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Visitors walk near ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo)

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Visitors walk near ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo)

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Ice sculptures are illuminated at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo)

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Visitors walk near ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo)

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John "Jack" Wheeler III, here in 1994, finds the name of a friend engraved in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Wheeler's body was discovered Dec. 31. It had been left in a trash bin in Newark, Del. His death has been ruled a homicide. (Associated Press)

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Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia discusses the vote to repeal the health care law on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. "The repeal bill is going to be a very straightforward document. It is going to reflect what I think most people inside the Beltway and outside the Beltway understand about the health care bill that was passed — it is a job-killing health care bill that spends money we don't have," he said. (Associated Press)

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"With our blood and soul, we redeem the cross," Coptic Christians chant after Mass on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, at Saints Church in Alexandria, Egypt, where 21 were killed by a suicide bomber. They carried a blood-spattered poster depicting Jesus. (AP Photo)

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An Indian laborer plucks tea leaves at a tea garden in Amchong tea estate, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Tea growers in northeastern India say climate change has hurt the country's tea crop, leading not just to a drop in production but also subtly altering the flavor of their brew. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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Minnesota Vikings injured quarterback Brett Favre takes a whiff of smelling salts on the sidelines Tuesday during the Vikings' 24-14 against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

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Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett (5) reacts after suffering an injury Wednesday during the first quarter against the Detroit Pistons in Auburn Hills, Mich. (Associated Press)

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Massachusetts Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown with wife Gail celebrates in January after his upset victory in the special election to replace deceased Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. (Associated Press)

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A girl suffering cholera symptoms receives treatment at the Doctors Without Borders temporary hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

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FILE - This April 2, 2010 file photo shows former Minnesota Twins player and Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew in Minneapolis. Killebrew has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Killebrew released a statement through the Minnesota Twins on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010 saying he expects to make a full recovery from the "very serious" condition. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file)

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** FILE ** Dr. Conrad Murray appears at a procedural hearing in Los Angeles in April 2010. (AP Photo/David McNew, Pool, File)

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Bottles of mead are on display at Starrlight Mead. Many consider mead to be the world's oldest alcoholic beverage. (Associated Press)

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Now-retired Sen. Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota Democrat, says he "focused like a laser" to complete business affecting American Indians, including long-stalled bills on health care and crime. (Associated Press)

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Jack Acree, executive vice president with American Halal Co. Inc. (left), and Adnan Durrani, his chief halal officer, display their products at a Whole Foods store in Darien, Conn. The company helped Whole Foods develop its first nationally distributed halal food product, called Saffron Road entrees. (Associated Press)

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he wanted to "end the crazy deficit spending," but the deficit is as high as ever and has plagued Mr. Schwarzenegger. (Associated Press)

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty received a rating of "pants on fire" for a column he wrote for the Wall Street Journal. (Associated Press)

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Commuter Robin Damas clutches her tea as her train arrives during a snowstorm in Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)