Caroline Kennedy, center, arrives for lunch with The Rev. Al Sharpton, left, at the famed soul food restaurant Sylvia's in Harlem, New York, Thursday Dec. 18, 2008. The late President John F. Kennedy's daughter acknowledged Wednesday she's seeking to be appointed to the Senate seat held by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to be secretary of state. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

Caroline Kennedy, center, arrives for lunch with The Rev. Al Sharpton, left, at the famed soul food restaurant Sylvia's in Harlem, New York, Thursday Dec. 18, 2008. The late President John F. Kennedy's daughter acknowledged Wednesday she's seeking to be appointed to the Senate seat held by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to be secretary of state.

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  3. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: Caroline Kennedy attends the 'I Participate' and 'Cities of Service' launch with EIF and U.S. Mayors at Gracie Mansion on September 10, 2009 in New York City. EIF, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, launches 'I Participate,' a multi-year campaign mobilizing the entertainment community to boost volunteerism. Centerpiece is a week-long television event, October 19th to 25th, when shows on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC and other broadcast networks will spotlight service.
  4. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: Caroline Kennedy attends the 'I Participate' and 'Cities of Service' launch with EIF and U.S. Mayors at Gracie Mansion on September 10, 2009 in New York City. EIF, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, launches 'I Participate,' a multi-year campaign mobilizing the entertainment community to boost volunteerism. Centerpiece is a week-long television event, October 19th to 25th, when shows on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC and other broadcast networks will spotlight service.
  5. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10:(L - R) Judith Rodin, Ashton Kutcher, Lisa Paulsen, and Caroline Kennedy attend the 'I Participate' and 'Cities of Service' launch with EIF and U.S. Mayors at Gracie Mansion on September 10, 2009 in New York City. EIF, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, launches 'I Participate,' a multi-year campaign mobilizing the entertainment community to boost volunteerism. Centerpiece is a week-long television event, October 19th to 25th, when shows on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC and other broadcast networks will spotlight service.
  6. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: Caroline Kennedy (3rd-L) and Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker attend the Entertainment Industry Foundation's volunteer initiatives kick off in Duffy Square on September 10, 2009 in New York City.
  7. Rev. Al Sharpton, center left, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, center right, leave a fourth grade class at Delaplaine McDaniel Elementary School in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. Sharpton, Gingrich , and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited schools in Philadelphia as part of their "listening and learning" tour to find out what school strategies are working and why.
  8. Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich are seen at Delaplaine McDaniel Elementary School in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. Sharpton, Gingrich , and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited schools in Philadelphia as part of their "listening and learning" tour to find out what school strategies are working and why.
  9. Reverend Al Sharpton arrives at the "Get Schooled" conference and premiere hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Viacom on Tuesday Sept. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles.
  10. Rev. Al Sharpton arrives at the funeral reception for singer Michael Jackson at a restaurant in Pasadena, Calif. on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009.
  11. Rev. Al Sharpton, left, arrives to Michael Jackson's funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields. Other men are unidentified.
  12. Reverend Al Sharpton (2nd L) arrives at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California September 3, 2009. Michael Jackson finally will be buried near Los Angeles on Thursday evening, 70 days after his death, in the historic cemetery at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.
  13. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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