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Claes Borgstrom, lawyer for the two women who claim to have been sexually assaulted by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Sweden in August, talks to media at his office in Stockholm Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Borgstrom, whose office is under police protection, denied that the case had anything to do with WikiLeaks or the current U.S. interest in Assange. (AP Photo/Anders Wiklund) SWEDEN OUT
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A home in Lanham, Md., Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, where the bodies of two women and two children were found dead. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Shirin Nariman, a former Iranian political prisoner, speaks out on Thursday, August 5, 2010, against the Iranian regime's executions and methods of torture to a group of about 15 Iranian activists while some stand behind her, holding posters of political prisoners sentenced to death.
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Graphic compares the BP oil spill with other sources of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, such as natural seepage and leaks
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Associated Press YOUNGEST MEMBER: Elena Kagan is scheduled to be sworn in Saturday for a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Karen Cunagin Sypher (right) gets a show of support outside the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday after she was convicted of extortion.
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In this June 30, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. On Thursday, Aug. 5, the Senate confirmed Kagan as the 112th justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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This image made from video provided by KTVI shows responders at the scene of an accident involving two school buses, a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer rig on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. A girl on one of the buses and the driver of the pickup were killed. (AP Photo/KTVI)
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** FILE ** Karen Cunagin Sypher arrives at the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, for the second day of her trial. Sypher was convicted Thursday of trying to extort money from Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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** FILE ** Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino arrives at the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday, July 29, 2010, to testify in the trial of Karen Cunagin Sypher. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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Lawyers David Boies, left, and Theodore Olson, shake hands at a public rally on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in West Hollywood, Calif. Gay rights supporters turned out in droves to celebrate a federal judge's overturning of California's Proposition 8, a same-sex marriage ban, a landmark case which could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. (AP Photo/Adam Lau)
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David Herman, right, kisses Jeff Hannan while celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in San Francisco. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Hundreds of same-sex marriage supporters march through San Francisco celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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**FILE** Connor Schmeding joins hundreds of same-sex marriage supporters celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Aug. 4, 2010, in San Francisco. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (Associated Press)
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Same-sex marriage supporters march through San Francisco celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Lauren von Koss, right, and girlfriend Kade Bailey celebrate in the Castro district of San Francisco following a federal judge's decision to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, center, speaks at a public rally on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in West Hollywood, Calif. Gay rights supporters turned out in droves to celebrate a federal judge's overturning of California's Proposition 8, a same-sex marriage ban, a landmark case which could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. (AP Photo/Adam Lau)
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This image made from video provided by KTVI shows responders at the scene of an accident involving two school buses, a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer rig on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. A girl on one of the buses and the driver of the pickup were killed. (AP Photo/KTVI)
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Caroline Giuliani (center), 20, and her mother, Donna Hanover, leave the 19th Precinct police station in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. A law enforcement official said Miss Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani's daughter, was arrested after she was seen on video pocketing makeup at a cosmetic store. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Paul Katami (left) and Jeff Zarrillo appear at a news conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. Mr. Katami and Mr. Zarrillo were one of the two same-sex couples who were plaintiffs in a federal court case on California's same-sex marriage ban. (Associated Press)
