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In this photo taken in late December, 2010, Ted Williams holds a sign advertising his smooth radio voice near a highway ramp in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Williams, who is homeless, became an online video sensation when the Columbus Dispatch posted a video of him speaking in his deep baritone voice on its website this week. The Cleveland Cavaliers contacted him on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, to offer him an announcing job. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Doral Chenoweth III)
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The miCoach Pacer includes a "coaching mode" that feeds information to runners about form and speed. It is part of a wave of technological tools aimed at helping people keep their behaviors in line. (Adidas via Associated Press)
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Venezuelan tourists watch a partial solar eclipse in front of the Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. A partial solar eclipse began Tuesday in the skies over the Mideast and extended across much of Europe. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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A view of a partial solar eclipse as seen from Gaza city Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. A partial solar eclipse began Tuesday in the skies over the Mideast and extended across much of Europe. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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A Jordanian man uses his hand to show a reflected image of the partial solar eclipse, in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday Jan. 4, 2011. A partial solar eclipse began Tuesday in the skies over the Mideast and extended across much of Europe. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)
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Pakistani familes bury their children during the partial solar eclipse in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Superstitious people hope that burying ailing person during solar eclipse will cure them. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called Army Pfc. Bradley Manning a "political prisoner." The secrets-spilling website founded by Mr. Assange was used to leak more than 150,000 downloaded State Department cables. (Associated Press)
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FILE - This Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 file picture shows Nancy O'Dell at the Ninth Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation benefit 'An Enduring Vision' in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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** FILE ** Dr. Conrad Murray appears at a procedural hearing in Los Angeles in April 2010. (AP Photo/David McNew, Pool, File)
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The Fairbanks model at Dixon Crossing has an open floor plan with an open family room and an optional fireplace in the back of the main level. The Fairbanks has 2,565 finished square feet and is priced from $399,990.
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FILE - In this 2005 file image originally released by Universal Music, musician Teena Marie is shown. Marie developed a lasting legacy with her silky soul pipes and with hits like "Lovergirl," "Square Biz," and "Fire and Desire" with mentor Rick James, has died. She was 54. (AP Photo/Universal Music, Tracy Jones, file) NO SALES
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Rik Krohn displays the remote control unit he uses to turn on an experimental nerve stimulator to combat his sleep apnea, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at his home in Burnsville, Minn. Loud snoring may do more than irritate your spouse: It can signal sleep apnea, depriving you of enough zzzz's to trigger a car crash, even a heart attack. Now scientists are testing if an implanted device might help, keeping sufferers' airways open by zapping the tongue during sleep. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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In this Nov. 22, 2010 photo, LVX System inventor and CEO John C. Pederson holds a small LED transceiver unit in St. Cloud, Minn. The unit can connect to a computer allowing fast, wireless internet connectivity through imperceptible pulses of light transmitted to and from other LED lights in a ceiling-mounted unit. (AP Photo/Kimm Anderson)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Lawyer Daniel Balsam of San Francisco hates spam so much that he launched a website, Danhatesspam.com.
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Children naughty and nice still write and mail letters to Santa, but a growing number of them send their Christmas wish lists via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook.
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In this Oct. 10, 2010 photo, David Rousseau, stands in a Miami sound stage as Pit Bull records a music video. As a child, music video director Rousseau lived in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood and would listen to the songs wafting from the nearby Orange Bowl. It was the 1980s and all the biggest acts played there: Pink Floyd, Genesis, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson. It made him envision what the music would look like. Today, Rousseau, 35, has directed videos for some of music's biggest acts: Lil Wayne, Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, and T-Pain. He is known for bright colors and graphics that complement the high-energy music he's showcasing. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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FILE - This undated screen shot shows three phases of a photo of a banana, from left the original, the masked version and the result, that was bent with a tool of the new Adobe Photoshop CS5 software. Adobe Systems Inc., releases quarterly financial earnings Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, after the market close.(AP Photo/Peter Zschunke, file)
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In this Dec. 13, 2010 photo, the Nexus S smart phone from Google/Samsung , is shown in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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In this publicity image released by King Features Syndicate, comic strips "Baby Blues," left, and "Hagar the Horrible," are displayed on a portable digital device. King Features Syndicate's comics strips are now available through an app it has posted on Apple's iTunes, a move that gives readers access to not only the new strips daily, but classic selections from decades gone by. (AP Photo/King Features Syndicate)
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In this product image provided by Mattel, Inc., the Prehistoric Pets Cruncher Interactive Dinosaur, is displayed. (AP Photo/Mattel, Inc.)