In this photo released by NASA, the STS-119 space shuttle crew, from left, Lee Archambault, Tony Antonelli, Joseph Acaba, Steve Swanson, John Phillips, and Richard Arnold prepare to throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Baltimore Orioles-Los Angeles Angels baseball game, Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at Camden Yards in Baltimore. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

In this photo released by NASA, the STS-119 space shuttle crew, from left, Lee Archambault, Tony Antonelli, Joseph Acaba, Steve Swanson, John Phillips, and Richard Arnold prepare to throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Baltimore Orioles-Los Angeles Angels baseball game, Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at Camden Yards in Baltimore.

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  1. This image provided by NASA Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009 shows the hexagon jet stream flowing around Saturn's north pole captured by the Cassini spacecraft. The last visible-light images of the entire hexagon were captured by NASA's Voyager spacecraft nearly 30 years ago, the last time spring began on Saturn. According to scientists "It's a mystery on par with the strange weather conditions that give rise to the long-lived Great Red Spot of Jupiter." he hexagon was originally discovered in images taken by the Voyager spacecraft in the early 1980s. It encircles Saturn at about 77 degrees north latitude and has been estimated to have a diameter wider than two Earths. The jet stream is believed to whip along the hexagon at around 100 meters per second (220 miles per hour).
  2. BANNING, CA - DECEMBER 8: Emissions-producing diesel trucks and cars pass non-polluting windmills along the 10 freeway on December 8, 2009 near Banning, California. Sustained global warming shows no sign of letting up according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization made public at the climate talks in Copenhagen. Although global temperature fluctuates from year to year, overall the decade of the 2000s is likely the warmest decade in the past 150 years covered by the report. This decade is warmer than the 1990s which were warmer than the 1980s, and so on. The conclusion meshes with independent analysis by the National Climatic Data Center and NASA.
  3. BANNING, CA - DECEMBER 8: Diesel trucks and cars travel the 10 freeway on December 8, 2009 near Banning, California. Sustained global warming shows no sign of letting up according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization made public at the climate talks in Copenhagen. Although global temperature fluctuates from year to year, overall the decade of the 2000s is likely the warmest decade in the past 150 years covered by the report. This decade is warmer than the 1990s which were warmer than the 1980s, and so on. The conclusion meshes with independent analysis by the National Climatic Data Center and NASA.
  4. BANNING, CA - DECEMBER 8: Emissions-producing diesel trucks and cars pass non-polluting windmills along the 10 freeway on December 8, 2009 near Banning, California. Sustained global warming shows no sign of letting up according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization made public at the climate talks in Copenhagen. Although global temperature fluctuates from year to year, overall the decade of the 2000s is likely the warmest decade in the past 150 years covered by the report. This decade is warmer than the 1990s which were warmer than the 1980s, and so on. The conclusion meshes with independent analysis by the National Climatic Data Center and NASA.
  5. BANNING, CA - DECEMBER 8: An emissions-producing diesel tanker truck passes non-polluting windmills along the 10 freeway on December 8, 2009 near Banning, California. Sustained global warming shows no sign of letting up according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization made public at the climate talks in Copenhagen. Although global temperature fluctuates from year to year, overall the decade of the 2000s is likely the warmest decade in the past 150 years covered by the report. This decade is warmer than the 1990s which were warmer than the 1980s, and so on. The conclusion meshes with independent analysis by the National Climatic Data Center and NASA.
  6. BANNING, CA - DECEMBER 8: Emissions-producing diesel trucks pass non-polluting windmills along the 10 freeway on December 8, 2009 near Banning, California. Sustained global warming shows no sign of letting up according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization made public at the climate talks in Copenhagen. Although global temperature fluctuates from year to year, overall the decade of the 2000s is likely the warmest decade in the past 150 years covered by the report. This decade is warmer than the 1990s which were warmer than the 1980s, and so on. The conclusion meshes with independent analysis by the National Climatic Data Center and NASA.
  7. Los Angeles Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart's locker sits untouched in the Angels locker room on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Adenhart was killed in a car accident last April. After a season that began with a tragedy and ended in bittersweet defeat for the Los Angeles Angels, manager Mike Scioscia was left thinking about what his team accomplished and what it left undone during perhaps his longest year in baseball.
  8. Los Angeles Angels infielder Chone Figgins (R) sits in the dugout watching the New York Yankees celebrate after the Yankees defeated the Angels to win the Major League Baseball ALCS playoff series and advance to the World Series in New York, October 25, 2009.
  9. Los Angeles Angels infielder Chone Figgins (R) sits in the dugout watching the New York Yankees celebrate after the Yankees defeated the Angels to win the Major League Baseball ALCS playoff series and advance to the World Series in New York, October 25, 2009.
  10. New York Yankees celebrate as Los Angeles Angels batter Gary Matthews Jr. (C) walks away from home plate after they defeated the Angels in their Major League Baseball ALCS playoff series in New York, October 25, 2009.
  11. New York Yankees celebrate as Los Angeles Angels batter Gary Matthews Jr. (C) walks away from home plate after they defeated the Angels in their Major League Baseball ALCS playoff series in New York, October 25, 2009.
  12. Los Angeles Angels infielder Chone Figgins sits alone in the dugout watching the New York Yankees celebrate after the Yankees defeated the Angels to win the Major League Baseball ALCS playoff series and advance to the World Series in New York, October 25, 2009.
  13. Michael Aubrey (L) of the Baltimore Orioles scores the winning run of the game as Toronto Blue Jays catcher Rod Barajas looks away in the 11th inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Baltimore, Maryland, October 4, 2009. Aubrey scored on a throwing error by relief pitcher Brandon League.
  14. Baltimore Orioles batter Nick Markakis follows through on his two-run home run off of Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Ricky Romero in the first inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Baltimore, Maryland, October 4, 2009.
  15. Baltimore Orioles Robert Andino, center, and Ty Wigginton congratulate Michael Aubrey after scoring the winning run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the 11th inning of a baseball game Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in Baltimore. The Orioles won 5-4.
  16. Baltimore Orioles Lou Montanez bunts for a single against the Toronto Blue Jays in the 11th inning of a baseball game Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in Baltimore. The Orioles won 5-4.

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  1. A girls holds a flower during a demonstration by Syrian opposition members of government calling for more human rights in Syria, including putting a stop to physical torture in prisons, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, in Beirut December 10, 2009. The protesters demonstrated what they said were different methods of torture used in Syrian prisons.
  2. Sweden's Maria Hjorth tees off on the third hole during the second round of the Dubai Ladies Masters European Tour golf tournament December 10, 2009.
  3. A man walks past a house which residents say was raided by Pakistani security forces during the arrest of five Americans suspected of having links with militants, in the Pakistani city of Sargodha December 10, 2009. The five young Americans detained in Pakistan, which is fighting a violent Taliban insurgency, wanted to join a holy war and were in contact with militants through the Internet, officials said on Thursday.
  4. Paraguay's Julieta Granada tees off on the fifth hole during the second round of the Dubai Ladies Masters European Tour golf tournament December 10, 2009.
  5. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Sculptor Anish Kapoor poses for photographs in front of his artwork 'Shooting into the Corner' in the Royal Academy of Arts on December 10, 2009 in London, England. Since the opening of Kapoor's exhibition in late September, which runs until midnight tomorrow, the piece 'Shooting into the Corner' has been created by firing red wax at a wall in the Royal Academy of Arts every 20 minutes. Kapoor's work is the most successful exhibition by a living artist to be held at the Royal Academy and the most popular sculpture exhibition ever held in London.
  6. Toyota Motors Corp. employee controls Toyota's personal mobility robot Winglet during the Eco-Products 2009, Eco Style Fair, in Tokyo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. The stand-up-and-ride contraption travels at up to 6 kph (3.7 mph).
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: A group of people dressed as space and time travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport on December 10, 2009 in London. The travellers are all friends, family and neighbours of Polish artist Pawel Althamer from Warsaw and are touring the world in a gold airliner to promote the artist's new exhibition 'Common Task' which will be on show at the Modern Art Oxford gallery in Oxford from December 12, 2009 to March 7, 2010.
  8. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: A group of people dressed as space and time travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport on December 10, 2009 in London. The travellers are all friends, family and neighbours of Polish artist Pawel Althamer from Warsaw and are touring the world in a gold airliner to promote the artist's new exhibition 'Common Task' which will be on show at the Modern Art Oxford gallery in Oxford from December 12, 2009 to March 7, 2010.
  9. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: A group of people dressed as space and time travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport on December 10, 2009 in London. The travellers are all friends, family and neighbours of Polish artist Pawel Althamer from Warsaw and are touring the world in a gold airliner to promote the artist's new exhibition 'Common Task' which will be on show at the Modern Art Oxford gallery in Oxford from December 12, 2009 to March 7, 2010.
  10. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: A group of people dressed as space and time travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport on December 10, 2009 in London. The travellers are all friends, family and neighbours of Polish artist Pawel Althamer from Warsaw and are touring the world in a gold airliner to promote the artist's new exhibition 'Common Task' which will be on show at the Modern Art Oxford gallery in Oxford from December 12, 2009 to March 7, 2010.
  11. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: A group of people dressed as space and time travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport on December 10, 2009 in London. The travellers are all friends, family and neighbours of Polish artist Pawel Althamer from Warsaw and are touring the world in a gold airliner to promote the artist's new exhibition 'Common Task' which will be on show at the Modern Art Oxford gallery in Oxford from December 12, 2009 to March 7, 2010.
  12. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, seated right, the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, seated center, and EU- commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, seated left, listen to the speech of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, during the second day of the European People's Parties EPP congress in the plenary hall of the old Bundestag parliament in Bonn, Germany, on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.
  13. Cai Li of China competes in the men's 50-meter freestyle swimming final of the East Asian Games in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.
  14. Nick Fry, Chief Executive Officer of the Formula One constructor Brawn GP, is seen during the Motor Sport Business Forum in Monaco, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.
  15. Boys play in smoke rising from an area fumigated by a health worker, unseen, in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Municipal bodies often take up fumigation as a method of pest control especially to control mosquito related diseases like malaria and dengue.
  16. CORRECTS TO PRIME MINISTER - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sits as German Chancellor Angela Merkel passes by during a meeting of the EPP, European People's Party, at the former German Bundestag parliament in Bonn, western Germany, Thursday Dec. 10, 2009. The EPP Congress is a meeting of conservative country leaders in Europe.