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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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Janet Davison Rowley, M.D., who discovered the first consistent chromosome translocation in a human cancer, at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. Rowley is the Blum Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago.
  12. President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Janet Davison Rowley, M.D., who discovered the first consistent chromosome translocation in a human cancer, at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. Rowley is the Blum Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago.

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  7. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 09: Musician Wyclef Jean performs at the Nokia Theatre as part of the 'Random Acts of Giving' campaign on November 9, 2009 in New York City.
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  12. A rescue team look for victims among rubbles and mud in San Vicente 80 km east of San Salvador, on November 9, 2009. Floods and landslides killed at least 130 people in El Salvador between Sunday and Monday and sent 10,000 fleeing their homes after a late-season hurricane devastated swaths of mountainous Central America. Landslides and overflowing rivers swept away entire homes, while a raging torrent ripped through an large section of one town.
  13. Former Polish President Lech Walesa stands back after a camera man on Segway personal transporter crashes when pushing the first domino block on the corner of the Reichstag Gate in Berlin November 9, 2009, during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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