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Associated Press Senate candidate Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, seen here Monday in Lexington, Ky., refused to shake his opponent's hand after a Sunday debate because of an attack ad the Democrat is running.
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**ADVANCE FOR DEC. 9-10 ** FILE**Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-NC, speaks during an immigration hearing in Gastonia, N.C., Aug. 25, 2006. The 31-year-old McHenry represents a safe GOP district and is ready to become a leading voice of attack against the new Democratic leadership. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, here in 2007, has been promoted to a key position in the Communist Party's military commission, indicating that he will succeed President Hu Jintao. (Associated Press)
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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reportedly told his visitor, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, that Iraq's 7-month-old political crisis needs to be resolved. (Iranian Supreme Leader's office via Associated Press)
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James Cromitie, seen here in May 2009 in New York after being arrested in a plot to bomb synagogues and shoot down military aircraft, was among four defendants convicted Monday. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** French soldiers patrol around the Louvre museum in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, after a terror threat. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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President of FIFA Sepp Blatter, second left, waves as he leaves 10 Downing Street in London after a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron over England's bid to host the 2018 soccer World Cup, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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HELP WANTED: President Obama greets supporters Sunday on his arrival in Cleveland, the first stop of the day in tandem campaigning with first lady Michelle Obama for Democratic candidates in Ohio, a key state for his party. (Associated Press)
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Hezbollah supporters hold up posters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before his speech in Lebanon Wednesday. His fierce opposition to Israel is popular. (Associated Press)
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ISRAEL'S ENEMY: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is considered by many of Lebanon's common folk as a protector from Israeli dominance. (Associated Press)
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Colorado Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper (left) has thus far refrained from going negative against his chief rival, American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo (right), in his campaign ads. (Associated Press)
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BOXER REBELLION: Polls show Carly Fiorina, Republican candidate for Senate from California, is within striking distance of the incumbent. (Associated Press)
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The NIS Jugopetrol oil refinery operates in Pancevo, Serbia, where NATO bombings 11 years ago released mercury, dioxins and other cancer-causing compounds into the Danube River. (Associated Press)
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Auctioneer Elisabeth Schlegel presents a sheet with ten stamps showing U.S. actress Audrey Hepburn in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. The stamps will be auctioned in Berlin next Saturday for UNICEF and the Audrey Hepburn childrens foundation. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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The White House is bathed in pink light in recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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The White House is bathed in pink light in recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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The White House is bathed in pink light in recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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A bust of Adolf Hitler is pictured in front of a portrait of Hitler during a preview for the exhebition 'Hitler and the Germans - nation and crime' in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. The exhibition runs from Oct. 15, 2010 until Feb. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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Actor George Clooney speaks to reporters after meeting with President Barack Obama about his recent trip to Sudan at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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**FILE** Director Oliver Stone poses for the photographers during a photo-call for the movie "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in Berlin on Oct. 12, 2010. (Associated Press)
