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ASSOCIATED PRESS David Stockman, budget director for President Reagan, sees tough decisions for President Obama's deficit commission as it prepares a final report.
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Demonstrators run to protest against the general elections after a news conference by twelve of the nineteen presidential candidates in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Nearly all the major candidates endorsed a joint statement denouncing Sunday's voting as fraudulent and calling on their supporters to show their anger with demonstrations against the government and the country's Provisional Electoral Council. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Greenpeace activists wave windsocks as they campaign for the use of renewable energy Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 in Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines. The Filipino activists called on President Benigno Aquino III to commit to 50 percent renewable energy by 2020 as one of the solutions to fight climate change. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
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In this Nov. 25, 2010, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), packages of seized marijuana are examined by officials in Murrieta, Calif., after a cross-border tunnel between Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego was discovered. (AP Photo/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
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Residents of Merry Go Round Farm can enjoy an equestrian center and miles of walking paths and horse trails.
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Feminist Gloria Steinem claims conservative women are beset by a political form of Stockholm syndrome. (Associated Press)
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Sinn Fein supporters protest outside Irish government buildings, in Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. The Irish government has unveiled a range of tough austerity measures designed to help solve the country's debt crisis. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by German journalist Peter Seewald, left, and by Monsignor Rino Fisichella holds a copy of the book "Light of the World'' during a private audience at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. The Vatican broadened the scope of the pope's comments about condom use being a lesser evil than transmitting HIV by saying the concept also applies to women. The Pontiff said in the book that condom use by people such as male prostitutes was a lesser evil since it indicated they were taking a step toward a more moral and responsible sexuality by aiming to protect their partner from infection. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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A protester sprays a message on a government building Wednesday as students protest against tuition fees at Whitehall in London. Thousands of British students participated in the demonstration. (Associated Press)
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A crushed AIDS drug is shown in the palm of a smoker's hand in the Kwadebeka Township near Durban, South Africa. AIDS patients in South Africa are being robbed of their lifesaving drugs so that they can be mixed with marijuana and smoked, authorities and health experts say. (Associated Press)
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Activist Lori Lamb distributes stickers to travelers to protest against TSA's new security procedures at Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Holiday travelers dismayed by airport body scans planned protests at bustling airports Wednesday, while the head of the nation's transport security agency urged passengers to comply with searches to reduce the possibility of delays on one of the busiest travel days of the year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Activist Lori Lamb distributes stickers to travelers to protest against TSA's new security procedures at Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Holiday travelers dismayed by airport body scans planned protests at bustling airports Wednesday, while the head of the nation's transport security agency urged passengers to comply with searches to reduce the possibility of delays on one of the busiest travel days of the year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Activist Lori Lamb distributes stickers to travelers to protest against TSA's new security procedures at Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Holiday travelers dismayed by airport body scans planned protests at bustling airports Wednesday, while the head of the nation's transport security agency urged passengers to comply with searches to reduce the possibility of delays on one of the busiest travel days of the year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Protesters let off a smoke flare as thousands of students protest against tuition fees at Whitehall in London, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Protesters break down a construction barrier as thousands of students protest against tuition fees at Whitehall in London, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Protesters gesture on top of a stranded police van as thousands of students protest against increased tuition fees at Whitehall in London, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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An injured protester is treated by police medic as thousands of students protest against tuition fees at Whitehall in London, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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A police officer guards the area where a bus was burned by alleged drug traffickers at the Santa Cruz slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday Nov. 24, 2010. Heavily armed men halted buses and cars, robbed their passengers and set the vehicles ablaze Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, continuing a wave of violence that has rattled rich and poor alike in a city Brazil hopes to make a showplace for the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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A worker cuts damaged cables next to a bus burned by alleged drug traffickers at the Santa Cruz slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday Nov. 24, 2010. Heavily armed men halted buses and cars, robbed their passengers and set the vehicles ablaze Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, continuing a wave of violence that has rattled rich and poor alike in a city Brazil hopes to make a showplace for the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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British police officers prepare to barricade off the Liberal Democrats Party headquarter in central London in readiness for a student protest against raised tuition fees on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
