Normally featured on Sunday, Photos of the Week is early this week only.

 

City of Milwaukee commissioner of health Bevan K. Baker speaks to the media inside of the Zeidler Building located at 841 N. Broadway Wednesday. Along side Baker is Mayor Tom Barrett (left) and Dr. Seth Foldy, state Public Health Administrator. Officials announced that at the time, at least two probable cases of swine flu had been identified in Milwaukee with a third case in Adams County in central Wisconsin. Journal Sentinel photo: Tom Lynn

 

Journal Sentinel photo: Tom Lynn






Eric Lomas finds the doors at Riverside High School were locked after officials closed the school because of a suspected swine flu case Wedneday. Lomas was hoping to attend a class on making sushi. Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu

 

Nuns wear face masks during a closed door mass at the Metropolitan cathedral in Mexico City, Sunday, April 26, 2009. Churches stood empty Sunday in predominantly Roman Catholic Mexico City after services were canceled, and health workers screened airports and bus stations for people sickened by a new strain of swine flu that experts fear could become a global epidemic.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

 

Residents, one wearing a protective mask, walk along an unusually empty intersection in downtown Mexico City, Wednesday April 29, 2009. The World Health Organization has declared a Phase 5 outbreak of swine flu, the second-highest on its threat scale, indicating a pandemic could be imminent.(AP Photo/Enric Marti)

 

Diane Barrera disinfects a classroom at the Golden Rule Charter School in Dallas on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. The charter school in Dallas is temporarily closed as a precaution after officials learned a student probably has the swine flu virus. (AP Photo/LM Otero)


 

 

A pedestrian walks past a sign promoting handwashing to reduce transmission of infection in the lobby of the building housing the offices of the Mexican Embassy, Thursday, April 30, 2009 in Ottawa, Canada. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

 

A Filipino man applies oil on a row of roasted pigs to make them more attractive to buyers in Manila, Philippines, on Monday, April 27, 2009. Philippine health officials say the country remains free from swine flu as WHO warns countries around the world to be on alert of any unusual flu outbreaks after the virus was implicated in deaths of several people and an increasing case of infection spread in Mexico. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)


 

 

Chrysler workers exit from the Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly Plant April 30, 2009 in Warren, Michigan. Chrysler failed to come to an agreement with all of its debt holders by a government imposed deadline and announced they will be filing for bankruptcy and shutting down most of its manufacturing plants until the bankruptcy process is over. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

 

A wounded man lies motionless on the ground during clashes between Turkish police and one leftist militant in a residential area of Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April 27, 2009. The militant, one policeman and one onlooker were killed during more than five hours shootout.(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)






An Israeli girl sits next to the grave of a fallen soldier at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, April 27, 2009. Israel is marking its memorial day on Tuesday for soldiers killed since the creation of the Jewish state in 1948. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

 

Danny Pang, founder and former chief executive officer of Private Equity Management Group Inc., attempts to block the view of a photographer as he departs from federal court in Santa Ana, California, U.S., on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Pang, who U.S. regulators say defrauded investors in Taiwan, was ordered freed on $1 million bail. Photographer: Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg News

 

American civil rights pioneer and Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, was arrested by Secret Service agents in front of the Sudanese Embassy while demonstrating against the genocide in Darfur, in Washington. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

 

Members of ADAPT, a disability rights group pass the White House April 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The group is calling on President Obama to pass the Community Choice Act, a community-based alternative to nursing homes and institutions for people with disabilities. Photo: Getty Images


 

 

A South Korean protester paints on his face in an anti-government rally on May Day in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 1, 2009. South Korean workers marked May Day with protests demanding better working conditions, protection of farmers and restrictions on the hiring of short-term workers. The banner read "Abolition Short-term workers." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)


 

 

Participants at a May Day rally wear plastic buttocks and T-shirts that read "Shove your economic stimulus package up that..." in Nuremberg, Germany. Photo: Daniel Karmann / EPA

The Grim Reaper, played by Washington County Sheriff's Deputy Ronald Rewerts, beckons junior Kaylee Rossman while he stalks the classrooms of West Bend East High School. The program titled “Every 15 Minutes”, is aimed at preventing alcohol related traffic injuries and fatalities. Journal Sentinel photo: William J. Lizdas

After being chosen by the Grim Reaper, West Bend student Kaylee Rossman listens while her obituary, written by her parents, is read to her classmates by West Bend Police Capt. Toby Netko. Journal Sentinel photo: William J. Lizdas

 

Carl Edwards (99) goes airborne after colliding with Brad Keselowski, bottom, on the final lap of the Aaron's 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on Sunday, April 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Glenn Smith)

Carl Edwards climbs out of his car after crashing on the final lap of the Aaron's 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on Sunday, April 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Glenn Smith)


 

 

President Obama hosts the start of the "White House to Light House' Wounded Warrior Soldier's ride on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Photo: AP

 

Visitors stroll under a canopy of blossoming cherry trees at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in New York, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

 

Amy Pryle, age 3, reacts as a Grey Pansy butterfly lands on her nose at the Natural History Museum's Butterfly Jungle exhibition in London, Thursday, April 30, 2009. The Butterfly Jungle exhibition recreates a living rainforest environment, where tropical butterflies roam freely and other insects are display. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

 

A raccoon peers out from a hole in a tree in a ravine in Moreland Hills, Ohio on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)


 

 

Sophia Clementi, 3, and her 4-year-old brother, Nick, try to get the attention of Themba, a 5-year-old male lion, at the Milwaukee County Zoo this week. Journal Sentinel photo: Mike DeSisti

People in Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Switzerland, vote by raising their hands on Sunday, April 26, 2009. Voters have banned naked hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region. By a show of hands citizens of the tiny canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes voted overwhelmingly at their traditional open-air annual assembly to impose a 200 Swiss franc ($176) fine on violators. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Ennio Leanza) (ENNIO LEANZA, AP / April 26, 2009)

 

This past winter, a growing number of unclad hikers was wandering the Alps, near Appenzell. Some Swiss legal experts said at the time banning nudity in public would be unconstitutional. Photo: Christoph Bangert for The New York Times, published March 16, 2009

 

As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 23,2009, before the House State and Foreign Operations subcommittee, Alexa Schiff, 10, the daughter of Rep.Adam Schiff D-Calif., second from left, and the daughters of his chief of staff Tom Bergreen, Abigail, 7 and Emma, 4, watch during the annual "Take your Children to Work Day." (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Dean Leader II, of York, Pa., holds a book on the United States Constitution and an American Flag during a gun rights rally in the Capitol rotunda,Tuesday, April 21, 2009 in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Demonstrators from the group Code Pink hold signs as Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, testifies at a hearing of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Geithner said that the "vast majority" of U.S. banks have more capital than needed. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg News

Thirteen people lay down to symbolize those killed in the Columbine school shooting at a Columbine Remembrance and Rededication on the 10th anniversary of the Columbine attack, at the Capitol in Denver, on Monday, April 20, 2009. (AP photo/Chris Schneider)

 

Vietnam War veteran Stan Mozer remembers fallen colleagues while touching the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as part of Memory Day April 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund posthumously honored 123 Americans from the Vietnam War during the Memory Day ceremony, which honors those who died prematurely from non-combat injuries and emotional suffering caused directly by the Vietnam War, but who do not qualify under Department of Defense rules to have their names added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

 

Israelis visit at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 19, 2009. The annual Israeli memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust of World War II began at sundown Monday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Inna Belogerkovskaya is overcome with emotion, as she pauses next to statues and lists of names of those killed, as she visits the Holocaust Memorial during Yom HaShoah-Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 21, 2009 in Miami Beach, Florida. Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed as a day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who died during the Holocaust. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

 

South Korean police officers spray fire extinguishers as South Korea conservative activists and North Korean defectors burn placards during an anti-North rally in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. North and South Korea were at odds Tuesday in procedural wrangling that delayed the start of the first formal meeting between the two sides in more than a year, amid tensions over Pyongyang's moves to restart its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

 

A security personnel keeps vigil as voters stand in a queue to cast their vote in Sonapur village, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, April 23, 2009. Indians headed to the polls Thursday in the second round of the country's month-long national election that will see a new, and possibly weak, government take power during a time of economic uncertainty and political violence. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Marcus Kerriou, co-director of Molex Automotive, a subsidiary of the American company Molex, at centre, is escorted by an unidentified employee, left, while an angry worker tries to stop him from leaving the plant in Villemur sur Tarn, southwestern France, Tuesday April 21, 2009. Workers at Molex Automotive factory freed two executives Tuesday after holding them for two days to protest company plans to close their plant, and relocate its work to China and the U.S. AP Photo/Fred Scheiber)

Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton competes during the 2009 Miss USA Pageant Sunday, April 19, 2009 in Las Vegas. Dalton was later crowned Miss USA. Photo: Eric Jamison, AP






Hosts Billy Bush, center, and Nadine Velazquez, right, listen as Miss California Carrie Prejean, left answers a question from judge Perez Hilton, unseen, about legalizing same-sex marriage during the Miss USA Pageant, Sunday April 19, 2009 in Las Vegas. "We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage," Prejean said. "And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised." Prejean was named 1st runner-up and believes her answer prevented her from winning. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)

Susan Boyle, who's performance on television show Britain's Got Talent sparked global interest, outside her home in Blackburn, Scotland, revealing a new look after undergoing a makeover Friday April 24, 2009. (AP Photo / Andrew Milligan ,PA)

A man wears a surgical mask as a precaution against infection as he travels by metro in Mexico City, Friday April 24, 2009. Mexican authorities said 60 people may have died from a swine flu virus in Mexico, and world health officials worry it could unleash a global flu epidemic. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Evacuees Larry and Janet Stewart watch the smoke billow from the wildfire that spread to the Barefoot Resort community Thursday, April 23, 2009, in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. South Carolina's biggest wildfire in more than three decades, a blaze four miles wide, destroyed dozens of homes Thursday and threatened some of the area's world-famous golf courses at the height of the spring tourist season. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)

 

Russ Kurz, 77, discusses the new wave of gold prospectors, at a site along the American River in Coloma, Calif., Thursday, April 16, 2009. With the downturn in the economy California's Sierra foothills have seen a rush of new prospectors trying to strike it rich prospecting for gold. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Jerod Krueger, 11, picks up cigarette butts from a sewer grate while working with his class from Kewaskum Middle School on Wednesday to clean up their village for Earth Day. All sixth- through eighth-grade students at the school participated in the event and scoured the village, cleaning up refuse. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff

 

Crowds gather Wednesday outside the Capitol in Madison for a “Tea Party Taxpayer Rally,” taking the term from the famous Boston Tea Party protest. Gov. Jim Doyle insisted that middle-class taxpayers will see tax breaks. Journal Sentinel photo: Joe Koshollek

 

Milwaukee Pastor David King gives a pink slip to his state representatives during Wednesday’s “tea party” rally at the Capitol in Madison. Journal sentinel photo: Joe Koshollek

R.J. Chicks Jr., 10, of Milwaukee participates in a “tea party” protest at the Federal Courthouse in Milwaukee on Wednesday with his mother, Barb. Some said “TEA” stands for “Taxed Enough Already.”  Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu

 

A protester in a pig mask greets visitors to the Wisconsin State Capitol on Wednesday. Journal Sentinel photo: Joe Koshollek

Protesters hold signs at a tax day rally on the steps of the Wisconsin Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2009, in Madison, Wis. Morry Gash-Associated Press






Jon Lohr of Waterford, Wis., holds a sign at a tax day rally outside the Wisconsin Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2009, in Madison, Wis. Morry Gash-Associated Press






Sarah Mahan of Hustisford and hundreds of others fill the hall outide the governor's office in the Capitol in Madison, Wis. to write messages of protest to Governor Doyle following a rally outside the Capitol. Craig Schreiner-Wisconsin State Journal)

Protesters gather on City Square on the 400 block of Third Street in downtown Wausau on Wednesday for a “Tea Party” rally against government spending and economic policies. (Nick Halter/Wausau Daily Herald)

Photo: Wausau Daily Herald



 

Tamara Schirrmacher dresses up as The Statue of Liberty as she holds chains that she says represents the national debt during a Tax Day Tea Party in Pleasanton, Calif., Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Protests took place around the country to demonstrate against recent bailouts and excessive government spending. Protesters gathered at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

 

Donna Millwood and Sue Easterly, not seen, hold up a sign that reads "Our government has gotten too big for its britches " as hundreds of tea party tax protesters gather outside the Federal building in Anchorage, Alaska on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

 

Mia Russin signs a huge card posted on a barn across the street from the home of former hostage Richard Phillips in Underhill, Vt., Friday, April 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

 

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich holds onto a cameraman before before they both almost fall off the sidewalk as Blagojevich departs federal court after his arraignment on federal racketeering and fraud charges in Chicago, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

John Demjanjuk, second from right, is taken from his home in Seven Hills, Ohio by immigration agents, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Demjanjuk is being deported to Germany to face charges he was a guard at a Nazi death camp during World War II. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Shane Murphy a crew member of the merchant vessel Maersk Alabama, which was attacked by Somali pirates, is greeted by his wife Sarena as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., early Thursday, April 16, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

 

A Sacramento police officer holds an eviction notice to be distributed to residents of a homeless tent city April 13, 2009 in Sacramento, California. Hundreds of residents living in a tent city along the American River were issued notices of eviction today by Sacramento Police and were told to relocate to a shelter at the Cal Expo center. Tent city residents have until Wednesday at midnight to vacate the property which belongs to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

 

Fred Harlow sweeps his metal detector over the gravel parking lot in search of small treasures once lost in the snow at the Shawnee Peak ski area, Tuesday, April 14, 2009, in Bridgton, Maine. Harlow's hobby has rewarded him with over 40 rings over the years, but after an hour's work at the resort he came up with just over a dollar's worth of scuffed-up coins. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

An anti-government protester and supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, right, knees down to plea for armed Thai soldiers not to use violence against protesters on the street near government house in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, April 12, 2009. Thailand's embattled government, humiliated by demonstrators who shut down a 16-nation Asian summit, declared a state of emergency in the capital Sunday and ordered armored vehicles into the streets to stem a tide of protest across the country. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

 

Filipino activists try to block policemen from closing the gates of the House of Representatives in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday April 14, 2009. Opposition groups protested moves by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's allies to amend the constitution and possibly extend her term. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

An arsenal, that includes an anti air-craft machine gun, the first weapon of its kind seized in Mexico, is displayed to the media at a police base in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Police on a routine patrol detained a 20-year-old woman guarding the arsenal, allegedly belonged to a group linked to the powerful Beltran Leyva drug cartel, at a house in northern Sonora state.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Stars in the night sky rotate above the distinctive chimney stack on the top of Cape Cornwall near St Just on April 12, 2009 in Cornwall, England. The landmark, orginally built for the Cape Cornwall Mine in 1850 and was recently damaged when it was struck by lightning, was bought, along with the rest of Cape Cornwall, for the nation by Heinz in 1987 and given to the National Trust to mark Heinz's centenary. South West Tourism estimates that attractions such as the Cape, will bring 300,000 visitors, spending an estimated GBP 125million in the region over the Easter weekend alone. Many tourism businesses are seeing the Easter weekend as a 'litmus test' for the rest of the year with the hope that people will chose to take their holidays in the UK, rather than abroad, as the effects of the economic downturn continue to be felt. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Jamie Parlour, a Royal Marine from 42 Commando, picks up his godson Jake Parlour, aged 2, as he is greeted by his family as he arrives at Exeter Airport on April 12, 2009 in Exeter, England. Around 100 troops from the Plymouth-based Royal Navy's 42 Commando arrived home in time for Easter following a tough six-month deployment serving in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

 

Music producer Phil Spector, center, and his wife Rachelle Spector arrive at Los Angeles County Superior Court Monday, April 13, 2009, in downtown Los Angeles, to hear the verdict in his murder retrial. Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion six years ago. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury returned the verdict Monday after an estimated 29 to 30 hours of deliberations. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

 

Firefighters carry "The Battle of Celestino V" painting rescued from the damaged Collemaggio's Basilica, in L'Aquila, Italy, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. The region in central Italy ravaged by an earthquake more than a week ago will need at least euro 12 billion (about US $16 billion) for rebuilding, Italy's Interior minister Roberto Maroni said. The 6.3-magnitude quake that struck the central Abruzzo region on April 6 killed 294 people, and damaging many thousands of homes and other buildings. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

At the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Civil War Museum and Library, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a strip of pillowcase stained with the blood and brain matter of Abraham Lincoln is on display, from his deathbed at the house across from the Ford Theater, where he was shot on April 14, 1865. The note next to the strip was written by Hermann Faber, who worked for the surgeon general during the Civil War. (Sharon Gekoski-Kimmel /Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

 

Archbishop Timothy Dolan arrives at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for his installation Mass Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Chad Rachman, Pool)

 

Palestinian Orthodox Christians gather around an effigy of Jesus Christ, during a symbolic funeral as part of their services marking Good Friday in the West Bank village of Al-Zababedah near Jenin, Friday, April 17, 2009. Followers of the Eastern Orthodox Churches are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

 

An Orthodox Christian girl is baptised in a tub of water drawn from the Jordan River on April 14, 2009 at the Qasr El Yahud baptism site near Jericho in the West Bank. Hundreds of pilgrims gathered at the site where according to Christian tradition John baptised Jesus in the waters of the biblical river. The pilgrims were baptised in the tub after the Israeli authorities forbade them to approach the river citing safety concerns. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

 

Jewish men reach out to kiss a Torah scroll during morning prayers at the Western Wall on April 13, 2009 in Jerusalem's Old City. Judaism's holiest site filled with worshippers as thousands of Jews made the traditional Pesach (Passover) holiday pilgrimage to pray at the last remnant of the ancient Jewish Temple. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

 

U.S. army soldiers sing hymns during Easter sunrise service in Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 12, 2009. About 100 U.S. troops attended an Easter sunrise service on Sunday at the U.S. military base Camp Liberty just outside the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Two volunteers dressed as clowns help a survivor celebrate Easter in a tent camp on April 12,2009 in L'Aquila, Italy. Easter weekend brings a continuation of the recovery efforts that have followed the devastation caused by the earthquake that struck the Abruzzo region on April 6. The death toll has now reached 293. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

 

Princess Leonor (L) and Princess Sofia of Spain leave Palma de Mallorca Cathedral after Easter Sunday Mass on April 12, 2009 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

 

President Barack Obama reads "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, to children at the White House Easter Egg Roll, in Washington, Monday, April 13, 2009. His daughter Sasha listens at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

 

An ice girl for the Chicago Blackhawks wears bunny ears and a cottontail in celebration of Easter Sunday as she clears ice from in front of the goal against the Detroit Red Wings at the United Center on April 12, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Chris Chambers/Getty Images)

 

A archerfish latches onto the finger of a young tourist who lured it out of the water with bread on his finger tip during a visit to a fish farm at the Kilim Karts Geoforest Park on Langkawi island in Malaysia, Thursday, April 16, 2009. Langkawi Geopark is Malaysia's first geopark and is located in the far northwestern corner of peninsular Malaysia. .(AP Photo/Mark Baker)

United States' Caitlin Cahow drinks from the trophy as Meghan Duggan, right, celebrates the team's 4-1 win over Canada at the women's World Hockey Championship on Sunday, April 12, 2009, in Hameenlinna, Finland. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot)

 

Team Canada golakeeper Charline Labonte and captain Hayley Wickenheiser react after their 4-1 loss to the United States in the gold medal game at the World Women Hockey Championship Sunday, April 12, 2009, in Hameenlinna, Finland. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot)







Philadelphia Phillies' Jimmy Rollins, left, and Pete Mackanin pause for a moment of silence for Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas before the Phillies' baseball game with the Washington Nationals in Washington on Monday, April 13, 2009. Kalas died Monday after being found passed out in the broadcast booth before the game. AP photo


 

 

Jamie Moyer reaches out to touch the casket of Hall of Fame Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas during a memorial tribute service at Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia on Saturday April 18, 2009. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, Pool)

 

Members of the Williamsport High School baseball team look at a makeshift memorial by the baseball field at the school before the start of a memorial service honoring Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, Friday, April 17, 2009, in Williamsport, Md. Adenhart was killed last week in a car accident. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)






Chicago Cubs fan Eddie Weingartner holds his goat Billy as he arrives for the Colorado Rockies Chicago Cubs baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Monday, April 13, 2009. A ticket holder, Weingartner was told he would not be able to bring the goat in. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)


 

With the Cleveland Indians winning 20-4 against the New York Yankees in the seventh inning, a fan yawns during a Major League Baseball game on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)


 

 

New York Mets' Gary Sheffield (10) reacts after hitting his 500th home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Friday, April 17, 2009, in New York. (Frank Franklin II / AP)

 

 

In this Jan. 27, 2009 file photo, broadcaster John Madden is photographed at a news conference at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa.Madden, the burly former coach who has been one of pro football's most popular broadcast analysts for three decades, is calling it quits. Madden worked for the past three seasons on NBC's Sunday night NFL game. His last telecast was the Super Bowl between Arizona and Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Chris Zuppa, File)







Gary "Wheels" Wiess of Fayetteville, N.C., throws the discus in the Southeastern Wheelchair Sports Association Regional Games in North Myrtle Beach on Friday, April 17, 2009. The games continued on the track at North Myrtle Beach HIgh School Saturday. The games are qualifying rounds for the national Paralympics Team. The event is free to the public. Photo by Janet Blackmon Morgan / 

Actor and comedian Bill Murray warns fans to stay clear before he tees off on the first hole at the Outback Pro-Am sponsored by Beam Global Spirits and Wine at the TPC Tampa Bay on April 18, 2009 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images for Beam Global)


 

Susan Boyle, who's performance on the television show "Britain's Got Talent" wowed the judges, gives the thumbs up at her home in Blackburn, Scotland, Thursday April 16, 2009. The frumpy 47-year-old, who says she's never been kissed, has gained celebrity fans and millions of admirers - including a fair number of men - since appearing on the show. Her fame has been fueled by new technology, with a clip of her performance viewed more than 12 million times on YouTube.(AP Photo/Andrew Milligan-pa)

 

Former Beatle Paul McCartney, left, poses with George Harrison's widow Olivia, center, and Harrison's son Dhani during a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star dedication for the late Beatle in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

 

Michael Jackson's white crystal glove is seen on display at the Julien's Auctions Michael Jackson exhibit in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Monday, April 13, 2009. Thousands of items owned by Jackson will be auctioned off at starting April 22. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

 

Employees of the Chris Beetles Gallery seen with prints for sale by Cecil Beaton in London, Thursday April 16, 2009. An exhibition of 70 photographs of individuals including Marilyn Monroe, being held centre, Audrey Hepburn, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Greta Garbo are being displayed at the gallery from April 22 to May 16, 2009. Print prices ranging from 1,400 pounds to 8,500 pounds. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

 

A young boy tastes "the Moona Lisa' edible artwork inspired by Ben & Jerry's competition to find their next fairtrade ice-cream flavour at the National Theatre on April 16, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Cannon/Getty Images for Ben & Jerry's)






A member of the security personnel tries to get to grips with a naked cricket fan waving a South African flag during the final ODI cricket series between South Africa and Australia at the Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday April 17, 2009. South Africa won by 61 runs. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

 

A toy blackboard and an icon of the Virgin Mary are seen amidst rubble in the city of L'Aquila, two days after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Aftershocks from the earthquake that has killed at least 260 people in central Italy sent new fears through the tent camps that shelter thousands of survivors, and Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that he would visit the shocked and injured people of the area as soon as possible. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

 

Cars are covered with debris in L'Aquila, central Italy, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The death toll in Italy's quake has risen to 250, officials said Wednesday, as strong aftershocks cause further fear among residents sheltered in tent camps. The Civil Protection said that 250 people have died, including 11 who remained to be identified. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

 

Firemen react after they found the body of the daughter of one of their colleagues in a building which collapsed the day before during a violent earthquake on April 7, 2009 in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila. Aftershocks rocked L'Aquila in the morning, causing new debris to fall off damaged buildings in the central Italian city where the earthquake claimed at least 179 lives the day before. Vincenzo Pinto, Getty Images.

Aerial photo of the earthquake's devastation. Photo: Reuters


 

 

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, sprinkles holy waters on coffins during the funeral service for quake victims in L'Aquila, central Italy, Friday, April 10, 2009. Four days after the major earthquake that made L'Aquila and many nearby towns and villages uninhabitable. The official death toll has reached 287. Pope Benedict XVI urged survivors of Italy's devastating earthquake to keep up hope in a special message delivered Friday at a collective funeral for 205 of the nation's worst temblor in three decades. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

 

A woman reacts as she touches the white coffin of a child, during the funeral service for quake victims in L'Aquila, central Italy, Friday, April 10, 2009. Four days after the major earthquake that made L'Aquila and many nearby towns and villages uninhabitable, the official death toll has reached 287, and most of the victims are here, in L'Aquila. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

 

Relatives of shooting victims Lan Ho and Long Huynh pray outside the American Civic Association on Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Binghamton, New York. A gunman, Jiverly Wong, killed 13 people in a rampage at an immigrant community center in Binghamton on Friday before committing suicide. The family is from Vietnam. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Joanne Dubaniewicz reacts to the footage of Saturday's police standoff being aired on a Pittsburgh news station on April 5, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dubaniewicz witnessed Saturday's standoff from inside her two story home that sits across from Richard Poplawski's residence. Five police officers were shot, three fatally, yesterday during a standoff with a suspect in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh, after police responded to a domestic dispute. (Photo by Ross Mantle/Getty Images)

Wreaths in the memory of three Pittsburgh Police officers who were shot and killed responding to a 911 on Saturday, April 4, 2009 in Pittsburgh are placed on a overlook of downtown Pittsburgh Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Philadelphia police officer Kyle Mallard salutes as the caskets of Officers Paul Sciullo II, Stephen Mayhle and Eric Kelly are taken out of the Petersen Event Center April 9, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The three Pittsburgh officers, Stephen Mayhle, Paul Sciullo II and Eric Kelly, who were killed in a standoff after responding to a domestic dispute on April 4, 2009 were honored in a memorial ceremony. (Photo by Ross Mantle/Getty Images)






People surround a memorial for Sandra Cantu in Tracy, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2009, near the home of Cantu. The body of Cantu, 8, was discovered inside a suitcase in an irrigation pond on Monday, April 6, 2009 after she was last seen at home on March 27, 2009. (AP Photo/paul Sakuma)

Euan Bear (L) and Betty Finn, both of Vermont, sit in the House Chambers with their sign moments before the House convened for a veto override vote for the same sex Civil Marriage law at Vermont's State House April 7, 2009 in Montpelier, Vermont. Hundreds gathered at the State House as the Vermont House and Senate voted to override yesterday's veto, by Governor Jim Douglas, of the state's new Civil Marriage Law. The passage of the override will make Vermont the first state to enact a same sex civil marriage law through legislation, and not a court order. (Photo by Jordan Silverman/Getty Images)

 

Firefighters search through the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of L'Aquila, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy, on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. The death toll from Italy's worst earthquake in three decades jumped to 207 as bodies were recovered and identified. Fifteen people remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)


 

 

Ursula Moran, 8, center, wearing Easter bunny ears, and Leah Corbin, 9, watch as Ursula's mother Nancy Jones puts up a sign they made for their lemonade stand that says "Come Home Safe Capt. Phillips!!" down the road from the home of Richard and Andrea Phillips in Underhill, Vt. on Saturday, April 11, 2009. Richard Phillips, captain of the ship Maersk Alabama, is spending a fourth day as a captive of Somali pirates. (AP Photo/The Burlington Free Press, Glenn Russell)

Anti-communist demonstrators throw bricks at riot police outside the presidential palace Tuesday April 7, 2009, in Chisinau, Moldova. Many thousands of demonstrators attempted to storm the presidential palace and parliament in a violent demonstration against what they said were fraudulent elections.(AP Photo/John McConnico)

A woman is hit with a water canon on the steps of the presidential palace Tuesday April 7, 2009 in Chisinau, Moldova. More than 5,000 demonstrators attempted to storm the presidential palace and parliament to dispute the results of Sunday's parliamentary elections, which the Communists won. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

 

Supporters of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr destroy a likeness of Iraq's former leader, Saddam Hussein, in central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 9, 2009, for a rally marking the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Iraqi capital to American troops.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

 

Pope Benedict XVI holds a woven palm frond as he arrives to celebrate an open-air Palm Sunday mass in St. Peter's square at the Vatican Sunday, April 5, 2009. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, and is the start of the church's most solemn week, which includes the Good Friday re-enactment of Christ's crucifixion and death and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A Christian worshipper prays at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, April 6, 2009. On his first visit to the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories from May 11 to 16. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)


 

 

A man, carrying a bundle of cactus on his shoulders in penance, holds a cross during a procession of penitents during Holy Week in Taxco, Mexico, Thursday, April 9, 2009. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Penitents carry 'El Cristo de San Felipe' during the 'La Amargura' procession in Carmona, Seville, Southern Spain, Monday, April 6, 2009. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (AP Photo/Miguel Angel Morenatti)

 

Legionnaires from the third Don Juan de Austria 111 company carry a figure of Christ on a cross during an Easter Holy Week procession in Malaga, Spain, Thursday, April 9, 2009. (AP Photo/EFE, Jorge Zapata)


 

 

The black faced Morrismen of the Britannia Coconutters, dance boundary to boundary in Bacup, on April 11, 2009 in Lancashire, Northern England. Every Easter Saturday for over a hundred years the men have performed pagan dances to welcome Spring and ward off evil Winter spirits. The Coconutters derive their name from the time when coal miners would wear coconut shells on their knees for protection in the pits. Their blackened faces are to disguise them from evil spirits after the dance has finished and also reflects the coal mining traditions. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle during the Easter vigil mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, April 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)


 

People stand around an Easter bonfire, an old German ethnic custom, in Elbingerode, Germany, on Saturday, April 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Frank Drechsler)

Boys of the Paloc minority, dressed in traditional clothing, pour buckets of water on girls during the rehearsal of a traditional Hungarian Easter tradition, in Holloko, 100 kilometers (62 miles) north-east of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, April 9, 2009. The traditional Easter celebration event will take place on Sunday and Monday. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish worshipper uses special glasses during the special "Blessing of the Sun" prayer at sunrise in the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28-years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in the "blessing of the sun", called the Birkat Hachamah in Hebrew. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

 

An ultra-Orthodox Jew inspects matza to ensure that the unleavened bread eaten in the upcoming Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover) is properly baked, on April 5, 2009 in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem. The week-long festival commemorates the hasty flight of the Jews from ancient Egypt as described in the biblical book of Exodus. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

 

Iranian Jew Heartsel Gidaeian, back to camera, reads a holy book as others celebrate during the Passover holiday in Tehran, Iran, late Thursday April, 9, 2009. All leavened food, such as bread, is forbidden to Jews during the week-long Passover holiday commemorating the Israelites' hasty departure from Egypt. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)



Tom Bodenhagen of Milwaukee uses a metal detector and a scoop to search for coins under the water just off Bradford Beach along Milwaukee’s lakefront. After an hour or so, he had a buck and change and various pieces of scrap metal. He says any metal debris he finds while looking for coins is disposed of properly, not put back into the water. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears

Swans swim on the river Alster in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Monday, April 6, 2009. It has been a tradition since 1674 to round up the Alster swans and keep them under cover until the spring. (AP Photo/Axel Heimken)

 

Polar bear Knut yawns in his outdoor enclosure at the Berlin Zoo, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

Zhang Jie and Zhongni, two six-week-old North Chinese Leopards are seen during a name giving ceremony at Hagenbeck Zoo on April 8, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany. The North Chinese Leopard is an endangered species. No-one knows for sure how many North Chinese Leopards there are in the wild, which makes it rather difficult conserving them. There are only 100 in captivity, and new blood lines are needed in order to continue a healthy captive population of the cats. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)

A group of Humboldt Penquins enters the water area of their new habitat for the first time, Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Twenty of the endangered penguins, which normally inhabit the hot, dry coastlines of Peru and Chile, will live in the zoo's new $6.5 million exhibit, which is scheduled to open to the public on May 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

School children lie on a glass walkway and look down as sharks swim below at the Sea-Life London Aquarium on April 7, 2009 in London, England. The newly refurbished aquarium costing 5 million GBP houses thousands of creatures representing 500 species including the world's largest collection of Cownose rays and over 10 species of shark. Housed in 2 million litres of water with 65 displays the Aquarium is also a leading centre of marine conservation in the UK. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Paula Abdul sits with Sargeant Douglas Cereghin as she hosts the guide dog graduation ceremony at the Guide Dogs of the Desert facility in Palm Springs, Calif., Sunday April 5, 2009. Cereghin is one of seven veterans receiving a guide dog after completing a training course. His new guide dog, Zihn, is in the foreground. Ruth Schumaker, another of the recipients, is at left. Abdul, along with Natural Balance Pet Foods, Petco and independent pet stores across the country, are working to raise funds and awareness in support of guide dogs during National Guide Dog Month in May. (AP Photo/Larry Pao/PETCO)


 

 

Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Police Chief Victor Amato holds a pet rabbit Friday, April 10, 2009, in Marlboro, N.J., that was abandoned in the woods behind the owner's home. The family got the rabbit last Easter. The rabbit, named Hope is regaining its health. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

North Carolina fan John Russell cheers as the Tar Heels takes the court for warm ups before the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship against Michigan State at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday, April 6, 2009. (Eric Mencher/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

 

Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels shakes hands with Earvin "Magic" Johnson, who presented the game ball along with Larry Bird before the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship game at Ford Field on April 6, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. Bird and Johnson are celebrating the 30 year anniversary of their 1979 NCAA Men's Championship game between Michigan State and Indiana State. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

 

A giant U.S. flag is unfurled on the court before the championship game between Michigan State and North Carolina at the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament Monday, April 6, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

 

Delvon Roe #10 of the Michigan State Spartans and Deon Thompson #21 of the North Carolina Tar Heels go after the opening tip-off during the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship game at Ford Field on April 6, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Thousands cheer on the North Carolina Tar Heels while watching UNC's game against Michigan State in the 2009 NCAA championship final at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Monday, April 6, 2008. (Ethan Hyman/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)

 

Michigan State freshmen, from left, Michelle Arthur, Sarah Duffield, Kate Fitzgerald, Lindsay McMillan and Kaitlin Arnold cheer in the Breslin Center, Michigan State's basketball arena in East Lansing, Mich., Monday, April 6, 2009, as they watch the broadcast of Michigan State and North Carolina playing for the championship of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament in Detroit. (AP Photo/Al Goldis

A fan of the Michigan State Spartans supports her team against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship game at Ford Field on April 6, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

 

A North Carolina fan watches the pre-game activities before the championship game between Michigan State and North Carolina at the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament Monday, April 6, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

 

Korie Lucious #34 of the Michigan State Spartans, who played at Milwaukee Pius and Milwaukee Rufus King high schools, sits on the bench dejected in the second half against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship game at Ford Field on April 6, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

 

Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo watches the action during the first half of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship against North Carolina at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday, April 6, 2009. (Harry E. Walker/MCT)

North Carolina head coach Roy Williams reacts during the championship game at the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament, Monday, April 6, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Tyler Hansbrough #50 of the North Carolina Tar Heels celebrates with head coach Roy Williams after Hansbrough was taken out of the game late in the second half against the Michigan State Spartans during the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship game at Ford Field on April 6, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. North Carolina won 89-72. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

 

Michigan State's dream run at a national title came up one game short. North Carolina topped the Spartans 89-72 in front of a pro-MSU crowd at Ford Field. Photo: Julian Gonzalez, Detroit Free Press

North Carolina head coach Roy Williams, center, and guard Ty Lawson (5) celebrate with the trophy after their 89-72 victory over Michigan State in the championship game at the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament, Tuesday, April 7, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

 

North Carolina basketball fans celebrate on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, April 6, 2009 following the North Carolina's victory over Michigan State to win the NCAA college basketball national championship at the Final Four in Detroit. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Former NBA basketball players David Robinson, Michael Jordan, John Stockton and Rutgers women's coach C. Vivian Stringer, left to right, are honored at halftime of the NCAA Final Four championship basketball game after being elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday, April 6, 2009, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

 

Tina Charles #31, Renee Mongomery #20 and Maya Moore #23 of the Connecticut Huskies celebrate the win against the Louisville Cardinals during the NCAA Women's Final Four Championship game at the Scottrade Center on April 7, 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. The Connecticut Huskies defeated the Louisville Cardinals 76-54 to win the national title. The Huskies were undefeated this season. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Led by pitcher Jamie Moyer, the Philadelphia Phillies are greeted as they pass through two rows of fans in center field during opening night ceremonies before the start an MLB baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

Former President George W. Bush returns an autographed ball to a baseball fan from the television broadcast booth during a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and Texas Ranger in Arlington, Texas, Monday, April 6, 2009. Rangers play-by-play announcer Josh Lewin stands at top right. Photo: AP

 

With the stands empty of fans on the scheduled opening day, Mass. Air National Guard Airman Bento Fernandes of Westfield, Mass. catches a ball at Fenway Park during a practice in Boston, Monday April 6, 2009. Due to an afternoon rain, the game between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays was rescheduled to Tuesday afternoon. Fernandes was part of the air crew that was going to fly over Fenway Park in F-15 fighters. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)


 

 

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jered Weaver pays his respect at a center field banner of Los Angeles Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart who was killed early Thursday in an auto accident in Fullerton, Calif., before their baseball game with the Boston Red Sox in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, April 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)






Eric Scarboro of Waukesha eats a brat hot off the grill while tailgating with friends Friday before the Milwaukee Brewers' home opener at Miller Park. Journal Sentinel photo: Mark Hoffman

 

A Brewers fan pats a sign in left field marking the the team's playoff appearance last season. Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu

Jeff Kahlow and his wife, Sandy, laugh with friends while tailgating before the game. It took the Fond du Lac couple about six hours to create their home-opener apparel. Journal Sentinel photo: Mark Hoffman






Brian Lehman of Iowa City, Iowa, (of course) and friends gather in the parking lot before the Brewers' home opener. Photo: Associated Press

 

Rickie Weeks slides in under the tag of Chicago's Koyie Hill to score the winning run Friday against the Chicago Cubs in the Brewer's home opener. Journal Senitnel photos Benny Sieu






John Register, the 2000 Paralympic long jump silver medalist, shows students his prosthesis during a World Sport Chicago sports camp Tuesday, April 7, 2009, in Chicago, as members of Chicago 2016 meet with the International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission. Chicago, the U.S. Olympic candidate city is in the final day of a six day bid for the 2016 summer Olympic games. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Seven-month-old Jacob Goldenberg, from Palm Springs, Ca., stays warm inside his mother, Harmony's jacket while watching golfers on the driving range during practice for the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

 

Mickey Rourke, right, of the film The Wrestler, punches Chris Jericho after being challenged to get up from his seat and enter the ring to fight Jericho during the 25th anniversary of Wrestlemania. Photo: Julio Cortze, Houston Chronicle






An artist performs during Mahavir Jayanti celebrations in Ahmadabad, India late Tuesday, April 8, 2009. Mahavir Jayanti, one of the main Jain festivals in India marks the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavira. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A dessert measuring 22 meters of traditional Arabic sweets, which has in its design the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Palestinian flag, is displayed during a dessert exhibition at a hotel in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday April 7, 2009. The 22 meter traditional Arabic dessert is reportedly going to be nominated for entry into the Guinness Book of world Records. The owner of this dessert, Samer al-Kasir, said he'll send it later to the children of Gaza. (AP Photo/Ola Rifai)

 

A female lowland gorilla digs to the bottom of an Easter basket for treats given to her by her keepers at the Cincinnati Zoo Thursday April 9, 2009. Treats in the baskets included peanuts, raisins, popcorn, sunflower seeds and granola, along with hard boiled eggs placed around the exhibit for the gorillas to hunt for. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

Five-year old Geordan Pilger of Washington, Ill., tries to gather plastic eggs as they float in the AquaPlex pool, Saturday, April 11, 2009 at the RiverPlex in Peoria, Ill, during the annual underwater Easter egg hunt for children.(AP Photo/Peoria Journal Star, Ron Johnson)

A gunman invaded an immigration services center in downtown Binghamton, N.Y., during citizenship classes on Friday and shot 13 people to death and critically wounded 4 others before killing himself. The killing began around 10:30 a.m. and was over in minutes, witnesses said, but the ordeal lasted up to three hours for those trapped inside the building of the American Civic Association, which offers citizenship classes, immigration assistance, personal counseling, family reunification and interpreters. Left, New York State Police officers in an image from television.Photo: WBNG/CNN, via Agence France-Presse

 

After surrounding the building and waiting, officers, who had not fired a shot, closed in and found a sprawl of bodies, 37 terrified survivors and the dead gunman, identified as Jiverly Wong, 42, a Vietnamese immigrant who lived in nearby Johnson City.Photo: Rebecca Catlett/Associated Press

At the gunman's home in Johnson City on Friday night, the police were seen removing a rifle case, a box with a picture of a rifle on the side, and two black boxes that may have been handgun cases.It was the nation's worst mass shooting since April 16, 2007, when Seung-Hui Cho, 23, shot and killed 32 people at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va., then killed himself. Photo: Heather Ainsworth/Associated Press


 

 

This photo released Saturday, April 4, 2009, by the Binghamton Police Department shows Jiverly Wong, the gunman who killed 13 people in a rampage at an immigrant community center. The gunman who killed 13 people in a rampage at an immigrant community center and then committed suicide was wearing body armor, indicating he was prepared to battle with law enforcers, the Binghamton police chief said Saturday. (AP Photo/Binghamton Police Department)

A pair of police officers in tactical gear rush towards the house during a standoff as dozens of other local and state police officers stand at the ready to respond in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Saturday April 4, 2009. A man opened fire on officers during a domestic disturbance call Saturday morning, a police official said. (AP Photo/Tribune-Review, JC Schisler)

 

Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State Police stand at the ready in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pa., where a lone shooter, Richard Poplawski shot four officers, three fatally, Saturday morning April 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Tribune-Review, JC Schisler)

 

A police sniper waits at the ready on a roof directly across the street as tactical officers stand atop an armored vehicle in the shooter's front yard in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Saturday April 4, 2009. A man opened fire on officers during a domestic disturbance call Saturday morning, a police official said. (AP Photo/Tribune-Review, JC Schisler)

 

Dawn BarbouRoske, second from left, of Iowa City, leans towards her partner, Jen BarbouRoske after learning of the Iowa Supreme Court ruling in favor of legalizing gay marriage in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday, April 3, 2009. Between them is their daughter Bre, 6. Their other daughter, McKinley, 11, reacts to the ruling at left. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Christopher Gannon)

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit that challenged Iowa's ban against gay marriage, react after hearing that after the Iowa Supreme Court has legalized same-sex marriage, Friday April 3, 2009 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)






US President Barack Obama, center, back to camera, greets King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, center, before the official G20 leaders group photo with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at London's Buckingham Palace, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Photo: AP

 

South Korean soldiers run as U.S. Army's Aviation Brigade HU-1 Huey takes off during the U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise in Mungyeong, south of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. North Korea is believed to have several nuclear warheads that could be mounted on a missile, an international security expert said Tuesday ahead of a rocket launch that regional powers suspect will test weapon delivery technology. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A British soldier holds a small child, as army piper performs during a handover ceremony in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The British military transferred over coalition command of the oil-rich southern province of Basra to the United States on Tuesday, the latest step toward the full withdrawal of the remaining 4,100 British troops from Iraq by midsummer. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

One of a number of hi-jacked vehicles set on fire, seen, in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, March, 30, 2009. Suspected IRA dissidents and their supporters hijacked cars in working-class Catholic parts of Northern Ireland in an apparently coordinated effort Monday to block roads and threaten police stations. Some of the vehicles were being set on fire in roads to disrupt traffic at rush hour, while others were abandoned near four Belfast police stations and on Northern Ireland's major motorway at the point where it passes Lurgan. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

 

Snow begins to fall March 30,2009 in downtown Fargo, North Dakota. Fargo and the surrounding area were expecting a storm Monday that could bring up to 14 inches of snow and winds that could worsen the flooding. (Photo by Daniel Barry/Getty Images)


  

 

Don Rednick stands in the basement stairs and is reflected in Red River floodwaters in his friend Dick Knutson's basement, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. The water was up to the ceiling and they are in the process of pumping it out. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)






A home is surrounded by water in Oakport Township March 31, 2009 near Moorhead, Minnesota. A snowstorm has slowed recovery efforts as residents of Moorhead and neighboring Fargo, North Dakota try to return to their homes as the Red River begins to slowly recede. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

 

A visitor passes a replication of the sun in an exhibition at the Gasometer in Oberhausen, western Germany, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The exhibition by German Space Agency (DLR) shows spectacular replications and pictures of the planetary system, historic instruments and modern space technology until next January. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

 

A visitor passes a model of Saturn in an exhibition at the Gasometer in Oberhausen, western Germany, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The exhibition by German Space Agency (DLR) shows spectacular replications and pictures of the planetary system, historic instruments and modern space technology until next January. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

 

People demonstrate in the financial district on April 3, 2009 in New York, New York. Dozens of anti-capitalist protesters gathered in the financial district to begin a two day rally against Wall St. and the recent government bailout of banks and financial institutions. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Marine One, carrying U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama takes off from the White House lawn on March 31, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama is on his first visit to Europe and will attend the G20 Summitt in London. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

 

Protesters in masks and suits satirizing bankers gather outside the Bank of England in the City of London in a demonstration against the financial institutions as world leaders from the Group of 20 countries gather for a Summit, Thursday, at the ExCel centre, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

 

Workmen board up the World War I War Memorial in front of the Bank of England in central London's City financial district, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, ahead of potential protests during the upcoming G20 summit. World leaders are gathering in London for the Group of 20 summit amid an unprecedented security operation to protect the meeting from possible violent protests. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Jim McLarty is dressed as the grim reaper as he walks near the New Jersey Statehouse, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., before a rally to protest Gov. Jon S. Corzine's budget-cutting proposals, including eliminating some property tax rebates and enacting worker wage freezes and furloughs. He also wants to eliminate an income tax deduction. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

 

At center, US President Barack Obama, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and Russa's President Dmitry Medvedev, react as they take part in a group photo to mark the G20 summit in London, Thursday, April 2, 2009. Others in the group in the front row are Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud Al-Faisal; China's President, Hu Jintao and Britain's \prime Minister,Gordon Brown. Center left is Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Thailand's Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva is seen top left. At right is South Africa's President, Kgalema Motlanthe while at top right is Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau/PA)

The spouses of world leaders attending the G-20 pose together at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. (L-R) Ban Soon Taek, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Chikako Aso, wife of Japanese PM Taro Aso, Laureen Harper, wife of Canadian PM Stephen Harper, Gursharan Kaur, wife of Indian PM Manmohan Singh, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, wife of U.S. President Barack Obama, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, Sarah Brown, wife of the British PM Gordon Brown, Margarita Zavala, First Lady of Mexico, Svetlana Medvedeva, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Emine Erdogan, wife of Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan, Margarida Barroso, wife of Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Therese Rein, wife of Australian PM Kevin Rudd, and Dr. Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva. While world leaders attended the G20 summit, the spouses have several events scheduled around the city. (Photo by Joel Ryan/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

 

Shira Miller tosses an office telephone while competing in the mock "Unemployment Olympics" March 31, 2009 in New York City. A laid-off computer programmer came up with the idea to lift spirits of the jobless with events including Pin the Blame on the Bosses, a telephone toss and a race to the unemployment office. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

A worker checks the quality of commemorative golden commemorative medal picturing U.S. President Barrack Obama at a mint factory in Jablonec, Czech Republic, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. A total of 500 golden medals are being issued to commemorate President Obama's planned visit to the Czech Republic from April 4 to 5, 2009 during which he will attend the EU-USA Summit. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

 

Schoolchildren gather around a full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle which NASA displayed on the National Mall March 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Orion crew exploration vehicle is scheduled to begin carrying humans to the International Space Station in 2015. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

 

A patch of wildflowers frame Space shuttle Atlantis on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

A worker paints a part of the Eiffel Tower as the famous Paris symbol launches one of its regular makeovers, in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The project requires 60 tonnes of paint and will take approximately 18 months to complete. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

 

Joe Harmon of Mooresville, an NC State graduate student in Industrial Design, has designed and built a car built from 20 different kinds of wood. Non-wooden parts include the windshield, tires, bolts, and the motor and transmission, built from aluminum. The car will be on display at the Food Lion AutoFair at Lowes Motor Speedway. Photo: GARY O'BRIEN - Charlotte Observer

 

Non-wooden parts include the windshield, tires, bolts, and the motor and transmission, built from aluminum.

 

The car is a beautiful object, with its flowing curves and smooth semi-gloss surface.

 

A Filipino woman places her wish notes on a giant cross at Manila's downtown, Philippines on Wednesday April 1, 2009 to dramatize the sufferings and passion of the people as the predominantly Catholic Philippines observe the Holy Week next week. The group scored the present Government allegedly for neglecting the plight of the poor as prices of basic goods and services continue to soar amid the global economic crisis. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

 

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays near a spring where he and others collected water to make matza near Jerusalem, Thursday, April 2, 2009. The water is used to prepare the traditional unleavened bread for the high holiday of Passover which begins next week. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

In a photo provided by the Foundation for the Welfare of the Animals shows hunters killing seals in the Gulf of San Lorenzo, Canada, Saturday, March 28, during the commercial seal-hunt phase. So far this year, 280,000 seals have been killed in the hunt. (STEWART COOK / HO IFAW, EFE / March 29, 2009)

 

Protestors from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, wearing fake blood smeared suit and mask depicting seals, lie on the steps of Canada House in central London, Tuesday March 31, 2009 to urge Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to stop the annual seal hunting taking place on the ice flows off Newfoundland and Labrador. The protesters' backdrop is a parody of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics logo showing a hunter clubbing a baby seal next to interlocking Olympic rings dripping with blood. According to the organizers, this year, as many as 338,200 seals, most of whom are only weeks old, will be shot or bludgeoned to death. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

 

Actress Cloris Leachman unveils the new PETA ad in Times Square on March 31, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Activists from Wildcoast, an environmental organization, dressed as mermaids protest against illegal fishing in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Wildcoast is a California-based organization that protects and preserves coastal ecosystems and wildlife in California and Latin America. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

 

The Jefferson Memorial is framed by Cherry Blossoms, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, near the Tidal Basin in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

 

A young couple photographs their child near cherry trees in bloom next to the Tidal Basin March 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Peak bloom of the cherry blossoms is expected between April 1-5. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Volker Kraft decorates a tree with some 9,200 Easter eggs at the garden of Christa and Volker Kraft, in Saalfeld, eastern Germany, Sunday, March 29, 2009. The Kraft family have decorated their tree with Easter eggs for more than 40-years during the Easter time. AP Photo/Jens Meyer 


 

 

The GEICO Cavemen walks in the "Dressed To Kilt" charity fashion show benefiting Friends of Scotland at M2 Lounge on March 30, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

 

WWE Divas Kelly Kelly (L) and Eve (R) with Ric "Nature Boy" Flair (M) attend the WrestleMania 25th anniversary press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe on March 31, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

 

Catherine Jolley, 17, left, and Chelsea Leach, 18, both members of the Orlando Northeast High School girls volleyball team, wrestle in a wading pool full of Hershey's chocolate syrup in Oakland Park. The girls team, egged on by the boys team, were just having fun to mark the end of the girls season and the start of the boys season. They used 27 bottles of the syrup. (Joe Cavaretta, Sun Sentinel / March 27, 2009)






Well-wishers line the railings in the City Hall rotunda as speakers, performers and elected officials bid Archbishop Timothy Dolan farewell. “You have my love, my prayers, my gratitude, not only for this occasion, but for the happy years among you,” Dolan said. Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu

 

Archbishop Dolan watches a performance by the Glencastle Irish Dancers during a send-off ceremony at Milwaukee City Hall Tuesday. Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu






Goodbye, good luck, and God bless, Archbishop.

 

A women watches on prior to Earth Hour on March 28, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. A WWF global initiative, Earth Hour will take place in over 900 cities and towns in 80 countries to highlight the world's need to reduce emissions as a shared global responsibility. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

 

A home is completely surrounded by Red River flood waters south of Fargo, N.D. on Friday, March 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Pioneer Press, Ben Garvin)

Eunice Guthrie prepares to pack up her personal items after being asked to evacuate from her home Friday March, 27, 2009 in Moorehead, Minn. Guthrie had offered to house those left stranded by the flood in spare rooms, but was now reluctantly leaving her house behind. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Brian Peterson)

 

John Iverson wades through icy water after leaving his home Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Oxbow, North Dakota. Water from the Red and Wild Rice Rivers has started to overtake the small community about 15 miles south of Fargo. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

 

Evelyn Radke is comforted by Anna Charles, right and Ves Marinov as she is evacuated with the rest of the residents at the Elim Rehab & Care Center, Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Fargo, N.D. North Dakota's largest city moved to the brink of potentially disastrous flooding Thursday, with earlier optimism fading as officials predicted the Red River would reach a record-high crest of 41 feet by the weekend. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

 

Michelle Dumont (left) and her church group from St. Cloud, Minn., passed sandbags Thursday, March 26, 2009 to help shore up a dike in anticipation of the crest of the Red River near Fargo, North Dakota. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)

 

Joe Bottrell shovels freezing floodwater that has seeped through a sandbag dike into his neighbors home as the Red River continues to rise, Friday, March 27, 2009, in Briarwood, N.D. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Heidi Fast pushes her shopping cart through a snow drift while grabbing last-minute items at the Safeway in Monument, Colo. Thursday, March 26, 2009. A winter storm blew into Southern Colorado, dropping over a foot of snow and snarling traffic. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Christian Murdock)

A rabbit heads for cover along a snow-covered path at Riverfront Park in Billings, Mont. after a snowstorm moved through the area Thursday, March 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Casey Riffe, Billings Gazette)

 

CBS' Steve Kroft interviews U.S. President Barack Obama for CBS' "60 Minutes" program, in the Oval Office in Washington. Photo: CBS

 

The Water Street offices of  American International Group Inc (AIG) in lower Manhattan March 23, 2009 after the troubled insurer took their name down over the weekend from the front of the building. Getty Images






From left, at table, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York President and Chief Executive Office William Dudley, prepare to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 24, 2009, before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on AIG. CodePink demonstrators are seen behind them. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


 

 

A demonstrator holds a placard during a march for jobs, justice, peace and the climate in central London, Saturday March 28, 2009. Thousands of people joined the march through the streets of the British capital to call on the G20 leaders, who are scheduled to meet in London April 2 for talks on the global economic crisis to 'put people first' and to listen to their concerns.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)






David Dallecarbonare, 42 of Franklin, Ind, helps out Doug Ayers with the charity of a dollar while wearing a sandwich board titled "Hire Me" in hopes of creating contacts to help himself find a job, Friday, March 19, 2009, in Indianapolis. Dallecarbonare was an Operations Manager/Senior Packaging Engineer who lost his job at Valeo Sylvania in January and treats every day like a job as he networks, sends out resumes and looks for any lead to a possible job. "Things are starting to get tight," said Dallecarbonare. For a 10th straight week, the number of people who are continuing to claim jobless benefits increased, fresh evidence that the labor market remains weak despite other hopeful signs that the recession may have bottomed out. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star)


 

Phillp Long, from Antioch, Calif., leaves flowers at the front entrance of the police station in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, March 22, 2009. A man wanted for violating his parole killed three veteran police officers and gravely wounded another in two shootings Saturday, March 21, 2009, the first after a routine traffic stop and the second after a massive manhunt ended in gunfire, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)

 

Flags drape the caskets of Oakland Police Officers Sgt. Mark Dunakin, 40, John Hege, 41, Sgt. Ervin Romans, 43, and Sgt. Daniel Sakai, 35, during funeral services for four Oakland police officers at Oracle Arena on March 27, 2009 in Oakland, California. Thousands of police officers from across the country along with members of the public came out to pay their respects to four Oakland police officers the were killed in the line of duty last Saturday following a traffic stop of a fugitive parolee. (Photo by Tony Avelar-Pool/Getty Images)

 

A U.S. Marine retrieves a parachute from a pallete that blew off course into an opium poppy field on March 22, 2009 in remote Qalanderabad in southwest Afghanistan. A U.S. Air Force airdrop of supplies blew off target, landing on some of the crops and crushing them. The Marines assured the irate Afghan farmer that he would be paid for his damaged poppy in compensation for the accident. The Taliban often extorts a percentage of the profits from the farmers' harvest to fund attacks on American forces, according to the military. U.S. Marines, however, have no mandate to destroy poppy crops and, in fact, rely on local farmers for information on Taliban activities. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

 

U.S. Navy Lt. Obi Ugochukwu checks sick baby Fatima, 8 months, on March 23, 2009 outside the U.S. Marine base in Bakwa in southwest Afghanistan. The child's parents brought her to the base for emergency treatment for a 104 degree fever and seizures. Ugochukwu, the base medical officer, gave the child medicine to reduce the fever and asked the parents to bring her again the following day. Such remote areas as Bakwa, in Afghanistan's Farah province, have no hospitals, and the medical personnel at the Marine base provide the only emergency care in the region. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

In this image from NASA Television, astronaut Richard Arnold II makes a space walk outside the international space station on Monday, March 23, 2009. (AP Photo/NASA TV)




 

Rep. Ron Reagan, R-Bradenton, repels down from the second floor of the Capitol building during National Guard Day at the Florida Capitol festivities, Tuesday, March 24, 2009, in Tallahassee, Fla.(AP Photo/Phil Coale)

 

Danish Member of the European Parliament Hanne Dahl votes from her seat while her baby rests on a blanket on her desk during a session at of the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, France Thursday March 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)

Isabel Kallmeyer, 9, works with her neighbor Caitlin Carson, 6, with the shovel, to fill sandbags that will be piled around the Kallmeyer home in the hopes of holding back floodwaters of the Red River Tuesday, March 23, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Participants work on keeping their dribbles in the parking lot at Rock Springs Elementary School in Denver, NC as they take part in Dribble out Diabetes 2009, an attempt to break a world record for the most people dribbling basketballs all at the same time on Sunday. This was the first year of the event, which included vendors and raffle prizes. All proceeds will benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. DAVID T. FOSTER III-dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com

 

Meghan Duggan #7 and Erika Lawler #13 of the Wisconsin Badgers celebrate the win over the Mercyhurst Lakers on March 22, 2009 during the NCAA Women's Frozen Four Championship game at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Mercyhurst Lakers 5-0. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

 

Forward Joe Krabbenhoft #45 of the Wisconsin Badgers sits on the bench after fouling out against the Xavier Musketeers during the second round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at the Taco Bell Arena on March 22, 2009 in Boise, Idaho. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

 

Marquette guard Wesley Matthews (23) lies on the floor after hurting his eye against Missouri in the first half of a second-round men's NCAA college basketball tournament game in Boise, Idaho, Sunday, March 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

 

The Missouri bench erupted when Marquette's Lazar Haywood stepped on the line on an inbounds play giving the Tigers the ball in their end of the court during the final seconds of the second round game of the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship featuring the University of Missouri and Marquette University in Taco Bell Arena on Sunday, March 22, 2009, in Boise, Idaho. Photo: SHANE KEYSER/The Kansas City Star

 

Jayhawk, the mascot for the Kansas Jayhawks takes pictures with a camera from the photographer row against the Dayton Flyers during the second round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on March 22, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

 

Arnold Palmer moves quickly through a gauntlet of autograph seekers on his way to tee off during the pro-am for the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday, March 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Stephen M. Dowell)

U.S. rider Lance Armstrong sits on the ground in this video image after he took a fall and broke his collarbone during the first stage of the five day Vuelta of Castilla and Leon cycling race to Baltanas, Spain, Monday March 23, 2009, halting his dramatic return to competitive cycling after a three-year retirement. (AP Photo/EFE)




 

People walk by cherry blossom trees in bloom along the National Mall in Washington, on Monday, March 23, 2009. The city's annual Cherry Blossom Festival, whose trees line the tidal basin, began on Saturday March 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

 

Keswick Mountain Festival volunteer Tara Vallente walks on water inside an inflatable sphere on Derwent Water in the Lake District on March 24, 2009 in Keswick, England. The new floating adventure is one of the hundreds of activities available to the public as part of this year's Mountain Festival which starts on May 13. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)


 

 

A model showcases a creation from a line of accessories by Little Shilpa at the Lakme Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2009, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, March 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)

Members of the White House Press Corps watch from a holding room inside NBC Studios while U.S. President Barack Obama appears on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Burbank, Calif. Thursday, March 19, 2009. (AP / Gerald Herbert)

Code Pink protesters hold signs as Chairman and CEO of the American International Group Edward Liddy prepares to testify before the House Financial Services Committee March 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Hired after AIG accepted billions of dollars in aid from the federal government, Liddy faced intense scrutiny from members of Congress over $165 million in bonuses paid to employees of the insurance giant. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

 

A dignitary bows his head as he greets Pope Benedict XVI on his arrival at the airport in Yaounde, Cameroon Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cameroon Tuesday on his first trip to Africa, the fastest-growing region for the Roman Catholic church. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

 

George Gamble is comforted by Lisa Sullivan after hearing the Church of St. Adalbert will close its doors as part of the Cleveland diocese downsizing Sunday, March 15, 2009. A total of 52 churches will close or merge in the next 15 months. Gamble has spent his entire 26 years in the church. He was baptized, made his first communion and confirmation at the church, and came back to work at St. Adalbert School after graduating from college. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Gus Chan)

 

A protester chants slogans outside the venue where former U.S. President George W. Bush was speaking to an invited audience of Calgary businessmen on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. The event was Bush's first speaking engagement since leaving office in January. (AP Photo/Jeff McIntosh, The Canadian Press)

 

Judge Andrea Humer, second left, her assessors and defendant Josef Fritzl, hiding his face behind a blue file folder, prior to the trial of Josef Fritzl Monday, March 16, 2009, at the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria. A man accused of imprisoning his daughter for nearly a quarter of a century and fathering her seven children repeatedly raped her in front of the youngsters, prosecutors said Monday as his trial opened in Austria. (AP Photo/Helmut Fohringer, Pool)

 

Austrian artists Iris Stromberger (L) and Patrick Huber (R) perform in front of the entrance of the court building on March 16, 2009 in Sankt Poelten, Austria. The trial against Josef Fritzl began Monday. The 73-year-old Austrian imprisoned his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her. (Photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)






The space shuttle Discovery and a seven member crew liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Sunday, March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

 

An elderly man warms up his hands during a short break, as he plays accordion to get money for living in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

 

Detainees pray at a U.S. military detention facility Camp Bucca, Iraq, Monday, March 16, 2009. The United States aims to shut down its largest detention center, Camp Bucca, by 2010. More than 9,600 detainees who were captured as national security threats over the last four years are still being held there; at its peak, the prison located 340 miles southeast of Baghdad held 26,000 detainees. Under the Jan. 1 security agreement with Iraq, the U.S. has released more than 1,8000 detainees so far this year and expect to release as many as 1,300 each month. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)




Tina Townsend Greaves, from the U.K., takes a photo during a visit to the crossed swords monument in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 21, 2009. Greaves was one of eight visitors, including Britons and Americans on the first officially sanctioned tour of Iraq outside the semiautonomous northern Kurdish region since the March 2003 U.S. invasion. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

An assortment of newspaper and magazine vending racks sit in an empty lot March 18, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Despite recent newspaper closures, demand for news continues to be high with many people using wireless devices to view news websites. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

 

An undersea volcano is seen erupting off the coast of Tonga, sending plumes of steam, ash and smoke up to 100 metres into the air, on March 18, 2009 off the coast of Nuku'Alofa, Tonga. The volcano, which is situated approximately 6 miles off of the main Tongan island of Tongatapu, is one of around 36 undersea volcanos clustered in the area. There is currently no danger to residents of the island as the gases are blown offshore, and residents noted the eruptions began on Monday after a series of sharp earthquakes were felt in the capital. (Photo by Dana Stephenson//Getty Images)

Lance Mackey drives his team between the Kaltag and Unalakleet, Alaska checkpoints during the Iditarod on Sunday, March 15, 2009. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News/MCT)

A red macaw battles a blue-and-gold macaw for food Monday, March 16, 2009, at the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand. The colorful birds are a popular attraction at the zoo. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

 

A great horned owl, on display by Wrede's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Inc., from Sebring, Fla., looks at the camera, at the Native American Earth Festival at Reed Canal Park in South Daytona, Fla., Sunday, March 15, 2009. The event featured native American dancing, arts and crafts and shows. (AP Photo/Daytona Beach News Journal, Pam Lockeby)

A mother seal plays with a baby seal on the ice of the White Sea in Arkhangelsky region about 1300 km (812 miles) from Moscow, Russia, on Friday, March 13, 2009. Russia remains the only country in the world that permits the culling of newborn seal cubs, known as whitecoats. This bloody hunt should have been banned a long time ago, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin discussing the seal hunt in Russia at cabinet meeting on Feb. 26, 2009. (AP Photo / Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr.)

 

With facecloth on the head, male Baikal Seal Billy performs "a dip in a hot spring" as he holds a sake bottle in a basin with forefoot at a pool of Hakone-en aquarium in Hakone, west of Tokyo, Tuesday, March 17, 2009. It took some three months for six-year-old Billy to master this performance, a traditional Japanese style of soaking in a hot spring. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

 

Two "Olympic Pandas" play at Beijing Zoo on March 17, 2009 in Beijing, China. Eight pandas flown to Beijing last May to add cheer to the Olympics will return to their hometown in southwest China's Sichuan Province upcoming Sunday, a Beijing Zoo official said Tuesday. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

This undated photo provided by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows the blade-like slashing claw from the second toe of the foot, on a Canadian quarter for scale, of Hesperonychus elizabethae. That's what Canadian researchers say they have found, the smallest meat-eating dinosaur yet discovered in North America. (AP Photo/Nicholas Longrich, University of Calgary)

 

Richie Bizal takes advantage of mild weather Monday, March 16, 2009 by photographing large ice formations along Lake Superior's north shore in Duluth, Minn. The 75 year-old retired teacher from Mountain Iron, Minn., left home at 5 a.m. to arrive in Duluth before sunrise to have the best light for making photos, and said "If I get just one good one, it'll be worth it." (AP Photo/Jack Rendulich)

The fountain in front of the White House flows with green water on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in honor of St. Patrick's Day in Washington. Ron Edmonds/AP

 

President Barack Obama, right, receives a bowl of shamrocks from Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, left, on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Gerald Herbert/AP

Anthony Miller of Milwaukee (right) takes a photo of Ian Johnson of West Allis and Alexandra Shlimanoff of West Allis as they participate in St. Patrick’s Day celebrations on Water St. in Milwaukee. Journal Sentinel photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff

 

The Chicago River is dyed green for St. Patrick's Day. Chicago Tribune photos by Abel Uribe. 

Dressed as a leprechaun, Tedi Valentine of Cape Coral, Fla., talks to fans as Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz tapes the number 15, Dustin Pedroia's number, on his back before a spring training game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Fla., on Tuesday March 17, 2009. The Red Sox wore green uniforms in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Valentine works for the players' caterer. Charles Krupa/AP

 

A player of the Gaelic Athletic Association carries the figure of an Irish Wolfhound on his back during the annual St Patrick's Day Parade, as he walks through the streets of Dublin, Tuesday March 17, 2009. The two-hour spectacle saw street theatre troupes, artists, giant puppetry, dancers and marching bands from Ireland and further afield weave across the Irish capital. (AP Photo/Paul Faith/PA)

 

A dog called Shamrock is dressed in a festive costume for St Patrick's Day in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Peter Morrison/AP

Two unidentified women fight near Grand Central Station after the St. Patrick's Day Parade Tuesday, March 17, 2009 in New York. No one was arrested. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Kasper, right, a three-month-old white lion cub, plays with zookeeper Nadja Radovic's hair in the lion's enclosure at Belgrade Zoo, Serbia, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. The cub, an extremely rare subspecies of the African lion, was born December 9 in Belgrade Zoo. White lions are unique to the Timbavati area of South Africa and are not albinos but a genetic rarity. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)

 

Charlotte County animal control officer John Butler snares a raccoon which snuck into Charlotte Sports Park prior to the gates opening for a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cincinnati Reds before a spring training baseball game in Port Charlotte, Fla., Wednesday March 18, 2009. Earlier in the week Butler said a wild pig was roaming around the complex, which borders a rural area. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

United States' David Wright is congratulated by Kevin Youkilis (21), Derek Jeter, second from right, and Shane Victorino after a 6-5 win over Puerto Rico at the World Classic Baseball
game in Miami, Tuesday, March 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)

 

Milwaukee Washington's Terry Taylor watches as his three-point shot misses at the buzzer, allowing Oshkosh North to preserve a 47-45 victory in the Division 1 quarterfinals on Thursday. Journal Sentinel photo: Joe Koshollek 

 

Wisconsin Lutheran coach Ryan Walz lifts the Division 2 championship trophy after his team's victory over Monroe Saturday. Journal Sentinel photo: Joe Koshollek

 

Anthony Bellantoni joins a line of hundreds of people at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in New York. Bellantoni, of Stamford, Conn., is looking for work in administrative support. The number of new jobless claims and the total number of people receiving unemployment benefits both dropped more than expected last week, though they remain at elevated levels and are unlikely to fall substantially in the coming months. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

 

Wheelchair bound Sarah Olson wheels a wagonload of donated food home from an aid distribution site March 5, 2009 in Hugo, Colorado. Eastern Colorado has been hit hard by the recession, as the agricultural economy was already in trouble due to more than a decade of drought. The Care and Share food bank trucks food to the rural community once a month to aid a growing number of residents in need. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

 

An American flag flies over a tent at a homeless tent city on March 5, 2009 in Sacramento, California. Sacramento's tent city is seeing an increase in population as the economy worsens with more people becoming unemployed and having their homes slip into foreclosure. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

 

First lady Michelle Obama, second from the right, hands out meals during her visit to Miriam's Kitchen in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The center provides meals, case management services and housing support to nearly 250 men and women in Washington.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A sign is shown near the dock Monday March 2, 2009 in Clearwater, Fla., where four men, two current NFL players, and two former University of South Florida football players, left from to go fishing Saturday morning and haven't been seen or heard from since. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching a 3,000 square-mile area in the Gulf of Mexico for the missing boaters Marquis Cooper, Corey Smith, Will Bleakley, and Nick Schuyler. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

 

A note to call the Clearwater police sits on the windshield of a pickup truck and boat trailer owned by NFL player Marquis Cooper parked at the Seminole St. boat ramp in Clearwater, Fla., Monday morning March 2, 2009. Cooper, Corey Smith, Nick Schuyler, and Will Bleakley haven't been seen since of heard from since they left to fishing Saturday morning. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching a 3,000 square-mile area in the Gulf of Mexico for the missing boaters. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

 

Nick Schuyler is wheeled into Tampa General after being transported by a helicopter in Tampa, Fla on Monday March 2, 2009. The Coast Guard says former University of South Florida player Schuyler was rescued Monday off the Florida coast. Authorities say Cooper, Detroit Lions free agent Corey Smith and former South Florida player, William Bleakley, remain missing. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Alexandra Zayas)

 

Members of missing fisherman Corey Smith's family embrace after being told the the search for the three missing fishermen will be suspending at sunset after meeting with officials at the U.S. Coast Guard station in St. Petersburg, Fla., Tuesday March 3, 2009. NFL players Marquis Cooper, Corey Smith, and former University of South Florida football player Will Bleakley, have not been seen since they left to go fishing early Saturday morning. A fourth man, Nick Schulyer, also formerly of the University of South Florida, was rescued earlier clinging to an overturned boat. The Coast Guard is searching a 3,000 square-mile area in the Gulf of Mexico for the missing boaters. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

 

More than 300 people gather at St. Monica Catholic Church in Whitefish Bay on Monday night to mourn for Madison Kiefer. The 15-year-old Whitefish Bay girl was found dead last weekend. “She was always smiling,” said one friend. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Rick Wood

 

Mike Kiefer addresses the congregation with his children, Hailey, Bryce and Chloe at Madison Kiefer's funeral Friday. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Gary Wood

 

Relatives of prison inmates wait for news outside a state prison during a riot in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. A fight between gangs after a conjugal visit at a state prison in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has left at least 20 prisoners dead and seven others injured, police said. (AP Photo)

Lisa Pagan sits with her children, Elizabeth, 4, and Eric, 3, at their home in Davidson, North Carolina. Pagan is among thousands of former service members who have left active duty since the Sept. 11 attacks, only to be recalled to service. She filed several appeals, arguing that because her husband travels for business, no one else can take care of her kids.The Davidson mother who reported for Army duty with her two young children will be discharged from the military, her attorney said Monday. CHUCK BURTON – ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO

 

A U.S. soldier shakes hands with an Iraqi girl in a school yard as troops distributed humanitarian aid in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 1, 2009. (KHALID MOHAMMED, ASSOCIATED PRESS / March 1, 2009) 

 

U.S. service members take an oath of citizenship during their naturalization ceremony at al-Faw Palace at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. 251 troops from 65 countries became U.S. citizens at the ceremony. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

 

Georgia National Guard PFC Joseph Barringer of Fort Benning, Ga. spends a moment with his wife Rasheedah before he marches in a sendoff parade and ceremony Tuesday March 3, 2009 in Springfield, Ga. Barringer is part of Alpha Battery of the First Battalion 118 Field Artillery Regiment. The regiment is heading to Mississippi for training before deploying to Afghanistan this spring with the Georgia National Guard's 48th Brigade. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)

 

Family members of slain police officers mourn at a funeral in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. At least a dozen men ambushed Sri Lanka's cricket team with rifles, grenades and rocket launchers Tuesday, converging on the squad's convoy as it drove through a traffic circle near an eastern Pakistani stadium. Terrorists killed six police officers and a civilian. Six players of the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team were injured too. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lays a wreath during a ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Clinton, on her first Mideast visit as the top U.S. diplomat, says the U.S. will work closely with any new Israeli government. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

 

 

An assistant shows the mock 'reset' button that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed over to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, March 6, 2009. Clinton handed Lavrov the block with a red button marked "reset" in English and "overload" in Russian, a reference to a speech by new US Vice-President Joe Biden in January signalling that the Obama administration wanted vastly improved ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, Pool)

 

The shadow of a cemetery worker is cast on reclaimed gravestones in London City Cemetery on March 2, 2009 in London, England. The cemetery is piloting a scheme whereby graves over 75 years old become eligible for reclamation. New interments will be placed into the existing graves, the headstones will be turned around and re-used, carving the names of the newly deceased. Once a grave has been earmarked by English heritage the cemetery must wait one year to see if family members claim the existing grave. By conserving as many memorials as possible the City of London hopes to maintain the historic cemetery landscape and sustain buriel provisions for the future. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Belarusian police academy cadets hold white doves as they prepare to release them, during a ceremony on the National Police Day, in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from left, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Barbara Lee, D- Calif., left, and members of the CBC , from third from left, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., and Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., applaued during the unveiling of the portrait of the late New York Rep. Shirley Chisholm, marking the 40th anniversary of Congresswoman Chisholm's swearing in as a Member of the House of representatives, Tuesday, March 3, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. In 1968, Chisholm became the first African-American woman elected to Congress. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

 

Actor Brad Pitt stands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., prior to their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009, to discuss Pitt's project for affordable, environmentally-sustainable housing for low-income residents of the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Actor Rubiana Ali washes her clothes outside her home on March 3, 2009 in Mumbai, India. Rubiana starred in the Academy Award-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. (Photo by Ritam Banerjee/Getty Images)

 

Milwaukee girl Indigo Dawn Lubotsky, 6, salutes President Barack Obama as he waits to depart the White House. Indigo was on a tour of the White House as part of a family vacation. Photo: getty Images

 

Former President George H. W. Bush fights back tears as he comments on calls he received after former First Lady Barbara Bush's open heart surgery at Methodist Hospital in Houston on Thursday March 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Stravato)

 

 

A climate change protester hurled a cup of green slime over British Business Secretary Lord Peter Mandelson in a shocking security breach Friday. Leila Deen from campaign group Plane Stupid was allowed to walk up to Mandelson unchalleneged and threw the green custard in his face. As he recoiled in shock, Deen calmly walked off still carrying her polysterene coffee cup. First photo taken from Sky News video. Second photo supplied by the aptly named group, Plane Stupid. 

 

The White House grounds in Washington are cleared of snow in front of the West Wing, Monday, March 2, 2009, as a snow storm moved up the East Coast. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

 

Russian traditionally dressed girls fight during a competition in the village of Shuvalovka, outside St.Petersburg on February 28, celebrating a shrovetide, a farewell to winter. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV, AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

 

No farewell to winter here. Noel Spangler shovels in front of his home in the 2800 block of N. Hackett Ave. Monday. Heavy lake effect snowfall blanketed several areas of Milwaukee. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears

 

Ulysses Swift Sr., 75, catches his breath while shoveling out a fire hydrant in front of his Bay View home. Swift says he regularly shovels out the hydrant in front of his 85-year-old neighbor's home. Ulysses had no idea snow was in the forecast and was quite surprised when his wife awoke him and let him know they had to shovel snow. Journal Sentinel photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff






Winter isn't everywhere. Crocuses blossom at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Tuesday March 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

A mountain lion peers down from a tree near Spooner. DNR officials hope to capture the 110- to 120-pound male and attach a radio collar. Photo: Matt McKay, Wisconsin DNR

Andrzej Zdrojewski works on a wooden model of a Harley Davidson Model J 1921 motor bike in his workshop in Lukow, Eastern Poland. Zdrojewski, a Harley Davidson fan makes wooden replicas of bikes and other Harley Davidson gadgets. (AP/ALIK KEPLICZ)

June Pearce, 84, rides on the back of Ron Borowski's motorcycle in Okeechobee, Fla., March 6, 2009. Ron gave June a ride on his bike as a surprise birthday present. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Miller Park ground crew member Brent Grinsteiner is surrounded by blue sky and green grass as the stadium's roof was retracted Friday afternoon for an unseasonably gorgeous day. The Brewers' home opener is April 10, still more than a month away. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Jack Orton


 

 

Team USA’s Ryan Braun (18) of the Milwaukee Brewers is introduced before a spring baseball game against the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday. AP photo

An unidentified naked man sits atop a cross on the West Bethel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles as fire paramedics and police try to talk him down on Sunday March 1, 2009. He eventually came down from the cross. (RICHARD VOGEL, ASSOCIATED PRESS / March 1, 2009)

 

Robert Burck, a.k.a. the "Naked Cowboy," sings while standing on a small clear patch of concrete in the middle of Times Square Monday, March 2, 2009 in New York. A Nor'easter, which dumped up to 8 inches of snow in parts of the city, did not deter Burck from performing for a short while. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)






Not quite as naked, a model displays a creation as part of the Versace Fall/Winter 2009/10 women's collection during Milan Fashion Week March 2, 2009. Photo: Reuters

 

A model shows a creation part of the Agatha Ruiz De La Prada Fall/Winter 2009/2010 fashion collection shown in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)







A model displays a creation by fashion design students of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana during a fashion show in Medellin, Colombia, Friday, March 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)

(I could easily do a Model Photos of the Week blog every week, there's so much strange material).






US singer Tina Turner, performs on stage, during a concert at the O2 Arena, in London, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

 

 

Revelers wearing masks during a parade through the streets of Basel, Switzerland, Monday, March 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Steffen Schmidt)

 

A "Rollin Justin" robot, developed by the German air and space agency, the Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR), mixes instant tea at the 2009 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 4, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT, the world's largest computer and IT trade fair, will run from March 3-8. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The living room area of Barbie's Real-Life Malibu Dream House is shown in Malibu, Calif., Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

 

 

A shoe closet is featured just outside the bedroom in Barbie's Real-Life Malibu Dream House in Malibu, Calif., Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)


AND FINALLY THIS WEEK...






Gotta love this.Cheese boards are becoming more common in Milwaukee restaurants. Diners can savor this great food as an appetizer or a main course. Milwaukee Journal sentinel photo: Rick Wood.

And a leftover that should have been included in last week's blog:

 

President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 24, 2009. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool/MCT)

 

Mary Ann Herrera is seen at her home in San Antonio, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. Under the threat of foreclosure, Herrara asked her brother to paint the words "Help!!" and "Foreclosure!!" on her home recently in hopes of getting assistance. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

 
Bank real estate representative Jim Roethler leans out to cut a lock at a home that was being forclosed upon February 25, 2009 in Security, Colorado. An eviction team moved out the furnature and changed the locks on the house. The owners had stopped making their mortgage payments months before and the bank took over the property. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)


 

Rocky Mountain News staffers Dean Krankel (C), and Randall Roberts embrace in the newsroom on February 27, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Today's edition was the last for the nearly 150-year-old daily, Colorado's oldest newspaper. Parent company E.W. Scripps Co. announced yesterday that the paper would close after efforts to find a buyer failed. Krankel was the News' director of photography and Roberts the administrative editor. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

 

John Bull alias Ray Egan poses outside the LDV van factory in Washwood Heath on February 24, 2009 in Birmingham, England. Self styled campaigner Ray Egan is backing the workers at LDV who could all lose their jobs after the government has told the troubled van maker that it will not bail them out with GBP 30m in loans. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Recording artist Usher talks with House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Rep. George Miller, D-Cailf., Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, in Millers Capitol Hill office in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)


 

 

U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin calls President Barack Obama’s stimulus package a “monstrosity” that will kill jobs. Ryan spoke Thursday at a news conference and the kickoff of the three-day annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. AP photo




United States Marine Corps Captain Bill Heiken, a helicopter pilot, uses his iPhone to take a photograph of a cast of his face at the Quantico Marine Corps Base February 27, 2009 in Quantico, Virginia. Active duty Marines, including Heiken, assumed poses portraying WWI-era Marines while being modeled for life-size cast figures. Heiken's body was cast to look like that of 1st Lt. Bernard L. Smith, a pioneer in the early years of Marine Corps Aviation, as he flew a Curtiss A2 plane in January 1913. The cast figures will be installed in exhibits at the National Museum of the Marine Corps's new World War I gallery scheduled to open in the spring of 2010. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)






Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, ducks to avoid paparazzi outside her mother's home Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Whittier, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

 

Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee, who will replace Cardinal Edward Egan as archbishop of New York greets parishioners at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church after a news conference, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Milwaukee Archbishop-elect Timothy M. Dolan blesses himself at the baptismal font before sprinkling holy water on worshipers at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist for a vigil held the night before his installation as the new archbishop of Milwaukee. The Vatican announced Monday that Dolan was appointed as archbishop of New York. The New York archdiocese, serving 2.5 million Roman Catholics and 400 parishes, is the second-largest diocese in the United States after Los Angeles. Photo: Dale Guldan (MJS)






Dolan enjoys a bit of brotherly banter with his brother, Bob Dolan, on the Weber & Dolan morning show at the WISN station in 2002. Photo: Dale Guldan






Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan walks out of the Cathedral of St. John after a private prayer for Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005. Photo: Benny Sieu

South Korean animal rights activists clad in masks symbolizing meats and meat dishes parade to promote vegetarian food in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. About 400 demonstrators alleged in their statement that "meat production has a devastating impact on the environment" and urged people to take vegetarian menu instead. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)


 

 

Nellie, the world's oldest dolphin living in captivity celebrates her 56th birthday Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, with trainer Melissa Berdine and an ice cake decorated with herring and squid at Marineland's Dolphin Conservation Center in St. Augustine, Fla. Having already lived more than twice the average lifespan of a female Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin in the wild, Nellie continues to eat well, socialize with her peers and interact with with staff and guests. Nellie starred in shows at Marineland's dolphin stadium during the 1950's and 1960's and appeared in Timex watch commercials in the 1960's. (AP Photo/The St. Augustine Record, Daron Dean)

Seattle Mariners' Mike Sweeney (5) and Ken Griffey Jr. jog past autograph seekers while heading to the clubhouse after baseball workouts at spring training Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

 

Matt Raynier (left) celebrates after sinking a basket and wins congratulations from Milwaukee Buck Charlie Bell during the annual Special Olympics Basketball Clinic on Monday at Homestead High School in Mequon. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu 

Matt Kenseth, driver of the #17 Carhartt Ford, celebrates in victory lane with his wife Katie after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway on February 22, 2009 in Fontana, California. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)

 

Tiger Woods watches his drive as he practices for the World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play Championship Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, in Marana, Ariz. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

 

President Obama takes some good-natured ribbing as he watches the Chicago Bulls-Washington Wizards game in Washington Friday night. Evan Vucci (AP)

 

Young probationers, the trainee choristers of Salisbury Cathedral Choir, flip pancakes to mark Shrove Tuesday outside the West Front of the 13th century Cathedral on February 24 2009 in Salisbury, England. Every year the choristers make pancakes to learn about the meaning of Shrove Tuesday, which is traditionally the day that all fats and flesh are eaten up to prepare for the forty days fast of Lent. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Rival teams Up'ards and Down'ards battle over a garden wall for the ball in the annual Shrove Tuesday 'no rules' football match on February 24, 2009, in Ashbourne, England. The centuries-old tradition, played between teams from opposite ends of the Derbyshire town, is played by hundreds of participants trying to get a ball into one of two goals that are positioned three miles apart. The ferocious game then lasts until 10 pm. If a goal is scored before 6 pm, then a new ball is 'turned up' again and a new game started. If the goal is after 6 pm then the game ends for that day and continues into Ash Wednesday. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

 

A rider in the Thoth parade holds his beads before throwing them in the Uptown area of New Orleans Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. Carnival revelers were greeted with good weather for the weekend before Mardi Gras Feb. 24. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

 

SDT Waste and Debris Services employee, Jeremy Licciardi uses a skid loader to collect trash left in the streets from Mardi Gras along Boubon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday morning, Feb. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Brian Lawdermilk)

A parishioner has a sign of the cross marked on her forehead with ashes during an Ash Wednesday Mass in the cafeteria of Holy Name Cathedral February 25, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. Catholics celebrate Ash Wednesday as the beginning of Lent which is considered a period of penance, reflection, and fasting leading up to Easter. The mass was celebrated in the cafeteria because the cathedral was damaged by a recent fire. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

 

Italian actress Manuela Arcuri is sprayed with perfume as she takes the runway during the Luciano Soprani Fall/Winter 2009/2010 fashion collection, presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)




 

Ellen Basinski holds one of her Emeril Lagasse saucepans inside her home in Elyria, Ohio Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. Basinski, 70, chased four young attackers from her home the day before with another of her prized pots which was later taken by police as evidence. After hearing the story, Lagasse is sending a set of his signature cookware to Basinski. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Lisa DeJong)

Brady Jefcoat, 93, strolls past a few gramophones in his extensive collection, in the basement of his home in southern Wake County home in Swift Creek, N.C. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Ted Richardson)






Jonas Brothers fans attends the Jonas Brothers surprise theater invasion at AMC Loews Palisades Center 21 on February 28, 2009 in West Nyack, New York. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)






Pete Ehlers kisses his Milwaukee Brewers tickets Saturday at Miller Park. Some fans had been camping since Wednesday to be first in line. Photo: Jeffrey Phelps, Journal Sentinel

3,200 Army soldiers fill the floor during the send-off ceremony for the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team on Feb. 17, 2009 at the Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wis. The one-year deployment of the Wisconsin National Guard to Iraq will be the largest since World War II. Photo by Corey Wilson/ Green Bay Press-Gazette






Family members and friends stand for the national anthem during the send-off ceremony for the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team on Feb. 17, 2009 at the Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wis.  Photo by Corey Wilson/ Green Bay Press-Gazette

Dozens of the 3,200 Army soldiers salute for the national anthem during the send-off ceremony for the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team on Feb. 17, 2009 at the Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wis. Photo by Corey Wilson/Green Bay Press-Gazette

 

Members of the University of Wisconsin marching band send the 3,200 Army soldiers off with songs during the send-off ceremony for the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team on Feb. 17, 2009 at the Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wis.  Photos by Corey Wilson/Green Bay Press-Gazette

 

In this photo released by the Department of Defense, U.S. Army Pvt. Jeffery Hansen of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, crouches down after launching a 60mm mortar round on a range at Forward Operating Base Lane in Afghanistan on Sunday Feb. 15, 2009. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. David McKiernan told a Pentagon news conference on Wednesday Feb. 18, 2009 that he welcomed the White House's decision to send more combat troops, but cautioned that fighting will be difficult in the months ahead. (AP Photo/Department of Defense, Staff Sgt. Adam Mancini)

Linda Arsenault of Leominster, Mass. stands on the sidewalk as the horse drawn hearse carrying the casket of Pfc. Jonathan Roberge makes its way to St. Cecilia's church for funeral services Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. The 22-year-old private was killed by a suicide car bomber near Mosul, Iraq, while on patrol in a Humvee. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)


 

 

U.S. President Barack Obama smile moments after he signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Bill next to U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science February 17, 2009. Obama signed a $787 billion economic stimulus bill into law on Tuesday as global markets plunged on fears that the recession would deepen despite government action in many countries. Photo: Reuters

 

Traders react in the S&P 500 pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) February 17, 2009, shortly before President Obama signed a $787 billion economic stimulus bill into law. Obama signed the stimulus bill on Tuesday as global markets plunged on fears that the recession would deepen despite government action around the world. Photo: Reuters

Assembly members Hector De La Torre, D-South Gate, left, and Bill Monning, D-Monterey, right, sleep at their desk during an all-night lock down of the Assembly at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. In an effort to get a budget deal, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, locked down her chamber about 3:30 a.m., forcing lawmakers to remain. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

 

New York State Senator Eric Adams stands in front of the New York Post building holding a cartoon that ran in the Post Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, in New York. A New York Post cartoon that some have interpreted as comparing President Barack Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by police drew outrage Wednesday from civil rights leaders and elected officials who said it echoed racist stereotypes of blacks as monkeys. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

 

Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos, center, and family members walk through a crowd made up of family, friends, and members of the news media as they head out of El Paso International Airport Tuesday Feb. 17, 2009 in El Paso, Texas. Ramos had been released from prison earlier in the day. The former Border Patrol agent convicted of shooting a fleeing drug smuggler and trying to cover it up were released from prison Tuesday, about a month after former President George W. Bush commuted his prison sentence. (AP Photo/El Paso Times, Victor Calzada)

 

Xiong Xuhua is taught by her teacher how to clean a room at a school for domestic workers in China's southern city, Guangzhou, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. She majored in English and loved her job as an office worker in China's once-booming export industry. But now Xiong Xuhua is jobless and in training to be a housekeeper, a fate she is too embarrassed to tell even her husband about. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

 

Children play with a ball near a television set equipped with a traditional "rabbit ears" antenna that was set up to monitor a live broadcast, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, in Seattle. Tuesday would have been the day when analog TV signals were turned off, and viewers who lack cable or satellite would have to tune in to digital signals. But when funding ran out for coupons to subsidize TV converter boxes, Congress became concerned that viewers wouldn't be ready, and hurriedly passed a bill to delay the deadline to June 12. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

 

In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a cattle truck that was caught carrying nearly a ton of marijuana is unloaded Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, at the U.S.-Canada border crossing in Sumas, Wash. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Brown says Canadian resident Edwin Fuller was driving the trailer and carrying more than two dozen cattle into Washington state when he was arrested Tuesday after the animals were unloaded, and inspectors found about 1,700 pounds of marijuana, with a street value estimated at $5 million. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

 

People at the beach in Mexico look through gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border fence at Border Field State Park in San Diego Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. The park is often used by families to communicate through the fence. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Robert Skinner surveys his destroyed home Thursday morning, Feb. 19, 2009, in Moreland, Ga., after losing six cars, a tractor and his shop to severe storms that swept through the area southwest of Atlanta Wednesday night. Skinner said he, his wife and son huddled together in their first floor bathroom overnight. One person was killed and at least 7 were injured when tornados, thunderstorms and hail downed trees and power lines in a sweep across Georgia and Alabama, authorities said. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal Constitution, John Spink)

 

A 45-minute time exposure made for circular star tracks is seen over this run-down barn along County Road A near Iron River, Wis., Sunday night, Feb. 15, 2009. During the time exposure, the barn was lit with a battery powered spotlight using a technique called light painting. (AP Photo/Nate Rendulich)


 

People gather to bathe in a jacuzzi, as the sun filters through the mist given off from the warm waters and the snow glistens on the mountains around them, at Lake Lioson, 1,850 meters above sea level, at the Col des Mosses, Swiss Alpes, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott)

 

A man walks in snow on the Great wall of China, north of Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. City authorities said snow which fell on Tuesday was artificially induced in an attempt to reduce the effects of a drought. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

After the California Highway Patrol closed the I-15 during blizzard conditions, Ellen Goldsmith from Gardnerville,, Nev. takes her alpaca Legend for a walk in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County on Monday Feb. 16, 2009. A winter storm that could be the largest of the season blanketed California with heavy rain and snow on Monday, forcing the closure of a major highway and the cancellation of the final round of a national golf tournament. (AP Photo/Walt Weis)

 

Polar bear Knut plays with snow balls, at his enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Two baby Chinese red pandas and their parents huddle together at the Red River Zoo in Fargo, N.D. on Feb. 12, 2009. The pandas are part of the Species Survival Plan, which aims to help ensure the survival of threatened and endangered species. (AP Photo/The Forum, Dave Wallis)

A three-year-old bulldog named Hulk Hogan works out on a running machine in pet shop in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A raccoon with its head stuck in a peanut butter jar is seen on top of a tree in Medway, Ohio Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. A resident used a saw to cut down the tree limb and another man caught the animal. Two employees from Varmint Guard helped remove the jar, then caged the animal and transported it elsewhere for release. (AP Photo/Springfield News-Sun, Marshall Gorby)

 

Sheep meander across Goathland Moor in Heartbeat country on February 20, 2009 in Goathland, United Kingdom. Picturesque Goathland sits in the valleys of the North Yorkshire Moors and is the location for the popular Heartbeat televison drama which may be axed by ITV. Residents have raised a petition to save the series as villagers fear that the end of the show will bring widespread job losses due to the decline in tourism and money being put into the rural economy. Thousands of fans of the drama flock to see where it is filmed every year. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

 

Amber Tegantvoort, left, and David Shirk, both of Seattle, wear body paint as they join protestors from the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals who were dressed as mermaids, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, in Seattle. The group was protesting against eating fish and the use of fish farms outside the Aquaculture America 2009 convention, which is meeting in Seattle through Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

 

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez looks up at photographers after leaving his news conference at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

 

Milwaukee Brewers' Yovani Gallardo throws during spring training baseball Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

 

NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth sprays his team with champagne following his victory in the Daytona 500 Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. The race was stopped on lap 152 due to rain and Kenseth declared the winner. JEFF SINER - Charlotte Observer

 

Shaquille O'Neal #32 of the Western Conference dances with the Jabbawockeez as he is introduced before the start of the 58th NBA All-Star Game, part of 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend at US Airways Center on February 15, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)






Co-MVPs Shaquille O'Neal #32 and Kobe Bryant #24 of the Western Conference are interviewed by TNT's Ernie Johnson after the Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference in the 58th NBA All-Star Game, part of 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend at US Airways Center on February 15, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Alain Robert, a French urban climber who calls himself "Spiderman," scrambles up the 62-story, 283-meter (928 feet) tall Cheung Kong Center, the flagship building of Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing, in Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)






Content developer Louis Buckley plays 'Paper, Scissors, Stone' with robot 'Berti' at the Science Museum in London, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. The robot, a life size humanoid robot, is built to mimic human gesturing, and is on show at London's Science Museum from Feb. 17 to 19. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)




 

Workers roll out red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, in preparation for the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

  

Three large Oscar statues stand under their protective covers along the red carpet outside the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. The 81st Academy Awards will be held Sunday. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

 

Dancers crowded the dance floor during the traditional Opera Ball, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, at Vienna's State Opera. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

 

Wearing wooden masks and with cow bells strapped around their waists these Bavarians defy the subzero temperatures in their leather pants as they participate in the tradtional cow bell ringing procession at Mittenwald, southern Germany, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. They follow a century-old custom during Mardi Gras times. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)


 

 

A dancer performs during the parade of X-9 Paulistana samba school in Sao Paulo, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

 

Revelers cover themselves with mud during the annual 'Bloco de Lama' carnival celebrations in Parati, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)


 

Four-year-old Shaifer Goalen of Galveston screams for beads as the Z Krewe 15th Z Processional passes by on Mechanic Street in Galveston, Texas during the Z Krewe 15th Z Processional on Saturday Feb. 21, 2009. This year's Z Krewe theme is "La Dolce Vita." (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin M. Cox)

Aaron Van Blerkom, 7, of Pasadena, Calif., holds up his letter to President Barack Obama. Aaron is among 150 or more kids ages 5-12 whose "Dear Mr. President" letters and drawings were collected in an e-book available for free download beginning Monday, Presidents Day. A special hardcopy edition will be sent to the White House for their 44th commander in chief. (AP Photo/kidthing, inc.)

And finally, from Michelle Malkin's blog, photos taken by one of her many readers, Al Swanson of a Mesa, Arizona protest against President Obama and the federal stimulus bill: 

 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from left, shares a laugh with, from left, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, during a news conference after the House passed the stimulus legislation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

A line of job seekers snakes around the Whitcomb Hotel as they wait to enter the California Job Journal HIREvent February 10, 2009 in San Francisco, California. With the nation's unemployment rate at 7.6 percent, hundreds of job seekers flocked to the California Job Journal HIREvent job fair where approximately 1,700 jobs from a variety of different companies were available. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

 

Lee Talbott, 9, from Scottsville, Va. was part of a group supporting Americans for Prosperity rally outside the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 during a protest against the proposed economic stimulus. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

 

House Financial Services Committee member Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., center, holds up a letter criticizing a bank abusing some of the government bailout money, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

Peter Hurley of Wilsonville, Oregon comforts his son Jacob Hurley during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill February 11, 2009 in Washington, DC. In January Jacob became very sick after eating peanut products tainted with salmonella. The committee is hearing testimony on recent salmonella outbreaks associated with peanut butter manufactured by the Peanut Corporation of America. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

 

A British soldier passes the Post Office sign at the main British base, the Combined Operating Base (COB), at Basra Airport, on February 10, 2009 near Basra, Iraq. The vast tented camp is home to thousands of British service personnel and is due to be handed over to US forces later this year. British Forces are looking to leave Iraq later this year and the recent peaceful elections has been seen by many as a indicator of just how secure and stable the country has become. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

 

A Palestinian child carries a Palestinian flag and a candle at a vigil to commemorate 40 days since the death of the first Palestinian child during Israel's three-week offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers last month, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. The writing in Arabic is a name of a Palestinian child that was killed in the offensive. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

 

An activist from the women's wing of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party vandalizes a Valentine’s Day hoarding in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. Several ultra Hindu nationalist parties have vowed to disrupt Valentine's Day celebrations in India citing it as an unnecessary western import corrupting Indian culture. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

 

Frank Capley (L) and Joe Alfano watch people speak during a "Freedom To Marry" rally February 12, 2009 at City Hall in San Francisco, California. Same sex couples and supporters of gay marriage went to county clerk offices across the country to ask for marriage licenses on "Freedom To Marry" day, the five year anniversary of same sex unions in San Francisco.(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

 

A U.S. National Park ranger puts a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial February 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. Thursday marked the 200th birthday of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Bruce Ottmer of Albany, New York, holds a painting of Abraham Lincoln, created by his late wife Claire Dunani, during an Abraham Lincoln birthday celebration event at the Lincoln Memorial February 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. Thursday marked the 200th birthday of the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Fourth grade students from the Packer Collegiate Institute, dressed as Abraham Lincoln, exit the subway after visiting a group of senior citizens in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Continental Airlines flight 3407 crashed Thursday night, Feb. 12, 2009 into a neighborhood in Clarence Center, N.Y., near Buffalo, NY. The flight originated in Newark, and crashed about four miles from the Buffalo airport, according to an NTSB spokesman. The plane carried 48 passengers and crew, said the spokesman. He did know know if there were any survivors, or any casualties on the ground. Light snow was reported at the time of the crash. DAVID DUPREY/AP

 

Kangaroos are seen amongst a charred landscape in the aftermath of a bushfire which continues to blaze across Victoria, at Chum Creek near Healesville, on February 10, 2009 in Healesville, Australia. Victoria Police have revised the bushfire disaster death toll to 173, the worst in Australia's history. (Photo by Luis Ascui/Getty Images)

 

A sign aimed at looters outside a home in the town of Chum Creek, near Healesville, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. Suspicions that the worst wildfires ever to strike Australia were deliberately set led police to declare crime scenes Monday in towns incinerated by blazes, while investigators moving into the charred landscape discovered more bodies. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)

Volunteers and fisherfolk attempt a massive rescue, using their boats and hands, to drive away back to the sea at least 200 melon headed dolphins which swam in shallow waters off Manila Bay in Orion, Bataan province about 96 kilometers (60 miles) west of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

 

Local CFA firefighter David Tree shares his water with an injured Australian Koala at Mirboo North after wildfires swept through the region on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. Suspicions that the worst wildfires ever to strike Australia were deliberately set led police to declare crime scenes Monday in towns incinerated by blazes, while investigators moving into the charred landscape discovered more bodies. The death toll stood at 181.(AP Photo/Mark Pardew)

Cheyenne Tree treats a Koala nicknamed Sam, saved from the bushfires in Gippsland, at the Mountain Ash Wildlife Center in Rawson, 100 miles (170 kilometers) east of Melbourne, Australia, where workers were scrambling to salve the wounds of possums, kangaroos and lizards Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. More than 180 people were killed in the weekend's fires, and on Wednesday, the scope of the devastation to Australia's wildlife began to emerge, with officials estimating that millions of animals also perished in the inferno. (AP Photo)


 

 

Ducks find room to swim Monday, thanks to warming temperatures over the weekend that thawed ice on a pond at Whitnall Park and allowed a waterfall to come back to life. Milwuakee Journal Sentinel photo: Rick Wood

 

Uno, the 2008 Westminster Best in Show winner, and Westminster Kennel Club Director of Communications David Frei flip the switch to light the top of the Empire State Building on February 9, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

 

Shannon Scheer grooms her Old English Sheepdog " Iggy" backstage during the 133rd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden February 9, 2009 in New York City. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is considered the most important in the United States. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

 

Heather Whitcomb tries to get her Bloodhound " Oprah" in the bathtub in the basement of the Hotel Pennsylvania on February 8, 2009 in New York City. Competitors and dogs from all across the country descended on New York ahead of the 133rd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Harley, a Long Haired Daschund, takes a rest on owner Alex Davison's lap backstage at Madison Square Garden during the Westminster Dog Show in New York, on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

Alice Kneavel comforts her Irish Wolfhound " Quest" backstage during the 133rd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden February 9, 2009 in New York City. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is considered the most important in the United States. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Stump the Sussex spaniel, who technically retired four years ago, took home Best in Show at the 133rd Annual Westminster Kennel Club show at Madison Square Garden, becoming, at age 10, the oldest to win the award. Photos: Barton Silverman/The New York Times

 

Nineteen-day-old ox "Heart," born with a heart-shaped marking on his forehead, relaxes at Yamakun farm in Fujisawa, near Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. Kazunori Yamazaki, 51-year-old farm owner, said, "Good timing for Valentine's Day." (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

 

The study of Charles Darwin opens up as part of a new exhibition at Down House on February 9, 2009 in Orpington, England. The exhibition at Down House where he lived and worked for forty years marks the 200th aniversary of Darwins death and exhibits rare objects including his original manuscripts and his notebooks he made while aboard the Beagle. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

 

A statue of President Abraham Lincoln stands outside the David Wills House in Gettysburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. The David Wills House is the latest addition to Gettysburg National Military Park, which marked President Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday on Thursday, Feb., 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

 

Actor Derek Mears poses on the press line at the premiere of the feature film "Friday The 13th" in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

 

US actress Michelle Pfeiffer reacts during a news conference for the movie "Cheri" at the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. The 59th International Film Festival Berlin takes place in the German capital from Feb. 5 until Feb. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)

 

In this image released by the U.S. Army, Miss U.S.A. Crystle Stewart experiences her first free fall riding with tandem instructor Sgt. 1st Class Mike Elliott and other members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team "Golden Knights" at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. Also jumping are, Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Schafer, left, Stf. Sgt. Joe Jones and Sgt. 1st Class Dallas Berentis at right. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Joe Abeln)

 

Poland's Marcin Wacilewski fights for the ball with Wales' Joe Ledley, right, during their friendly soccer match Wednesday, Feb. 11 2009, in Vila Real de santo Antonio, southern Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Sir Paul McCartney performs at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Neil Diamond performs "Sweet Caroline" at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

B.B. King poses backstage with his award for Best Traditional Blues Album for "One Kind Favor" at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Matt Sayles

 

Stevie Wonder performs with Joe and Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, February 8, 2009. Photo: Reuters

 

US celebutante, socialite, heiress, television personality, businesswoman, actress, author, singer and model Paris Hilton arrives arrives for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, 2009.  Photo: Getty Images






Carrie Underwood poses backstage after winning Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Last Name" at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2009. Photo: Reuters






Strange, but winning combo. Robert Plant, left, and Alison Krauss accept the award for best pop collaboration with vocals at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)


 

 

Actor James Franco, right, jokingly milks a cow played by student Chris Schleicher while Franco was honored with Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals' Man of the Year in Cambridge, Mass., Friday Feb. 13, 2009. Franco stars in the film "Milk", which is currently in theaters. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)


 

 

A model displays a outfit in the Barbie Runway Show during the 2009 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York February 14, 2009. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images


 

 

Couples kiss durig a massive wedding in Mexico City, on February 14, 2009. 700 couples got married in a civil ceremony during Valentine's Day. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

 

A pair of "kiss fishes" kiss in a sealed plastic bag at a tropical fish market in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. The tropical fishes are sold as a popular Valentine's Day gift at the market. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

 

A model with body-painting promotes jewellery at a shop on the eve of Valentine's Day on February 13, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Valentine's Day is a traditional boom to flower sellers across the country. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

 

A woman carries bouquets of red roses in New Covent Garden Flower Market on February 11, 2009 in London, England. New Covent Garden Flower Market is London's premier wholesale market, stocking the widest range of flowers, plants and foliage in the UK. British people spend around 50 million GBP on flowers and plants for Valentines, 99% of which is spent on flowers, with an estimated 9 million roses given. The week running up to St Valentines day is one of the busiest times of the year. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A woman smiles at a pair of male mannequin's legs sticking out of the snow drift outside the Shelby Floral Shop in Shelby, Ohio, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 a few days before Valentine's Day. (AP Photo/Mansfield News Journal, Dave Polcyn)

 

Congressional Joint Economic Committee staff member moves a chart measuring job loss during a committee hearing on the employment situation on Capitol Hill February 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Labor Department reported that unemployment hit a new high of 7.6-percent as 598,000 jobs were lost in the month of January. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

 

Cheryl Fellows, 47, of Germantown, Md., searches for jobs on a computer at the Germantown Public Library on Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. "I'm looking for electrical jobs, plumbing, I'll do any kind of manual labor like that," says Fellows, a mortgage broker who has been out of work since April 2008, "it's really bad out there." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Neighborhood residents receive free bread from Hunger Network of Cleveland volunteers in a church basement on the city's west side, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. Unemployment rose to 7.6 percent with the loss of 598,000 jobs in January increasing the ranks of families needing assistance. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

 

Corey Silverstein, center, executive vice president of the children's wear company Kids Headquarters, speaks at a protest rally of garment manufacturers and workers in New York, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2009. Silverstein stood next workers carrying signs "save our jobs" and join the call for congress review new federal regulations on lead from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to start Feb. 10. Manufacturers say the new rules could cost the city "upwards of 4000 jobs." (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)

 

Firefighters battle a fire in the *** loft at Holy Name Cathedral on State Street and Chicago Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, Wednesday, February 4, 2009. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

 

A man, suspected of kidnapping and killing American tourist Sara Kuszak, sits shackled in a cell inside a police station in Fajardo, eastern Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. Kuszak, who was pregnant, was killed Wednesday morning, after being stuffed into the trunk of a car from which she made a desperate call for help. About an hour later, she was found dead with her throat slashed. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Some of the approximately 200 convicted illegal immigrants as they arrive at their new part of the jail, handcuffed together and moved into a separate area of Tent City, on orders from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, for incarceration until their sentences are served and they are deported to their home countries Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

 

Latticia Gaffney, widow of Corp. Charles P. Gaffney, Jr., watches as her twin daughters Mia and Cara Gaffney receive a flag during their father's funeral at Arlington Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Gaffney Jr., 42, of Phoenix, died Dec. 24 in Paktika, Afghanistan, when his combat outpost was hit by enemy rocket fire. He was assigned to Fort Campbell. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

 

A nurse helps a US soldier with sterile covers for his boots, during a visit to a maternity hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. US and Iraqi forces distributed gifts for the newborn babies in the government-owned hospital which reopened on Jan. 18 following refurbishment.(AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

 

A man wearing a mask in the likeness of President Barack Obama gives fake money away during an anti-abortion protest in front of the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Al Donst, of Belvedere, N.J. wears a groundhog with an American flag on his hat as he waits at Gobbler's Knob in the predawn hours for the weather predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil to be pulled from his stump on Groundhog Day, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Punxsutawney, Pa. The Groundhog Club said Phil saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ben Hughes, handler of the weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, holds Phil after removing him from his stump at Gobbler's Knob on Groundhog Day, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Punxsutawney, Pa. The Groundhog Club said Phil saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A Black Cab drives through the snow along Bayswater Road on February 2, 2009 in London, England.The United Kingdom has suffered its heaviest snowfall since the 1990's. The heavy snow has disrupted many parts of the London transport network, and hundreds of school have been forced to close. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

 

A snowman is seen next to the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Children play with an ice sculpture ahead of the opening of the 60th Sapporo Snow Festival at Odori Park on February 4, 2009 in Sapporo, Japan. The 60th Sapporo Snow Festival takes place from February 5 to 11, with more than 2 million tourists expected to visit the festival. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)







Cardinals in the Charlotte snow. Reader-submitted photo: Charlotte Observer

 

Members of Japan's Self Defence Force stand in front of a snow castle ahead of the opening of the 60th Sapporo Snow Festival at Odori Park on February 4, 2009 in Sapporo, Japan. The 60th Sapporo Snow Festival takes place from February 5 to 11, with more than 2 million tourists expected to visit the festival. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)

 

An empty chair sits by the docks near Cupertino Park along Milwaukee’s South Shore on Monday. The city’s trend of sub-freezing weather is continuing, so the floor won’t melt out from beneath the chair anytime soon. Journal Sentinel photo: Jeffrey Phelps.






Doug Oldiges breaks the ice around his horse, Pencil, as firefighters and members of the Northern Kentucky Large Animal Rescue Team arrive at the scene after Pencil fell through the ice on a pond on Oldiges' farm in Melbourne, Ky, on Wednesday Feb. 4, 2009. The horse was safely rescued. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Patrick Reddy)

 

"I'm a nut. I hadn't golfed in two days," said Rich Hunter of Murrells Inlet as he hit the links at Indian Wells Golf Course for a morning round. "I'm from the north so it doesn't bother me." Photo by Steve Jessmore, Myrtle Beach Sun News

 

The Klement’s Racing Sausages were on hand Wednesday to oversee the loading of equipment at Miller Park for the cross-country truck trip to the Milwaukee Brewers’ spring training facility in Arizona. Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report Feb. 14, while all other players can report Feb. 17. One question, though. Where's Chorizo? Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu

 

A competitor scrambles in the mud under barbed wire during the Tough Guy Challenge 2009 at South Perton Farm on February 1, 2009 in Wolverhampton, England. The biannual event to raise cash for charity challenges thousands of international competitors to run through a gruelling set of 21 obstacles including water, fire and tunnels after a lengthy run at the start. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

A model wears a dress with a portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama and the legend "Change", during the Italian fashion designer Gattinoni spring-summer 2009 high fashion show, unveiled in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

 

A model in a Barbie costume poses with a matching Barbie doll in the exhibition booth of the US company Mattel during a press preview on the eve of the international toy fair in Nuremberg, southern Germany, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. The Barbie doll celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Some 2,700 exhibitors from 60 countries present their latest toy products until Feb. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)

 

Steven Morgan poses for a picture that will be combined with a drawing of Spider-Man at the Comic Con in New York, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A line of people waiting for free Grand Slam breakfasts wraps around a Denny's restaurant in Irvine, Calif. a few minutes after 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. The restaurant chain is giving away the free Grand Slams, which include pancakes, eggs, bacon strips and sausage links, on Tuesday between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. in an effort to reacquaint customers with its brand and showcase its meals as value-friendly options for cash-conscious consumers. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Mark Rightmire)


 

 

Tilden Hagan, 25, staffs doughnuts into his mouth along with 5,000 runners who participated in the Krispy Kreme Challenge. Just over 5,000 runners participated in the Krispy Kreme Challenge. The annual, student-operated race, which began in 2004 with 10 runners, benefits the NC Children's Hospital. The event begins and ends at the NC State Bell Tower, but runners must make a stop at the Krispy Kreme store on Peace St. in Raleigh and consume a dozen glazed doughnuts. The goal is to complete the 4-mile round trip run in an hour. COREY LOWENSTEIN - Charlotte Observer

Budapest Zoo's 18 year-old polar bear (Ursus maritimus) Vitush plays with a floating ball in his pool in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

A hare runs in a snow covered field near the village of Karpavichi, some 50 km (31 miles) north of Minsk, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Nancy Heaslip of the Department of Environmental Conservation, inserts a radio transmitter into a little brown bat in an abandoned mine in Rosendale, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. White nose syndrome is killing more bats over a larger area this winter, reaching south into New Jersey and Pennsylvania and leaving caves in hard-hit areas like New York with decimated bat populations. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)


 

 

Charley Hoffman uses binoculars attempting to identify his golf ball that was believed to be lodged in a pine tree on the first hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines during the third round of the Buick Invitational golf tournament Saturday Feb. 7, 2009 in San Diego. Hoffman was unable to identify his ball and suffered a two shot penalty. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

A golf ball believed to belong to golfer Charlie Hoffman is lodged in a pine tree on the first hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines in the third round of the Buick Invitational golf tournament Saturday Feb. 7, 2009 in San Diego. Hoffman was unable to identify the ball as his and returned to the tee with a two shot penalty. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

 

Pro Bowl NFC New York Giants teammates punter Jeff Feagles, left, and kicker John Carney, right, wear what look to be replicas of period football helmets during practice at Kapolei High School. RICHARD AMBO | THE HONOLULU Advertiser 


 

 

Green Bay Packer defensive back Al Harris played a computerized guitar with young patients at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children Thursday. The NFL stars, in town for Sunday's Pro Bowl game at Aloha Stadium, met youthful fans, signed hats and presented gifts. Photo by JEFF WIDENER | The Honolulu Advertiser

Six-year-old Tyler Martinez gets a "high five" from NFL player Chris Snee at Kapiolani Medical Center. Tyler's aunt, Paula Martinez, keeps him company. Photo: Jeff Widener, Honolulu Advertiser.


 

 

Austin Shelton, 2, of Danville, Calif., picks up the manager's phone iin the San Francisco Giants duguout during an open house for baseball fans at AT&T park in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

 

Patrick Thibodeau, team manager for the Cumberland, Maine Greely High basketball team, fulfills a longtime dream as he is introduced as part of the starting lineup for the team's final home game of the season. Thibodeau, who has Down Syndrome, nailed a 3-pointer at the final buzzer against Gray-New Gloucester High School. His father (in wheelchair at right), recovering from a stroke, was released from the hospital to watch the game. (AP Photo/Kevin Morris)

AND FINALLY,

Photos from last Sunday's big game!

 

In his State of the State, Gov. Jim Doyle said, “Staying even is the new increase,” referring to state expenditures.
Journal Sentinel photo: Joe Koshollek

 

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich reaches to sign an autograph after leaving "The View," Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

 

Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to media as he arrives at his home, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

 

An Iraqi soldier shows his ink stained finger given after he voted ahead of the scheduled elections this Saturday on January 28 2009 in Basra, Iraq. All Iraqi security forces, hospital patients and prison inmates were allowed to vote ahead of the elections on January 31. Many areas in Iraq are preparing for provincial elections which are being closely watched as a way of evaluating how peaceful and stable the country now is. British forces, who are restricting all vehicle movements during the election period, are due to withdraw from Iraq's second city Basra later this year and the results will also determine how quickly the number of US troops serving in Iraq can be brought down too. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Children embrace a returning soldier after he arrived from Iraq January 28, 2009 to Fort Carson, Colorado. A group of about 200 soldiers from a total of about 3,800 troops from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team are coming home after their 15-month tour of duty in Iraq. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

 

Stacy Sander kisses her husband Ssg. Mike Sander after he and about 200 other soldiers returned January 28, 2009 to Fort Carson, Colorado. The rest of about 3,800 members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team are also coming home after their 15-month tour of duty in Iraq. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)


 

 

Frank Buckles, who turns 108 on Sunday, February 1, 2009, is the last living American World War I veteran, January 27, 2009, in Charles Town, West Virginia. (Laurence Kesterson/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

 

A man searches for names on a memorial wall, which identifies tens of thousands of Hungarian Holocaust victims in the Holocaust Memorial Center, housed in a former synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. Tuesday was the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is designated by the United Nations General Assembly to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. On Jan. 27, 1945 the largest Nazi death camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland) was liberated by Soviet Red Army. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

 

Cranes work above the north pool, lower right, of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center site Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 in New York. When finished, waterfalls will cascade down the four sides into a reflecting pool. The pool marks the site of 1 World Trade Center, which was destroyed Sept. 11, 2001. The Freedom Tower, lower left, is also under construction. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

 

Pope Benedict XVI watches as a catholic youth releases a white dove as a symbol of peace from the his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square during his Sunday Angelus blessing on January 25, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano Vatican Pool via Getty Images)







Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, center, is congratulated by supporters after the announcement that he had been elected the first black Republican National Committee chairman by the RNC during their winter meetings, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 in Washington. Steele was the most moderate candidate in the field and was considered an outsider because he's not an RNC member. He beat back four challengers, including incumbent Mike Duncan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Abortion activists with opposing viewpoints clashed Saturday at Park and Regent streets where a planned UW/Meriter abortion clinic will offer abortions through the 22nd week of pregnancy. Photo: John Maniaci/Wisconsin State Journal


 

 

Indonesian children look up through x-ray film sheets to watch a solar eclipse in the sky in Anyer Beach, Banten province, Indonesia , Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

 

The moon is obscuring part of the sun over a statue during solar eclipse in Mundul Kiri province, about 520 kilometers (315 miles) northeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

 

A phenomenon known as "light pillars" spreads across the night sky over Victor, Idaho, on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. The colorful columns form when light from the ground reflects off flat snow crystals descending through very cold air. (AP Photo / Jackson Hole News&Guide, Bradly J. Boner)

 

Andrea Kepic of Griggstown section of Franklin Twp., N.J. poses for a portrait on her property, which she discovered is covered with at least 100 dead Starling birds on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. Kipec and other area residents said police told them about an e-mail from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that discussed a program to poison blackbirds and starlings, but they were unaware of specific details. (AP Photo/Home News Tribune, Andrew Miller)

A 16 foot high sculpture of a polar bear and cub, afloat on a small iceberg on the River Thames, passes in front of Tower Bridge on January 26, 2009 in London, England. The sculpture was launched to provide a warning to members of parliament of the dangers of climate change and to launch a new natural history television channel. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

 

Barbara Burk drinks her morning coffee at home surrounded by her pet Siberian Lynx, Sasha, and her goat, Sammi in Southwest Ranches, Florida. (Susan Stocker/Sun Sentinel/MCT)

 

Four of five pure-bred Boston Terrier puppies surrendered to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are seen at the shelter in Methuen, Mass. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. The puppies were surrendered along with their parents, Gizmo and Sasha, after animal control officers in Lawrence, Mass. found them living in deplorable conditions and suffering from multiple medical issues. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Live flamingos wade in the pool at The South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee 2010 booth in the Super Bowl XLIII Media Center in downtown Tampa, Florida, Thursday, January 29, 2009. (Joe Rimkus Jr./Miami Herald/MCT)






Michael Redd grabs his knee during the Bucks-Kings game 1/24/09. Redd was lost for the season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament. AP photo

 

Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol (R), of Spain, shoots against brother Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol during the second half of NBA basketball action in Memphis, Tennessee January 31, 2009. The Lakers defeated the Grizzlies 115-98. Photo: Reuters

 

Wake Forest forward James Johnson (23) puts up last second shot to win the game over Duke 70-68 at Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, NC Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009.
CHUCK LIDDY-Charlotte Observer


 

 

Stephen Schomaker works on an Super Bowl XLIII sand sculpture outside the stadium in Tampa,Fla. on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. The sculpture took almost three days to create, using 50 tons of sand. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

 

Renee Sapp, left, of Arthur Murray Dance Studios shows Arizona Cardinal defensive tackle Alan Branch some dance moves during Media Day for Super Bowl XLIII at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, Tuesday, January 27, 2009. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)


 

 

Pittsburgh Steelers fan Gee Schwalenstocker of Pittsburgh, celebrates with fellow fans at the team's hotel in Tampa, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. The Steelers face the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday in Tampa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

 

Serena Williams, left, of the United States and her sister Venus attempt to return the same ball to Japan's Ai Sugiyama and Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia during the Women's doubles final at the Australian Open Tennis Championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

 

A video grab released January 26, shows firefighters releasing a driver on a stretcher after his car landed in the roof of a church on late January 25, in Limbach-Oberfrohna, eastern Germany. The 23-year-old driver was badly injured, after he drove probably too fast, slipped off the road up to a bank that operated like jump-off platform and flew 35 meters through the air and stopped in the roof. Cranes lifted the car out of the church. (AUDIOVISION/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

 

Actor Tom Cruise, centre waves outside the Teatro Real before the Spanish premier of his movie "Valkyrie" in Madrid Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009. In "Valkyrie," Cruise plays Col. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, the aristocratic army officer who was among those executed after a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944.(AP Photo/Paul White)

An Oscar statuettes sits in the plating room at R.S. Owens & Company January 27, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. R.S. Owens manufactures the Oscar statuettes which are presented at the annual Academy Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

 

John Qi, member of China's team, prepares a dessert during the World Pastry Cup in Lyon, central France, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Twenty two countries are participating in the contest, as part of the Sirha, the International Hotel Catering and Food trade Exhibition. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

 

Chefs serve what they claim to be the world's largest cheesecake in Mexico City, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. The chefs hope to win a Guinness World Record. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

 

A man looks at his reflection in an untitled work by artist Anish Kapoor at a Sotheby's preview on January 28, 2009 in London, England. The upcoming sale of Impressionist and Modern Art including works by Degas, Modigliani and Kirchner will take place on February 3, 2009 at the auction house. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

 

A model presents an ensemble as part of the On Aura Tout Vu Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2009 collection, by French designers Livia and Yassen in Paris, Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

 

In this image released by Tuaca, artist Joanne Gair, left, puts the finishing touches on a suit of body paint on Brazilian model Gabriela Dias backstage before a promotional event for the upcoming Tuaca Body Art Ball Evolution tour at Cue Art Foundation, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, in New York. Scheduled to visit nine cities throughout the United States, Tuaca Body Art Ball Evolution is a choreographed stage show featuring painted performers that transforms the human body into a canvas. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, Tuaca)

 

People camp out at the Washington Monument on the National Mall in anticipation of the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

 

People fill the National Mall all the way back to the Washington Monument in the early morning hours before the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

 

Huge crowds braved the cold morning. People staked out spots on the National Mall before dawn. DAVID STEPHENSON – MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE PHOTO

The presidential seal is affixed on the door of the new presidential limousine that will take President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama from the White House to the inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Vice-President Dick Cheney is wheeled out of the White House with Vice-President-elect Joe Biden, as they depart through the North Portico of the White House, the inauguration January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama will be sworn in as the first African-American president of the U.S. (Photo byLeslie E. Kossoff-Pool/Getty Images)

 

President George W. Bush greets Sasha Obama at the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America on the West Front of the Capitol January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

 

Barack H. Obama (L) is sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts as the 44th President of the United States of America at the Capitol January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. (Photo by Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama, right, is congratulated by daughter Sasha, lower left, as first lady Michelle Obama looks on after taking the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

 

Former President George W. Bush, right, hugs President Barack Obama after Obama was sworn in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

 

President Barack Obama gives his inaugural address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Martin Kritzer, 72, salutes during the playing of "God Bless America" after Barack Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States of America, Beachwood, Ohio, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Senior citizens at Menorah Park Retirement center in Beachwood watched in the Creative Arts Center. (AP Photo/Scott Shaw, The Plain Dealer)

U.S. Army Sgt. James Bishop, center, and other soldiers from the 229th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. "My mother always wanted to be here," said Bishop, 39, an African-American from Washington, D.C., who wiped away tears as he watched. "She always wanted this to happen, and she said it was going to happen one day," he said. "Unfortunately, she passed before this time came." Across Iraq, many of the 140,000 U.S. service members here watched the inaugural ceremony on television sets in dining halls and break rooms or on the Web at large installations with Internet service. AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) 6:26 p.m. ET, 1/20/09

 

Miss America contestants lock arms outside Planet Hollywood hotel-casino in Las Vegas and watch a television broadcast of President Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill)

President Barack Obama stands alongside his wife, Michelle, as Vice President Joe Biden salutes alongside his wife, Jill, as former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, leave the US Capitol aboard a military helicopter after Obama was sworn in as the 44th President in Washington Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)


 

 

Former President George W. Bush looks out over the U.S. Capitol as his helicopter departs Washington, D.C. January 20, 2009, for Andrews Air Force Base following the inauguration ceremonies for President Barack Obama. (ERIC DRAPER/AFP/Getty Images)




 

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama look to the crowd at the Youth Inaugural Ball at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

 

'At Last' may have been just what President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were thinking as they glided through their first inaugural dance to the Etta James classic.

 

Joe Kelly, project manager with WW Contractors, removes the official portrait of President George W. Bush from the lobby of the Russell B. Long Courthouse and Federal Building in Baton Rouge Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Courthouse employees do not expect the official portrait of President Obama to arrive until March, although the image, captured for the first time with a digital camera, is available online now. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Richard Alan Hannon)

 

US President Barack Obama retakes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts in the Map Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night at the White House -- a rare do-over. The surprise moment came in response to Tuesday's much-noticed stumble, when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which prompted Obama to do so, too. (AFP Photo / The White House / January 21, 2009)

 

Children play an electronic game in the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church during Sunday services the day before Martin Luther King Day and two days before the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama January 18, 2009 in Montgomery Alabama. Dr. King was pastor of the historic church from 1954-1960 which became a gathering place for the civil rights movement. Obama will become America's first black president 45 years after Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" civil rights speech in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

 

A President Lincoln look-a-like takes part in a Martin Luther King Day march in San Antonio, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

 

With Jersey City in the background, a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 rests on a barge on the Hudson River in New York, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, after being lifted from the water late Saturday night. The aircraft was moved to an undisclosed location for inspection by National Transportation Safety Board investigators. (AP Photo)

 

A worker looks into the damaged right engine of the US Airways Airbus A320 that made an emergency landing Thursday in the Hudson River as the plane sits on a barge after being lifted out of the river in New York, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

 

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who landed in New York's Hudson River with all onboard escaping safely, attends a celebration in his honor on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, in Danville, Calif. At left is his wife Lorrie Sullenberger. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

 

A crowd of people gathers to honor US Airways pilot Chelsey B. Sullenberger III at a celebration in his honor January 24, 2009 in Danville, California. Captain Sullenberger, who has been hailed as a hero, was honored for guiding his crippled airliner to safe landing in the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 on board on January 16. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

 

A rainbow is seen over the northern Gaza Strip, from the Israel-Gaza Border, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip were ordered to hold their fire early Sunday after Israel announced a unilateral cease-fire meant to end three devastating weeks of war against militants who have terrorized southern Israel with rocket barrages. But hours after the truce took hold, militants fired rocket salvoes into two Israeli communities, threatening to reignite the violence. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

 

1/20/09 A child's joy is reflected in the year's first snowfall and day off from school Tuesday on a snow covered window on Pinafore Drive in east Charlotte. Photo: Jeff Siner, Charlotte Observer


 

 

Ice climbers edge their way up an icy face on Frankenstein Cliff in Harts Location, N.H., Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

 

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison participate in snowball fight on Bascom Hill Saturday Jan. 24, 2009, in Madison, Wis. When a whistle blows Saturday afternoon, University of Wisconsin-Madison students will begin pelting each other with snowballs in a fight they hope will go down in history. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)






Jane Elliott washes a homeless man's feet at the Common Ground Church in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Once a week volunteers wash and scrub the feet of Atlanta's homeless. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)







The Arizona Cardinals' Antonio Smith celebrates a 32-25 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona, Sunday, January 18, 2009. (Ron Cortes/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

 

Arizona Cardinals fans hold up signs during the NFC championship game between the Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles on January 18, 2009 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

 

Baltimore Ravens' Jim Leonhard (former UW Badger) returns a punt 45 yards against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second quarter of the NFL AFC championship football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu (43) celebrates his interception for a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday, January 18, 2009. The Steelers defeated the Ravens, 23-14. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

Baltimore Ravens running back Willis McGahee is carried off the field on a stretcher after being hit by Pittsburgh Steelers' Ryan Clark after a pass catch in the fourth quarter of the NFL AFC championship football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

 

Army Spec. Gwen Beberg gets a kiss from her dog Ratchet after returning to the States from duty in Iraq and being reunited with her parents Pat and Ted Beberg and Ratchet. Beberg fought the military to get the dog out of Iraq and online petitions set up to encourage Ratchet's release garnered over 77,000 signatures. Photo: David Joles, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

 

A small black Labrador Retriever leaps for a soft frisbee during Working Dog Weekend at Lake Farmpark Metropark in Kirtland, Ohio. The Labrador retriever is the people's choice among purebred pooches in the U.S. for the 18th straight year, the American Kennel Club said Wednesday Jan. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta/file)


 

 

Dachshunds and a Chihuahua line the seawall as they wait to have their picture taken during the South Beach Dachshund Winterfest Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Bethyl, a Kodiak bear enjoys a fresh salmon as she celebrates her 32nd birthday at Taronga Zoo on January 19, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Bethyl is one of the oldest Kodiak Bears in the world. In the wild Kodiak bears normally live between 15 to 30 years. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House January 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. Bush spent nearly an hour fielding questions during his last news conference as president of the United States before President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in on January 20. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

 

In this handout image provided by the White House, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney signs the inside of the top drawer of his desk in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building January 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. The desk, constructed in 1902 and first used by President Theodore Roosevelt, has been signed by various presidents and vice presidents since the 1940s. Mrs. Lynne Cheney is seen at right. (Photo by David Bohrer/The White House via Getty Images)

 

Stacks of Barack Obama t-shirts sit on a shelf at the Official Inaugural Collectibles store in Washington Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, in anticipation of Barack Obama's inauguration Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

 

Mikail Bicquet, 9, of Nevada, examines a wax figure of President-elect Barack Obama after it was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino January 15, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

 

A worker cleans Barack Obama masks in the Mascaras Condal factory in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. The new face of the White House is the hottest for this year's Carnival in Brazil. Thousands of masked, half-naked "Obamas" will take to the streets during the dozens of Carnival parades once the holiday begins at the end of February. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

 

Mark Ndesandjo, the intensely private half brother of President-elect Barack Obama, plays the piano to raise money for orphans during a charity concert in Shenzhen, southern China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. The press release for the concert didn't reveal the long-kept secret of who Mark Ndesandjo really is, nor did the posters and e-mails promoting the event in this southern Chinese boomtown where he wore a brown silk Chinese-style shirt while playing the piano to raise money for orphans. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Protesters march on the sidewalk across from the North American International Auto Show Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba)

 

Samuel Wurzelbacher, known as Joe the Plumber, reporting for the conservative pjtv.com Web site is back-dropped by smoke from fires caused by Israeli military attacks inside the Gaza Strip, poses for pictures, near the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Wurzelbacher became famous after campaigning for US republican presidential candidate John McCain during the US Presidential elections in 2008. (AP Photo/Moshe Milner, Government Press Office, handout)

 

An explosion is seen after after an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah near the border with Egypt on January 13. Israeli troops and Hamas fighters fought fierce battles in the streets of Gaza's main city on Tuesday as Israel's war on Hamas continued and the death toll went above 900. (SAID KHATIB, AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

 

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama offers special prayers for world peace along with others in Sarnath, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Varanasi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Rajesh Chaurasia)

 

Debris flies in all directions as an Army Blackhawk helicopter crashes in a field at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Dave McDermand, Bryan-College Station Eagle)

 

Passengers stand on the wings of a U.S. Airways plane as a ferry pulls up to it after it landed in the Hudson River in New York, January 15, 2009. Local media said the plane was an Airbus with 146 passengers and five crew which had just taken off from La Guardia Airport and was trying to return after apparently striking a flock of birds. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid  

Passengers are rescued after a U.S. Airways plane landed in the Hudson River in New York January 15, 2009. A US Airways jet with more than 150 people on board came down into the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued. REUTERS/Eric Thayer






Crews lifted the Airbus A320 out of the water off Battery Park City late on Saturday night. Photo: Robert Stolarik for The New York Times

 

Ice forms in the Milwaukee Harbor on the morning of Tuesday, January 13, 2009, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. More snow fell Wednesday and bitter cold temperatures made for a tough week. (Tom Lynn/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Runner Keith Golke of Minneapolis resembles an icicle while jogging around Lake Calhoun Tuesday morning, Jan. 13, 2009, on the coldest day in Minnesota since 2004. An Arctic blast has descended on much of the midwest causing temps to plummet with record breaking lows approaching minus 40 degrees in parts of North Dakota.(AP Photo/Star Tribune, David Joles)

 

Melissa Pallin watches as Larry Benford (center) and Albert McMillon of AAA replace her car's battery Wednesday morning at E. Elmdale Court in Shorewood. 
Journal Sentinel Photo/Tom Lynn

 

A Sarajevan warms his hands at the eternal flame - a monument to victims of World War II, in downtown Sarajevo, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. The flame went off last week after Russia shut of gas supplies to Europe but went on again when Hungary started shipping gas to Bosnia.(AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

 

Bosnian people search for food and other provisions, scavenging anything that is worth re-cycling at the garbage depot on the outskirts of their village, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, near their village of Visca, suburb of northern Bosnian town of Zivinice, Bosnia. The extreme winter low temperatures persist in the region and has forced people who live in poverty to resort to desperate measures to scrape a living. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

 

A woman cools off under a shower in a Buenos Aires park, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. The temperature rose Friday to 33.3 degrees Celsius (92 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

 

Jean Hooper, 45, who teaches hula-hooping as a form of exercise on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 14. While record low temperatures cross much of the nation, record high temperatures are being set this week in Southern California, with highs reaching into the mid-80s. "This is our winter. That's why I'm doing my happy hula dance," (DAVID ZENTZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Greg Cousins tastes a bowl of gruel served out by the Royal Society of Chemistry in London, Tuesday. Jan. 13, 2009. Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry says it has perfected the recipe for Oliver Twist's most famous meal - workhouse gruel. Members of the society consulted historical sources and Charles Dickens' beloved novel to recreate the porridge, made from water, oats, milk and an onion, which they describe as "barely palatable." But the scientists are warning that requests for more _ in homage to the famous line, "Please, sir, I want some more" _ just won't be tolerated. The society says it undertook the task of recreating the Dickensian gruel to highlight its work on food. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

 

Elephants do a trick for elephant manager Kelly Schroer, not shown, at the Buffalo Zoo in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday Jan. 8, 2009. From New York to Los Angeles, hard financial times are threatening government support for zoos, aquariums and gardens. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

 

Judy Walker of Oviedo holds Tanker, a four-week-old puppy, on Wednesday, January 14. He was born missing his front two legs, abandoned in a box with his siblings along a road and later taken to Pet Rescue by Judy. But now, he's on a fast track to stardom. A woman in Texas who trained her two-legged dog to walk upright has agreed to adopt him and plans to put him in an upcoming movie about her dog, Faith. Faith has quite a following and has been on talk shows including Oprah and Montel. (RICARDO RAMIREZ BUXEDA, ORLANDO SENTINEL)

 

Stephanie Metzendorf, 9, of Mequon, reads “Riptide” by Frances Ward Weller, to Lucy, a 2-year-old golden retriever at the “Read to Rover” program Wednesday, at the Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon-Thiensville. The program allows children to gain confidence in reading aloud and to spend time with a quiet listener. Journal Sentinel photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff

Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson, foreground, embrace during a New York news conference, Tuesday Jan. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)





Here's one you don't see very often in the NFL. Baltimore Ravens cornerback Corey Ivy (35) hugs the referee after the Ravens defeated the Tennessee Titans at LP Field. Baltimore upset Tennessee, 13-10. Dipti Vaidya / THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN

The Klements racing sausages take a lap around the gymnasium in Deerfield School in Oak Creek on Jan. 9. Milwaukee Brewers bullpen catcher Marcus Hanel spoke to the students before the
sausages made a surprise appearance. Oak Creek NOW Photo by Charles Auer

 

A model displays a creation designed by Hong Kong designer Ameber Leung during the annual Hong Kong fashion week at the Convention and Exhibition center Hong Kong Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. The 40th Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter, the largest show of its kind in Asia and the second-largest in the world, features 1, 400 exhibitors from 23 countries and regions. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)




 

People stop to take pictures of the inaugural setup at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Elect Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Model builder Gary McIntire puts the finishing touches on a Lego presidential inauguration scene on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at Legoland California in Carlsbad, Calif. The scene was built to celebrate President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker)

 

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama waves as he boards his plane for Washington, DC at Chicago Midway Airport January 4, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama will join his wife and children who are already in Washington as he prepares to take office on January 20. (Photo by Tannen Maury-Pool/Getty Images)

President-elect Barack Obama, center, followed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., stops to greet five-year-old Cartz Metz, from Rogersville, Tenn. on Capitol Hill in Washington Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

 

President George W. Bush watches as troops march by as he attends a military appreciation parade at Fort Myer in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

 

President George W. Bush, center, meets with former President George H.W. Bush, left, President-elect Barack Obama, second from left, former President Bill Clinton, second from right, and former President Jimmy Carter, Wednesday, January 7, 2009, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Chuck Kennedy/MCT)

Senate appointee Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's choice to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama, waits for his car after leaving the U.S. Capitol Building after a brief visit in Washington January 6, 2009. Burris failed to gain entry on Tuesday when the chamber's secretary rejected as incomplete his credentials for the seat. (Photo: Reuters)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) accepts the gavel from Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) during the first session of the 111th Congress in the House Chambers January 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Democratic party holds a majority of the seats in the House and the Senate just as President-elect Barack Obama is prepared to take the charge of the administration on January 20. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

 

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media at his home in Chicago, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. The Illinois House voted Friday to impeach Blagojevich. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

 

Tom Smithson of Redford, Michigan, waits to talk to an agent at Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency Problem Resolution office in Livonia, Michigan, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. The U.S. lost more jobs in 2008 than in any year since 1945 as employers fired another 524,000 people in December, indicating a free-fall in the economy. Michigan has the highest unemployment rate of any U.S. state. Photographer: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg News

David Gorge who has been looking for work over the last year holds a sign with the words written,,"Need Food For Family God Bless You Will Work," as he receives a handout at an intersection January 9, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Labor Department released a report that showed the nation's unemployment rate was at 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in 16 years. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

 

Protesters hurl a huge shoe effigy towards the Israeli Embassy at Manila's financial district of Makati city on Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009 in continuing protest against Israeli attacks in Gaza. Protesters condemned both Israel and the United States for the alleged "brutal and bloody all-out military invasion of Gaza" and urge the United Nations to sanction Israel for bombings. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)


 

 

A couple makes their way across a breakwater at Spring Point light in South Portland, Maine, after watching the full moon rise beyond Peaks Island at dusk, Saturday, January 10, in South Portland, Maine. (ROBERT F. BUKATY, ASSOCIATED PRESS) 

Tom Ettzle, of Jonestown, right, attends to Princess a Belgian mare after she crashed through glass doors and windows to the rear of the equine arena at the 93rd annual Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa., Saturday, January 10. Princess was being unharnessed when she was spooked and bolted away from her handlers. Princess was unable to stop on slick concrete and slid into the door. The horse only suffered a cut lip and minor cuts from the accident. Princess is owned by Whispering Dreams Farms in Millersburg. (VINNY TENNIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS)







President George W. Bush's pets India, left, and Miss Beazley, right, appear to square-off during a walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. The White House announced Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, that the 18-year-old black American Shorthair died Sunday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

 

Lun Lun holds her 4-month-old cub, Xi Lan, the newest panda cub at Zoo Atlanta on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. He has just learned to walk and zoo officials say he'll learn to climb soon. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Louie Favorite)

 

Nuremberg's celebrity polar bear cub, Flocke (left, has a new friend: a Russian bear. The city's zoo says it introduced the unnamed male polar bear Wednesday to 1-year-old Flocke, who was raised by zookeepers after her mother rejected her. (Tiergarten Nuernberg via AP)

 

Deer forage for food as the winter sun sets over Tatton Park, Cheshire, on January 6 2009 in Knutsford, England. Much of the UK has been suffering a heavy frost and sub zero temeperatures with weather forecasters saying the daytime temperature is unlikely to rise above freezing point in some areas. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

 

Keeper Jenny Spencer counts Biggie the giant tortoise during the annual New Year animal stock take at Bristol Zoo Gardens on January 7, 2009 in Bristol, England. The mammoth task involves a complete head count of every animal in the Zoo which includes more than 450 different species, from tiny leaf insects, hundreds of fish, dozens of penguins, masses of monkeys and Jock, the 150kg male lowland gorilla, who lives on Gorilla Island. Added to this year's list will be the Zoo's 2008 new arrivals which included a orphan gorilla, a tiny turtle, a baby lemur, an armadillo, hundreds of tropical butterflies and the smallest deer in the world. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images Europe)

 

Clinton Duffy, standing to right of shark , from the Department of Conservation (DOC) addresses a crowd of more than 1,500 onlookers before dissecting a protected great white shark at the Auckland Museum in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. During the autopsy, DOC workers looked at the shark's stomach contents and measured its internal organs which was broadcast to over ten million people on the internet. The shark died accidentally after being entangled in a gill net last week. (Richard Robinson/New Zealand Herald via AP)


 

 

A surfer watches closely as a large orca (Killer Whale) swims close by him, accompanied by two smaller orca, at Stent Road surf break near Cape Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand, Saturday, January 10. Nothing happened to the surfer as the orca swam past him. (JANE DOVE JUNEAU, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

 

The astronomy observatories atop the snow-capped mountain of Mauna Kea are seen Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009 near Hilo, Hawaii. Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano and home to an astronomy community. A plume of smoke from the Halema'uma'u crater at Volcanoes National Park can be seen in the background. (Tim Wright/AP)

 

A Russian man, covered with plastic bag forming a tent for protection from the wind and cold, fishes through an ice hole on a lake as children slide in sledges just outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. The temperature in St. Petersburg was -13 C (9 F). (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

 

A skier practices on the race trail in the subzero weather at Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Ala. Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 before the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships were canceled due to the frigid weather. Alaska is experiencing the third longest cold snap in its history with temperatures in some parts of in the interior have dipping to -65. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

 

Bulgarians jump into icy water to catch the holy cross at a lake in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Tuesday, Jan. 06, 2009 . The Eastern Orthodox priests throw a cross in the river and the men take it out. It is believed that those who dive in the river will be healthy throughout the year. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

 

Five-year-old Isabelle Doyles cools herself in a fountain on the Corso in Sydney's Manly Beach, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. While temperatures in Sydney's outer suburbs soar to a maximum of 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 Fahrenheit), those at the beaches enjoy a milder 31 Celsius (88 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)







A member of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association balances on top of a bamboo ladder as he performs a ladder stunt during the New Year's fire review conducted by the Tokyo Fire Department at Tokyo Big Sight on January 6, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The annual event, featuring various demonstrations of the latest firefighting and emergency rescue techniques, aims to promote the prevention of fire and disaster. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)

 

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow celebrates winning the BCS Championship Game at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens.(STEPHEN M. DOWELL, ORLANDO SENTINEL / January 8, 2009)

An exhibitor polishes a 'Luxury Crystal Benz', the customized Mercedes-Benz SL600 with 300,000 Swarovski crystals, displayed at a booth at Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 at Makuhari Messe on January 9, 2009 in Chiba, Japan. More than 300 companies, associations and groups are displaying more than 600 custom cars in the auto exhibition, which takes place between January 9 and 11.  (Getty Images/Kiyoshi Ota / January 9, 2009)

And finally,

I feel the need to at least mention that the following picture might be offensive to some, but probably not many. At any rate, you've been warned.




 

In a bizarre incident that will surely lead to litigation (or an out-of-court settlement), a skier at Colorado's ritzy Vail resort was left dangling upside down and pantsless from a chairlift last Thursday morning. The January 1 mishap apparently occurred after the male skier, 48, and a child boarded a high-speed lift in Vail's Blue Sky Basin. It appears that the chairlift's fold-down seat was somehow not in the lowered position, which caused the man to partially fall through the resulting gap. His right ski got jammed in the ascending chairlift, and that kept him upended since his boot never dislodged from its binding. The Skyline Express lift was stopped shortly after the pair's botched boarding resulted in the man dangling from the lift. The exposed skier was stuck for about 15 minutes before Vail personnel backed the lift up and successfully dislodged the unidentified man from the four-seat chair. Photo: Thesmokinggun.com

 

Early morning preparations continue for President-elect Barack Obama's Inaugural Reviewing Stand on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

 

Palestinian protesters throws stones at Israeli troops, not seen, during clashes at a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the Shuafat refugee camp, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel showed no sign of slowing a blistering seven-day offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, destroying homes of more than a dozen of the group's operatives Friday and bombing one of its mosques a day after a deadly strike killed a prominent Hamas figure.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

 

Two Egyptian men look at the smoke caused by an Israeli air strike at the Gaza border, seen from the Egyptian border crossing terminal of Rafah, Egypt Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel bombed a mosque it claimed was used to store weapons and destroyed homes of more than a dozen Hamas operatives Friday, but under international pressure, the government allowed hundreds of Palestinians with foreign passports to leave besieged Gaza. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians look down on the rubble of the destroyed house of senior Hamas militant Nizar Rayan after an Israeli airstrike hit a nearby mosque in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel showed no sign of slowing a blistering seven-day offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza, destroying homes of the group's leaders and bombing one of its mosques a day after a deadly strike on a prominent Hamas figure killed him and most of his family. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Supporters of Israel's recent attacks on Gaza and Hamas rally at the Federal Building in Westwood area of Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)


 

 

Praying men block Piccadilly in London, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Thousands of protestors marched from the Embankment to Trafalgar Square in support of Palestinians in Gaza, then on to the Israeli embassy.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)


 

 

Hundreds of shoes are seen in the road along Whitehall, as police guard the entrance to Downing Street in London, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Several thousand people, many carrying Palestinian flags, marched past British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street residence to a rally in Trafalgar Square, London. Outside Downing Street, hundreds of protesters stopped and threw shoes at the tall iron gates blocking entry to the narrow road. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)






Potholes everywhere: A plastic cap that had had fallen off a previous car popped into the air as another car ran it over on North Central Avenue over the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago.
(Al Podgorski/Chicago Sun-Times) 


 

 

Workers move the wreckage of Continental Airlines flight 1404 to a site outside a Continental hangar at Denver International Airport in Denver on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009 from the ravine where it crash landed on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

 

Sumo grand champion Hakuho from Mongolia pounds steamed rice into the dough used for rice cakes at the Miyagino Stable in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Rice cake called "mochi" is traditional New Year food in Japan. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

Oklahoma City firefighter C.J. Seitz carries a chihuahua from a house that was destroyed in a morning fire in Oklahoma City , Okla., Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. No one was injured in the fire. (AP Photo/Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman)

A portion of Robert Graham's bronze sculpture symbolizing the 54 social programs of the New Deal is seen at the Roosevelt Memorial December 29, 2008 in Washington, DC. Robert Graham, a sculptor whose works are seen in public spaces throughout the United States, died in California December 27 at the age of 70. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)


 

 

The lines to pay property taxes were long at Milwaukee City Hall on Monday and Tuesday, after cold and snowy weather kept taxpayers away earlier in the month, City Treasurer Wayne Whittow said. Property taxes are due Jan. 31, but many taxpayers hustle to pay them before the end of the year to claim them as an income tax deduction. Journal Sentinel photo: Jack Orton 


 

 

Three members of the animal rights group AnimaNaturalis sit inside a cage to call attention to the sale of pets in front of a shopping mall in Mexico City, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. The group was protesting the sale of pets, saying people should opt for adoption instead. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

 

An Australian sheep-dog chases after a ball near the western German town of Breckerfeld on December 31.(SASCHA SCHUERMANN, AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

 

Laura Backman, of Portsmouth, R.I., rear, watches as her pet duck "Lemon" paddles across the floor with the assistance of a wheeled cradle in Backman's living room at her home, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. The two-and-a-half year-old Pekin duck has a brain disorder that leaves the bird with difficulties balancing.(Steven Senne, AP)

 

In this photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Shelby, a three-year old female snow leopard reclines in the freshly snow covered greenery at the Bronx Zoo's Himalayan Highlands exhibit, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 in New York. Forecasters are calling for snow and brutally cold temperatures as a cold front whips into New York City on the last day of 2008. Shelby's apparent confront is a stark contrast to that of the New Year's Eve revelers across town as they brave high winds and falling temperatures later in the evening on New York City's Times Square. (AP Photo/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher)

A woman rides horses through the snow covered landscape on a sunny day outside Zumikon near Zurich January 1, 2009. Photo: Reuters


 

 

People skate on frozen canals in Kinderdijk's Mill Area, a UNESCO World Heritage site, near Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday Jan. 3, 2009. Kinderdijk, where the mills date back to the 18th century, is a good example of a low countries area where water management is carefully organised with a system of historic mills and waterways. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)


 

It may be cold outside, but Daniel Jimenez, 3, of Franklin is keeping the flowers in bloom Friday at the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in Milwaukee. Daniel’s parents, Israel and Sherry, say that he enjoys working with real flowers in the family’s garden. Journal Sentinel photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff






The door leading to the Green Bay Packers locker room displays a sign allowing media members to enter as players clean out their lockers inside Lambeau Field on Dec. 29, 2008 following their 6-10 season. Photo by Corey Wilson/Press-Gazette

Green Bay Packers linebacker Desmond Bishop cleans out his locker inside Lambeau Field on Dec. 29, 2008 following a 6-10 season. Photo by Corey Wilson/Press-Gazette







Green Bay Packers players (clockwise from left) J.J. Jansen, Mason Crosby, Jordy Nelson, Brian Brohm and Matt Flynn play cards while players clean out their lockers inside Lambeau Field on Dec. 29, 2008 following their 6-10 season. Photo by Corey Wilson/Press-Gazette

A cross and shoulder pads are all that remain in the locker of Green Bay Packers safety Nick Collins after players clean out their lockers inside Lambeau Field on Dec. 29, 2008 following their 6-10 season. Photo by Corey Wilson/Press-Gazette

  

Charlotte Bobcats guard Gerald Wallace (3) is fouled by Milwaukee Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva (31) during the second half of the Bobcats' 102-92 win in an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Villanueva was charged with a flagrant foul. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

 

Mail carrier Thomas “Mac” McGinnis has been wearing a Santa suit for nearly 20 years on Christmas Eve. “It’s a tradition now in Bay View. I have to do it,” McGinnis said. Audio Slideshow
Journal Sentinel photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff

 

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a New Year's Eve vespers service, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI is calling for 'sobriety and solidarity' in 2009 as the world struggles with economic and social woes. His appeal was made amid the splendor of St. Peter's Basilica during a New Year's Eve vespers service on Wednesday. Benedict described these times as being 'marked by uncertainty and worry for the future.' -- (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

 

Dick Clark kisses his wife, Kari, on the set of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" in New York (Dec. 31, 2008). Photo: msn.com

 

Angela Sytko of New Jersey, right, and T.J. Clark New York’s of Brooklyn Borough kiss at the stroke of midnight during New Year’s Eve festivities in Times Square in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. — AP Photo/Peter Morgan

 

Police constable Lee Dingsdale receives a kiss from Aiden Cooper as revellers take to Princes Street to celebrate New Year on December 31, 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Around 100,000 people are expected to brave freezing temperatures to see in the bells in the Scottish capital. Getty Images

 

Thomas Moeller, 31, and Sandra Neunaber, 30, kiss after Moeller asked Neunaber to marry him in front of the Brandenburg Gate on New Year's Day January 1, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. An estimated 1 million revelers descended on the area in front of the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate. Neunaber said yes. Getty Images

 

Robbie Knievel makes a successful jump in front of the Mirage volcano in Las Vegas Wednesday, December 31. Photo: Sam Morris, Associated Press

In Valencia, Spain, revellers took part in an unusual new year's tradition - a red underwear race. Photo: AFP

 

Seattle, Wash., resident Andrew DaCosta enters the Magic Kingdom on New Year's Day morning as the first person in the country to receive free admission to a Disney theme Park in 2009 as part of Disney's "What Will You Celebrate?" campaign. (Preston Mack, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts)

 

Participants race into the water during the annual Waupaca Polar Bear Plunge on the shores of Limekiln Lake at Becker Marine in Waupaca on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Dan Powers/Gannett Wisconsin Media

Photos from the Lure Bar & Grill Polar Bear Jump on New Years Day near Green Bay. Tom Loucks photos, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.

People watch the sunrise on New Year's Day from a beach in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)

Black and white twins Hayleigh and Lauren Durrant proudly hold their new sisters Leah and Miya — who incredibly are ALSO twins with different coloured skin. Photo: africanamericanchild.com

 

A neighbor places some flowers on the street near the crime scene after a shooting incident in Covina, California, on December 26, 2008. A ninth body was recovered from the charred rubble of a Christmas Eve massacre as sketchy details emerged about the gunman responsible for the deadly killing spree. Los Angeles County Coroner's office confirmed a ninth body had been found in the wreckage of a home in the eastern suburb of Covina, where a man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire on revelers late December 24. The gunman, Bruce Pardo, 45, burst into the party at his former in-laws home and sprayed guests with bullets before setting fire to the house and later taking his own life. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)


 

 

President George W. Bush greets U.S. troops at Camp Victory Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 in Baghdad. Evan Vucci/AP.

 

Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Cairo-based, Iraqi-owned Al-Baghdadia television, winds up and hurls the first of a pair of shoes at US President George W. Bush during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during a press conference Sunday. al-Zeidi was wrestled to the ground by security officials and then hauled away, moaning as they departed the room. Later, a trail of fresh blood could be seen on the carpet, although the source was not known. (APTN video image via AP)

In this second image, a man throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a news conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad. The man threw two shoes at Bush, one after another. Bush ducked both throws, and neither man was hit. (APTN video image via AP)

President George W. Bush reacts after a man threw two shoes at him during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad. (Evan Vucci/AP)

 

Um Sa'aad, a sister of Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi wails as she holds a shoe of her brother at his apartment in in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec.15, 2008. al-Zeidi threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad on Sunday, while yelling in Arabic: "This is a farewell kiss, you dog,this is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq." (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

An effigy of US President George W. Bush with shoes hanging from its neck stands between masked protestors during a demonstration by Lebanese and Palestinian supporters of Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on December 19, 2008. Zaidi threw his shoes at Bush at a press conference on December 14 during the US leader's farewell visit to Iraq, in an incident that became an instant sensation in the Arab world. MAHMOUD ZAYAT/AFP/Getty Images

 

President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush look over their portraits during their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

 

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevic is seen at the State of Illinois Building Friday, Dec. 19, 2008 in Chicago. Blagojevich says he is not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing and plans to stay on the job. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

 

A Chinese paramilitary policeman yawns and his colleagues sleep while President Hu Jintao delivers a speech held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008 to mark the 30th anniversary of China's reform. Thirty years ago this month, China's communist leaders launched an economic revolution, opening the door to free market reforms and foreign trade though not to political change. (Andy Wong/AP)

Protesters leave the Athens University past graffiti daubed on either side of a statue of Patriarch Gregory V, a Christian Orthodox leader in the 19th century, during clashes on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008 in Athens, Greece. (Petros Karadjias/AP)

 

Riot police officers protect the Christmas tree during a protest in central Athens' Syntagma Square , Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. A crowd of about of 150 clashed with dozens of riot police when they threw garbage at a tall Christmas tree and hung trash bags from the tree branches. The original tree was burned by protesters in the first days of the violence, following the Dec. 6 shooting of a 15 - year old teenager. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Peru's Interior Minister Remigio Hernani holds his nose due to the smell as he walks by bags of cocaine to be burned at a police base in Lima, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. Police say they destroyed more than 4,000 kilograms (8,818 pounds) of drugs seized in 2008, including cocaine, marijuana and heroin. (Karel Navarro/AP)

Children and their parents pick up single corn kernels spilled on the road side by trucks ferrying maize corn imported from South Africa in Masvingo, south of Harare, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. According to a United Nations forecast, a full scale humanitarian emergency is needed in Zimbabwe by January 2009 with more than 5 million people, about half the population needing food aid by the beginning of the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

 

A shelf is seen nearly empty in the pantry at the Alameda County Community Food Bank December 18, 2008 in Oakland, California. As the economy continues to slump, food banks across the country are seeing a surge in demand that is not being matched by donations and leaving some people short of food during the holiday season. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America)

 

A Filipino woman tries to grab a toy from Captain Bill Devine, center, of Boston, from the U.S. Marines 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, during a gift-giving event for children in suburban Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. The event is part of "Operation Goodwill" as a gesture of friendship by U.S. personnel and their families based in Okinawa, Japan, to share the holiday spirit of giving with children and their families in the Philippines. AP photo

 

Sgt. Maureen Peltier shares a moment with her 12-year-old daughter Vicky Aspen in her classroom at Sterling Intermediate School Friday morning Dec. 19, 2008, in East Wenatchee, Wash., after Peltier surprised her by coming home for a two-week break on leave from serving in the Army National Guard in Iraq. Peltier surprised all three of her children, Michael Aspen, 16, Vicky Aspen, 12, and her youngest daughter Libbi Aspen, 9, at their respective schools Friday. Peltier will spend Christmas with her family, including her husband and stepdaughter, Cory and Cheyenne Peltier in Bonney Lake, Wash. (AP Photo/Kathryn Stevens, The Wenatchee World)

 

A woman is locked up in a transparent suitcase reading 'Stop Human Trafficking! 60 Years of Human Rights' on a luggage belt at Munich airport, southern Germany, on December 11, 2008. The Human Rights organisation Amnesty International staged the action to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. Oliver Lang-AFP/Getty Images

 

Victor Lopez of Ontario, Calif., calls for help from the top of his car early Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, after his car stalled while trying to cross a flooded intersection in Ontario, Calif. A powerful storm in California snarled roads, caused two traffic fatalities, collapsed the roof of an occupational school and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in a suburb devastated by wildfire just last month. (AP Photo/Walter Weiss)

 

Terrified passengers scrambled out of the windows of two charter buses that skidded on ice and were left hanging over Interstate 5 near Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington, Friday, December 19,
2008. (Ken Lambert/Seattle Times/MCT)







Alex Zamora took this photo after he was evacuated from the Continental airplane that went off the runway in Denver on Dec. 20, 2008. The right side of the plane was engulfed in flames. (ALEX ZAMORA / Denver Post)

 

Snowflakes are illuminated in the beam of light from atop the Luxor Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip during a rare snowstorm December 17, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Several inches of snow were expected to accumulate in and around Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images North America)

 

A snowboarder heads down a side street and past snowed-in cars in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood during a snow storm Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. The snow was a day late, but it arrived dramatically in Seattle on Thursday, swirling down amid lightning and thunder to snarl traffic and close schools for tens of thousands of students. Heavy snow fell on most of Washington, with the National Weather Service predicting frigid temperatures into next week, along with more snow possible by the weekend. (Elaine Thompson/AP)

Marisa Erskine hefts her dog, Denali, over a snow-covered wall after the pooch leapt over as they walked during a snow storm Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle. The snow was a day late, but it arrived dramatically in Seattle on Thursday, swirling down amid lightning and thunder to snarl traffic and close schools for tens of thousands of students. Heavy snow fell on most of Washington, with the National Weather Service predicting frigid temperatures into next week, along with more snow possible by the weekend. (Elaine Thompson/AP)

Badger, a bearded collie, retrieves a toy for her owner, Angela Williams of Milwaukee. They’re playing in Lake Park across from the 2600 block of N. Wahl Ave. Journal Sentinel photo: Gary Porter

West Highland terriers Annabelle and Oliver get their daily walk, no matter how cold, so Jane Fee of Whitefish Bay bundled up against the single-digit temperatures Monday. Journal Sentinel photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff

 

Pigeons gather on a city steam grate as they try to keep warm in downtown Toronto on Wednesday, Dec., 17, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

 

Heisman Trophy winner University of Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford (C) rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, December 16, 2008. U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, boosted by buying in the beaten-down financial sector and as investors looked ahead to another expected interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. With Bradford is NYSE Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Leibowitz (2nd L) and Bradford's father, Kent Bradford (R). Photo: Reuters

Empty seats abound during the peak of game action at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for the Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars game in Jacksonville  Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. The Jaguars beta the hapless Packers, 20-16. Photo by Corey Wilson/Green Bay Press-Gazette

Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy (The "Schlub") watches the clock as time runs out on his team's chances to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars in an NFL football game game, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville won 20-16 (AP Photo/Phil Coale). Thanks, Mike for a great season, for all the great decisions and wonderful memories, and for taking us to that "next level."

 

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has his eyes matched for his waxwork at the Madame Tussauds studios in London, in this picture made available Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. His waxwork figure will be wearing an exact replica of his Vodafone McLaren Mercedes race suit and he will be holding a replica Lewis Hamilton race helmet when his likeness goes on display at Madame Tussauds. Lewis has already given a sitting for the studios team, where over 300 measurements and a catalogue of reference shots were taken. The figure will take six months to create. (AP Photo/PA)

 

Tom Cruise, left, arm wrestles with "Today" co-host Matt Lauer on Monday. It was the actor's first visit to the NBC program since criticizing Brooke Shields for taking anti-depressants in 2005. Cruise says he regrets the tongue-lashing he gave Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today" show the last time he was on.An apologetic Cruise returned to the morning program Monday to sit for his first interview with Lauer since criticizing Brooke Shields for taking anti-depressants in 2005. AP photo

 

A baby hippopotamus swims with her mother on the first day of her presentation to the public at the Berlin Zoo on December 16, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. The baby hippo, not yet named, was born on November 29. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

 

Cats are seen caged after being rescued by China Small Animal Protection Association from a Tianjin market that trade cats for meat and fur, in Beijing. A southern Chinese province must stop the "shameful" and "cruel slaughter" of cats for food, a group of more than 40 animal lovers in Beijing said Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, as they unfurled banners in a tearful protest. Thousands of cats across the country, including at least 5,000 from one province, have been caught in the past week by traders and transported to Guangdong province to be killed for food, said the protesters gathered at the Guangdong government's office in Beijing. (Eyepress via AP)

 

A Peru Guinea Pig, dressed as Santa Claus, is displayed during a Guinea Pig feast in Callao, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. Officials in the coastal Peruvian province of Callao hailed the Guinea Pig, an Andean rodent, as a low-cost, low-fat alternative to a traditional turkey or roast pork Christmas dinner. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)

First lady Laura Bush hugs Dania Jecty, 11, after reading a holiday story book to patients and parents during her visit to Children's National Medical Center in Washington, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/stf)

 

Nollenn Tabaska, 3, of Milwaukee takes the controls of the plane from Maj. Andy Wahl (right) during a "Trip to the North Pole" hosted by the 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard and Silverliners International, a group of former airline flight attendants. Children battling cancer and their families board one of the aircraft, greeted by elves, and are taxied around the runway at the airport. They then arrive at the "North Pole," which is a building where a special Christmas party has been prepared for them. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears







Runners, dressed as Santa Claus, are seen prior a "Santa Claus Run" in Hamburg, Germany, on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. More than 2000 runners took part at the charity run.(Fabian Bimmer/AP)

The Hunting Club Beauty Pageant is Baghdad's first public beauty pageant since the Iraq war started in 2003. The contestants are dressed in rather plain Western attire and no head scarves. Their pasty-pale and red-circle cheeks are a popular look in Iraq. Washington Post photo by Andrea Bruce.

 

Marty Roffa of Brown Deer, center, and Merla Lerman of West Allis, light a menorah for Chanukah during the Jewish Chaplaincy Program's Special Needs Holiday Program Chanukah, on Tuesday at Congregation Beth Israel. Journal Sentinel photo: Kristyna Wentz-Graff






U.S.Postal worker Tin Aung moves boxes of letters and cards at the U.S. Post Office sort center December 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. On its busiest day of the year, the U.S. Postal Service is expecting to process and mail over one billion cards, letters and packages. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

FedEx workers sort packages passing along a conveyor belt before loading them onto delivery trucks at the FedEx Express Station Monday, Dec. 15, 2008 in New York. The package delivery company, based in Memphis, Tenn., has its busiest day of the year Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

 

Trees illuminated with fairy lights for the upcoming Christmas celebrations decorate the car parks of a shopping mall on December 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. Christmas continues to gain popularity in Chinese consumer culture year on year. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)






An unidentified motorist behind the wheel of a Rolls Royce picks up a meal at a Burger King, fast food restaurant drive-thru, in northeast Philadelphia on Monday Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)





 

AND FINALLY,

Here's a relief! Santa Claus closes his eyes and holds onto the scale as he gets a physical from Dr. Jane Sadler at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. Santa's physician declared him "fit for duty" in this event held to urge people to get their annual physicals and regular doctor checkups. (AP Photo)

People look for jobs at an unemployment office at the State of New York Department of Labor on Fri., Dec. 5, 2008. With the economy deteriorating rapidly, the nation's employers shed 533,000 jobs in November, the 11th consecutive monthly decline, the government reported Friday morning, and the unemployment rate rose to 6.7 percent. (Michael Nagle/The New York Times)


 

 

Auto executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner, Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli, Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mullay and UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, before the House Financial Services Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

 

Amy Vollmar, 43, from Bowling Green, Ohio, a worker for Chrysler for the past 24 years, listens during a Chrysler rally at the Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. AP photo 

 

Mourners react during the funeral of Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, 29, and his wife Rivkah, 28, killed in the Mumbai Jewish center attack, in Kfar Chabad near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Israelis on Tuesday began burying the six Jews killed in the murder spree in the Indian city of Mumbai, the grimness of the occasion deepened by the conviction that the victims were targeted because of their religion. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

An unidentified girl playfully chases away pigeons as life returns to normal in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Soldiers removed the last bodies from the shattered Taj Mahal hotel Monday as India formally demanded Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the 60-hour seige that left at least 172 people dead. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)


 

 

A Palestinian youth throws a stun grenade back at Israeli soldiers, during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Israel placed military and police forces on alert Friday to head off new violence after the evacuation of a disputed West Bank building brought tensions between the government, extremist settlers and Palestinians to a peak.(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)




 

Czech Republic Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg looks at pictures of Jews killed in the Holocaust during a visit to the Hall of Names in the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem December 1, 2008. Reuters photo


 

 

Lying on a wooden cross, homeless Laura Raquel Ramirez, 37, looks at her nailed hand during a crucifixion performed as a protest to demand low-cost housing in Asuncion, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Rene Gonzalez)

 

An Israeli police officer drags two Jewish settlers during the evacuation of a disputed house in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008.