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FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2010 file photo, a statue of Venezuelan independence hero Francisco de Miranda stands as waves splash over the sea wall onto Malecon Avenue during heavy winds in Havana, Cuba. Thousands of Cuban-Americans are heading to Havana this holiday season carrying everything from electronics and medicine to clothing and toiletries to help relatives back home supplement monthly salaries averaging about $20. Not only are Cuban-Americans visiting the island in far greater numbers since President Barack Obama lifted travel restrictions last year, they are bringing more stuff. One carrier says the average bag weight per passenger is up 55 percent _ and many Miami-Havana flights are shadowed by a separate cargo plane just to haul the load. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)
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Israeli rescue workers carry the body of U.S. tourist Kristine Luken after she was found in a wooded area near the village of Mata, outside Jerusalem, on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Israeli police originally identified her as Christine Logan. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who signed a three-year, $9.25-million contract with the Minnesota Twins, answers questions during a news conference in Minneapolis on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Nishioka, 26, batted .346 for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan last season. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
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South Korean national flags fly near the barbed wire fence decorated with messages wishing for reunification of the two Koreas as tourists look at the north side at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone (DMZ), in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. South Korea said Saturday it will go ahead with artillery drills on a border island shelled by North Korea last month despite Pyongyang's threat to retaliate again, as Russia and China expressed concerns over tension on the volatile peninsula. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Rich McKay, co-chairman of the NFL competition committee, speaks to reporters about proposed rule changes at the NFL owners meetings, Monday, March 21, 2011, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Shown Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 in Atlanta, is the Logitech GT Force racing wheel ($149.95) and the Thrustmaster Ferrari F60 limited edition wireless gamepad controller ($49.99). Both controllers work for PlayStation 3 and PC and provide added control for driving simulator gamers. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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A Russian Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. The crew of NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev and European Space Agency Astronaut Paolo Nespoli are to travel to the International Space Station on Dec. 16, 2010. (AP photo/Shamil Zhumatov, pool)
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NASCAR drivers Bobby Labonte, left, and Jamie McMurray talk about their test laps on the newly-paved track during a news conference at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. The testing was the first time race cars turned laps on the new asphalt. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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A Shiite child beats himself with bladed chains while participating in a procession in Peshawar, Pakistan. The first month of the Islamic calendar is dedicated to mourning Imam Hussein.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) listens to a question during a call-in session broadcast live on Russian state television and radio from Moscow on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
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A Shi'ite youth beats himself with knives during the Muharram procession in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days as mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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A Shi'ite Muslim flagelates himself with knives during a Muharram procession in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days as mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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A Shi'ite Muslim woman joins the mourning during a Muharram procession in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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A Shi'ite Muslim child beats himself with bladed chains during a Muharram procession in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days as mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Police officer stands guard as Shi'ite Muslim women arrive to attend Muharram procession in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world as ten days of mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Shi'ite men flagelate themselves with knives during a Muharram procession in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is a ten-day mourning period observed by Shi'ites around the world in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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A woman weeps while visiting an injured family member at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, after an assailant threw an explosive device at Shi'ite Muslims in a Muharram procession in in the city, wounding several people. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Family members of an injured person weep at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, after an assailant threw an explosive device at Shi'ite Muslims in a Muharram procession in the city, wounding several people, two of them critically, police said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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The Clifton model at Frontgate Farms has a center-island kitchen with 42-inch cabinets. The home can be expanded with a finished attic level with a playroom and bedroom, a finished lower level, a morning room and room extensions.
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Kansas Gov.-elect Sam Brownback discusses cabinet appointments during a news conference, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Behind him is Lt. Gov.-elect Jeff Colyer. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
