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This undated image released by CBS shows dog guru Justin Silver, host of the new show "Dogs in the City," walking dogs in New York. Every Wednesday beginning May 30, Silver will try to help New York City hounds and humans tackle unsettling problems like joint custody after divorce or dealing with significant others who just moved in. (AP Photo/CBS, Heather Wines)

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Tabulators in Washington record the information from the more than 120,000 enumerators who gathered data for the 1940 U.S. census. The population record was veiled in secrecy for 72 years because of privacy concerns. (National Archives and Records Administration via Associated Press)

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Brandon Parker, the son of Afghanistan War veteran Clifford Parker, is one of many children of disabled or wounded military service members who has attended Camp Corral, a free weeklong summer camp sponsored by the Golden Corral restaurant chain. (Camp Corral)

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Karl Lagerfeld and Diane Kruger auction off items for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit during the 65th Cannes film festival in Cap d'Antibes, southern France, on Thursday. The gala raised a record-breaking $11 million for AIDS research, organizers said Friday. (Associated Press)

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Russian police detain gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev during a demonstration in Moscow on Sunday, May 27, 2012, to demand the right to hold a gay pride parade. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

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Neighbors in Northeast Philadelphia react as police remove the bodies of toddler twins on Thursday May 24, 2012, after they were found dead in their home. Police say the 18-month-old boy and girl appear to have died of suffocation and the mother is in custody. Police say their 41-year-old mother attempted to take her own life by slitting her wrists and they believe she gave some kind of prescription pills to her 4-year-old daughter. The 4-year-old girl is hospitalized. Information on her condition wasn't available. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)

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Members of a religious group stand in front of a picture of pop star Lady Gaga as they hold a protest against her concert near the venue in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines, on Monday May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)