FILE - This June 2008 photo provided by the University of Chicago shows Judge Diane Pamela Wood of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Wood, a possible U.S. Supreme Court nominee, described $2.2 million to $7.2 million in assets in the financial disclosure report she filed last year covering 2007, the most recent available. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

FILE - This June 2008 photo provided by the University of Chicago shows Judge Diane Pamela Wood of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Wood, a possible U.S. Supreme Court nominee, described $2.2 million to $7.2 million in assets in the financial disclosure report she filed last year covering 2007, the most recent available.

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  1. Adam Green, Associate Professor of American History at the University of Chicago, speaks about "The Obama Era" at the Newseum in Washington, October 2, 2009. The speech was part of the First Draft of History event, held by the Atlantic Magazine and the Aspen Institute to bring together newsmakers, historians and journalists.
  2. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to a patron during a book signing for his book, 'The Governor' at the University of Chicago Bookstore, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, in Chicago. Wednesday is the one year anniversary of Blagojevich being arrested by the FBI at his home and taken away in handcuffs. Among other things, prosecutors accused Blagojevich of threatening to withhold government services from people and organizations, including a children's hospital, unless they made generous campaign contributions. The Chicago Democrat was impeached and removed from office.
  3. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich shakes hands during a book signing for his book, 'The Governor' at the University of Chicago Bookstore, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, in Chicago. Wednesday is the one year anniversary of Blagojevich being arrested by the FBI at his home and taken away in handcuffs. Among other things, prosecutors accused Blagojevich of threatening to withhold government services from people and organizations, including a children's hospital, unless they made generous campaign contributions. The Chicago Democrat was impeached and removed from office.
  4. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich signs copies of his book 'The Governor' during a book signing at the University of Chicago Bookstore, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, in Chicago.
  5. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to customers during a book signing for his book, 'The Governor' at the University of Chicago Bookstore, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, in Chicago. Wednesday is the one year anniversary of Blagojevich being arrested by the FBI at his home and taken away in handcuffs. Among other things, prosecutors accused Blagojevich of threatening to withhold government services from people and organizations, including a children's hospital, unless they made generous campaign contributions. The Chicago Democrat was impeached and removed from office.
  6. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich shakes hands with Drew Boshardy during a book signing for his book, 'The Governor' at the University of Chicago Bookstore, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, in Chicago. Wednesday is the one year anniversary of Blagojevich being arrested by the FBI at his home and taken away in handcuffs. Among other things, prosecutors accused Blagojevich of threatening to withhold government services from people and organizations, including a children's hospital, unless they made generous campaign contributions. The Chicago Democrat was impeached and removed from office.
  7. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich jokes with the crowd during a book signing for his book, 'The Governor' at the University of Chicago Bookstore, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, in Chicago.
  8. University of Chicago Professor Paul Sereno (L) and McGill University Associate Professor Hans Larsson excavate the fossil skull of a 100-million-year-old croc in Niger in this undated National Geographic photograph released to Reuters on November 19, 2009. The animal, which they nicknamed BoarCroc, was one of several crocs that inhabited a lost world now buried in the sands of the Sahara.
  9. A flesh model of the head of BoarCroc (above) and its actual fossil skull discovered in the Sahara by a team led by paleontologist Paul Sereno, a professor at the University of Chicago, are seen in this combo photograph by National Geographic made available to Reuters on November 19, 2009. BoarCroc was a 20-foot-long meat eater with three sets of dagger-shaped fangs.
  10. Dr. Greg Zagaja, left, performs a robotic prostatectomy on a patient at University of Chicago Medical Center using a da Vinci Si robotics system, center, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 in Chicago. A study, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery.
  11. Dr. Greg Zagaja performs a robotic prostatectomy on a patient at University of Chicago Medical Center using a da Vinci Si robotics system, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 in Chicago. A study, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery.
  12. Dr. Greg Zagaja, center, prepares to perform a robotic prostatectomy on a patient at University of Chicago Medical Center using a da Vinci Si robotics system, left, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 in Chicago. A study, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery.
  13. Dr. Greg Zagaja prepares to perform a robotic prostatectomy on a patient at University of Chicago Medical Center using a da Vinci Si robotics system, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 in Chicago. A study, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery.
  14. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 08: (L-R) Kathy Miller, board member of the Vermont Grocers' Association; David Evans, lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School; Mark Caverly of the Credit Union National Association and the Electronic Payments Coalition; and Ed Mierzwinski, senior fellow in the U.S. PIRG Consumer Program, testify during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill October 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009 and the Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act.
  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 08: (L-R) Kathy Miller, board member of the Vermont Grocers' Association; David Evans, lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School; and Mark Caverly of the Credit Union National Association and the Electronic Payments Coalition, testify during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill October 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009 and the Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act.
  16. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 08: (L-R) Kathy Miller, board member of the Vermont Grocers' Association; David Evans, lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School; Mark Caverly of the Credit Union National Association and the Electronic Payments Coalition; Ed Mierzwinski, senior fellow in the U.S. PIRG Consumer Program; Ann Duplessis of Independent Community Bankers of America; Mallory Duncan of Merchants Payments Coalition, testify during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill October 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009 and the Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act.

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  2. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) supporters participate in a victory rally celebrating the central governments decision to initiate the process of creating a separate Telangana state, at their party office in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009. The government's decision to carve a new state out of the southern region of Andhra Pradesh has also led to counter protests. Protesters took to the streets Friday, setting public buses on fire and clashing with police, in anger over the decision.
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  13. U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth, right, and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, left, look on during their meeting at the foreign ministry in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009. Bosworth is in Japan to brief his recent talks with North Korean officials about resuming negotiations on its nuclear disarmament.
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