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Anti-government protesters holding banners that read "Leave" or "Come out of your houses if you care" climb on statues in front of a theater in downtown Bucharest, Romania, last Monday. They gathered as the prime minister warned that violent protests could jeopardize stability and economic growth. (Associated Press)
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Police officers arrest an Occupy protester who was blocking Wells Fargo's corporate headquarters on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in San Francisco. Anti-Wall Street demonstrators across the U.S. planned rallies Friday in front of banks and courthouses. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Haydee Ibarra looks at her 14-week-old daughter, Melinda Star Guido, at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. At birth, Melinda Star Guido tipped the scales at only 9 1/2 ounces, less than a can of soda. After spending her early months in the neonatal intensive care unit, a team of doctors and nurses will gather Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, to see her off as she heads home. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws. An indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated content. (Associated Press)
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Brazil's state-controlled oil company expects to pump 4.9 million barrels of oil a day by 2020, and much of it will go to China. President Dilma Rousseff in November celebrated the delivery of one of four Brazilian-built oil-transport ships. (Associated Press)
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Kodachrome slides are an apt metaphor for one-time photography giant Eastman Kodak Co. The 132-year-old Rochester, N.Y.-based Kodak, which has seen its stock price slide over the past 15 years from $94 a share in 1997 to 37 cents earlier this month, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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With the Washington Monument as his backdrop, Philanthropist David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group, speaks to reporters on The National Mall, to announce his donation of $7.5 million dollars to help with the repair of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 19, 2012. The gift matches federal funds approved by Congress in December and completes the funding necessary for the overall repair. Rubenstein's donation will be made through the Trust for the National Mall, the National Park Service's philanthropic partner whose Campaign for The National Mall will raise $350 million over five to seven years towards the $650 million needed to restore The National Mall. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Philanthropist David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group (right) talks with Dean Malissa (left) playing the part of former President George Washington, before speaking to reporters on The National Mall, to announce his donation of $7.5 million dollars to help with the repair of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 19, 2012. The gift matches federal funds approved by Congress in December and completes the funding necessary for the overall repair. Rubenstein's donation will be made through the Trust for the National Mall, the National Park Service's philanthropic partner whose Campaign for The National Mall will raise $350 million over five to seven years towards the $650 million needed to restore The National Mall. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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In this Oct. 26, 2010, file photo, Kodak products are displayed in a store in Brunswick, Maine. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)
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"House Republicans once again rejected the Obama administration's pursuit to continue its reckless spending binge and reaffirmed our commitment to fiscal responsibility," Rep. Pete Sessions, Texas Republican, said of Wednesday's 239-176 House vote. (Associated Press)
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Jimmy Glotfelty, executive vice president of external affairs for Clean Line Energy Partners, tells editors at The Washington Times that wind power could eventually replace natural gas. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Specialist Fabian Caceres (foreground) works with traders at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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** FILE ** Alex Pourbaix (left), TransCanada Corp.’s president for energy and oil pipelines, addresses North Dakota officials and oil industry representatives with Sen. John Hoeven, North Dakota Republican, in Bismarck, N.D., on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)
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World Bank Chief Economist Justin Yifu Lin, right, speaks as Hans Timmer, director of development prospects at the World Bank, look on during a press conference on Global Economic Prospects at the World Bank Office in Beijing, China Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Louis Gallois, chief executive officer of EADS, which is Airbus' parent company, gestures during a news conference in Hamburg, Germany, on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Philipp Guelland)
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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, reacting to S&P's downgrade Monday of the European Financial Stability Facility to AA+, says banks and other financial firms should stop basing their risk assessment solely on the opinions of rating agencies. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Cliff Stearns wants to see communications between the Department of Energy and Morrison & Foerster LLP, which advised the department against the terms of Solyndra's loan restructuring. (Associated Press)
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The Maryland Statehouse stands in Annapolis. Maryland state lawmakers were closing in on a $1.6 billion tax increase and $2 billion in budget cuts as their legislative session drew to a close Monday. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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Men grind pepper at a market in Obalende Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Nigeria's government will meet with labor unions in a last bid to halt a paralyzing national strike that now threatens oil production in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow throws a pass Jan. 12, 2012, during practice in Englewood, Colo. (Associated Press/The Denver Post, Hyoung Chang)
