PALO ALTO, CA - APRIL 21: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (C) and his wife Jennifer Siebel (L) greet workers at the Facebook headquarters April 21, 2009 in Palo Alto, California. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, announced today in a Twitter message that he is officially running for governor of California. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

PALO ALTO, CA - APRIL 21: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (C) and his wife Jennifer Siebel (L) greet workers at the Facebook headquarters April 21, 2009 in Palo Alto, California. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, announced today in a Twitter message that he is officially running for governor of California.

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  2. SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 27: Charles Schwab Corp. founder and chairman Chuck Schwab (L) jokes with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom (C) and John Fisher (R) during the grand opening of the new Charles Schwab flagship branch October 27, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Charles Schwab's new 12,500 square foot flagship location will offer space for customers to work with financial consultants, check on accounts and attend workshops.
  3. SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 27: Charles Schwab Corp. founder and chairman Chuck Schwab (L) talks with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom during the grand opening of the new Charles Schwab flagship branch October 27, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Charles Schwab's new 12,500 square foot flagship location will offer space for customers to work with financial consultants, check on accounts and attend workshops.
  4. SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 27: Charles Schwab Corp. founder and chairman Chuck Schwab (R) talks with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom (C) and Carrie Schwab Pomerantz (L) during the grand opening of the new Charles Schwab flagship branch October 27, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Charles Schwab's new 12,500 square foot flagship location will offer space for customers to work with financial consultants, check on accounts and attend workshops.
  5. SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 27: Charles Schwab Corp. founder and chairman Chuck Schwab (L) walks with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom during the grand opening of the new Charles Schwab flagship branch October 27, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Charles Schwab's new 12,500 square foot flagship location will offer space for customers to work with financial consultants, check on accounts and attend workshops.
  6. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (L) with actress and wife Jennifer Siebel (R) and their newborn child attend closing ceremonies for the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Harding Park golf course in San Francisco, California, October 11, 2009.
  7. In this photo released by American Lung Association, a sheet of new Christmas Seals is shown in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Emily Bissell, started selling Seals in 1907 to help fight the battle against tuberculosis with a design she created. The American Lung Association is helping fight lung disease and advocate for clean air. It has also launched e-cards in an appeal to younger audiences depicting it's entire archive of designs and offers a Facebook application as well.
  8. In this photo released by American Lung Association, actress Mary Duffy portrays Emily Bissell, founder of the Christmas Seals campaign, as she hands out samples Christmas Seals to mail carrier Steve Revell in front of the James A. Farley Post Office in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Helping to fight lung disease and advocate for clean air, the American Lung Association has launched e-cards and a Facebook application in an appeal to younger audiences depicting it's entire archive of designs as far back as 1907.
  9. In this photo released by American Lung Association, actress Mary Duffy, portrays Emily Bissell, founder of the Christmas Seals campaign, as she hands out samples of Christmas Seals in front of the James A. Farley Post Office in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Helping to fight lung disease and advocate for clean air, the American Lung Association has also launched e-cards and a Facebook application in an appeal to younger audiences depicting it's entire archive of designs as far back as 1907.
  10. Marketing Director of Facebook Randi Zuckerberg speaks during the Youth Engagement Summit 2009 in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur November 17, 2009.
  11. Marketing director of Facebook Randi Zuckerberg speaks during the Youth Engagement Summit 2009 in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur November 17, 2009.
  12. View of the Oxford American College dictionary taken in Washington on November 16, 2009. The New Oxford American Dictionary named 'unfriend' -- as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook -- its word of the year on Monday. Oxford University Press USA, in a blog post, said 'unfriend,' a verb, had bested netbook, sexting, paywall, birther and death panel for the honor.'Unfriend has real lex-appeal,' said Christine Lindberg, senior lexicographer for Oxford�s US dictionary program.
  13. Leader of Britain's opposition Liberal Democrat Party, Nick Clegg, speaks at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference in London November 23, 2009.
  14. Three Orthodox Jews, from left, Solomon Diamant, Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss and Dovid Feldman, all of Lakewood, N.J., hold a banner outside The New Jersey Statehouse Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., as they protest proposed legislation legalizing same sex marriage. With a former prosecutor waiting in the wings to take over as New Jersey's first Republican governor in a dozen years, Democrats know time is short to push through a social agenda in the Legislature that includes legalizing gay marriage and the use of marijuana for chronic medical conditions.
  15. A huge crowd gathers outside offices of Garden State Equality, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., before walking to the New Jersey Statehouse to lobby for passage of a bill legalizing gay marriage. With a former prosecutor waiting in the wings to take over as New Jersey's first Republican governor in a dozen years, Democrats know time is short to push through a social agenda in the Legislature that includes legalizing gay marriage and the use of marijuana for chronic medical conditions.
  16. Steven Goldstein of Garden State Equality walks with supporters Marsha Shapiro, left, and Louise Walpin, right, as they lead a large group into the New Jersey Statehouse Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., to lobby for proposed legislation legalizing same sex marriage. With a former prosecutor waiting in the wings to take over as New Jersey's first Republican governor in a dozen years, Democrats know time is short to push through a social agenda in the Legislature that includes legalizing gay marriage and the use of marijuana for chronic medical conditions.

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