matter to Damon,...

EMBARGOED FOR USE - IN PRINT AND ONLINE - UNTIL SUNDAY, NOV. 1 OR THEREAFTER -- Actor Matt Damon in New York, Oct. 20, 2009. Details matter to Damon,...

From left, former Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, applaud as retired Army Capt...

Actress Kate Hudson chats with actor Kurt Russell, partially obscured at far left, before the start of Game 1 of the 2009 World Series at Yankee Stadi...

NFL Hall of Famer and former Greenbay Packers safety William Wood (L), who is suffering with symptoms of dementia, looks on during a hearing of the Ho...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and Brent Boyd, a former football player who has symptoms of dementia, during a hearing of the House Judiciary C...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appears before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Goodell defended the league's r...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Goodell defended the league's...

NFL Hall of Famer and former Green Bay Packers safety William Wood, who is suffering from symptoms of dementia, looks on from the audience as NFL Comm...

Gay Culverhouse, former president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, testifes before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009...

Gay Culverhouse, former president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, testifes before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009...

Chetan Naini, vice chairman and managing director of Reva Electric Car Company, whith his vehicles in Bangalore, Oct 12, 2009. Naini is racing to buil...

Chetan Naini, vice chairman and managing director of Reva Electric Car Company, is reflected in the rear view mirror of one of his vehicles in Bangalo...

"Let us expose the corrupt," read an Iraqi government poster in Baghdad on Sept. 25, 2009. An internal report focuses on rampant bribery in the minist...

President Barack Obama smiles at Defense Secretary Robert Gates as he signs the National Defense Authorization Act at the White House on Wednesday, Oc...

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Defense Secretary Robert Gates as he arrives to sign the National Defense Authorization Act at the White Hous...

President Barack Obama speaks before signing the National Defense Authorization Act at the White House on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Defense Secretary...

President Barack Obama looks on as Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a signing ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Tru...

White House Counsel Greg Craig looks on as President Barack Obama introduces the co-chairmen of his Intelligence Advisory Board at the White House on...

Standing in the pre-dawn darkness, President Barack Obama saw the real cost of the war in Afghanistan: The Americans who return in flag-covered cases...

President Barack Obama along with officers and a civilian delegation head towards a military transport plane during services receiving the remains of...

Standing in the pre-dawn darkness, President Barack Obama, far left, saw the real cost of the war in Afghanistan: The Americans who return in flag-cov...

John Georges, center, at a fundraising event in New Orleans on Oct. 21, 2009. Georges, a multimillionaire businessman, is expected to announce his can...

**EDS.: RETRANSMISSION TO ADD STATUS OF FORMER SENATORS** President Barack Obama introduces former Senators David Boren (D-Okla.), left, and Chuck Hag...

The New York Yankees celebrate after clinching the American League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York, j...

Relief pitcher Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees celebrates after clinching the American League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Angel...

The New York Yankees celebrate after clinching the American League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York, j...

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT BYLINE TO MOISES SAMAN -- Police detain protestors in Kabul, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. Security forces in the Afghan capital f...

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT BYLINE TO MOISES SAMAN -- Afghan riot police arrest a protester during clashes between Afghan security forces and students...

Swimming goggles helped keep the eyes free of bubbly as the New York Yankees sprayed champagne in their lockeroom after defeating the Los Angeles Ang...

The New York Yankees sprayed champagne in their lockeroom after defeating the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 to clinch the American League Championship just...

New York Yankees Mark Teixeira acknowldges New York Yankees Robinson Cano (off camera) turning a double play in the 5th inning against the LA Angels...

Los Angeles Angels Joe Saunders is taken out of the game in the 4th inning against the New York Yankees in game 6 of the American League Championshi...

New York Yankees Andy Pettitte reacts to getting Los Angeles Angels Kendry Morales out to end the 6th inning of game 6 of the American League Champio...

President Barack Obama at podium, with Massachussetts Gov. Deval Patrick, in background, right, and Lt. Gov. Tim Murray at a fundraising event at the...

President Barack Obama at podium, with Massachussetts Gov. Deval Patrick, in background, at a fundraising event at the Westin Copley Place Hotel in Bo...

President Barack Obama tours the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., with professor Alex Slocum on Friday,...

President Barack Obama tours the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., with professor Alex Slocum, left, and...

President Barack Obama holds a miniature periodic table that was given to him while delivering remarks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in...

(NYT47) WASHINGTON WHITE HOUSE IRON Televison chefs Cristeta Comerford, left, and Bobby Flay in the White House garden in Washington on Oct. 23, 200...

From left: Bobby Flay, Cristeta Comerford, Alton Brown, Michelle Obama, Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse outside the White House in Washington on Oct....

EMBARGOED FOR USE - IN PRINT AND ONLINE - UNTIL SUNDAY, NOV. 1 OR THEREAFTER -- Actor Matt Damon in New York, Oct. 20, 2009. Details matter to Damon,...

EMBARGOED FOR USE - IN PRINT AND ONLINE - UNTIL SUNDAY, NOV. 1 OR THEREAFTER -- Actor Matt Damon in New York, Oct. 20, 2009. Details matter to Damon,...