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Posted: 1/26/2013 3:53:21 AM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama waves to supporters during a campaign event at Cheyenne Sports Complex in Las Vegas. A political generation ago, the West signaled the nation's rightward swing -- from the emergence of Ronald Reagan to the success of tax limitation ballot measures in California and Colorado. But now the fabled expanse of jagged peaks, arid deserts and emerald coastlines is trending in a different direction. From Washington state -- where voters in November legalized marijuana and upheld the legality of gay marriage -- to New Mexico, once a hotly-contested swing state that Republicans ceded to Democrats in the presidential campaign, the west has become solidly Democratic terrain. The coastal base states of Washington, Oregon and California continue to move further to left, while the hotly-contested swing states east of the Sierra Nevada are trending more and more toward the Democrats.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)
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Posted: 1/26/2013 3:48:25 AM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2012, file photo, a person holds a freshly rolled marijuana joint just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle. A political generation ago, the West signaled the nation's rightward swing -- from the emergence of Ronald Reagan to the success of tax limitation ballot measures in California and Colorado. But now the fabled expanse of jagged peaks, arid deserts and emerald coastlines is trending in a different direction. From Washington state -- where voters in November legalized marijuana and upheld the legality of gay marriage -- to New Mexico, once a hotly-contested swing state that Republicans ceded to Democrats in the presidential campaign, the west has become solidly Democratic terrain. The coastal base states of Washington, Oregon and California continue to move further to left, while the hotly-contested swing states east of the Sierra Nevada are trending more and more toward the Democrats.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Posted: 1/25/2013 5:13:34 PM EST
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, Israeli Yair Lapid, a popular former TV anchorman, head of the new centrist party Yesh Atid, delivers a speech in the Ariel college of Judea and Samaria in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. Lapid electrified Israel with his surprising success in the January 2013 election and an Obama-like message of hope and change, and expectations are high. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
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Posted: 1/21/2013 7:18:29 AM EST
Naftali Bennett (L), head of the far-right Bayit Yehudi party, campaigns at a bar in Tel Aviv January 20, 2013. Israel will hold a parliamentary election on January 22. Bennett has emerged as the surprise success story of the country's election campaign, with polls predicting his party will win some 13 seats, and that a cabinet post for Bennett is likely. REUTERS/Nir Elias
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Posted: 1/20/2013 5:03:31 PM EST
Malians who fled Islamist rule or fighting in northern Mali take shelter at a camp for the displaced in Sevare, Mali, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. The departure of the Islamists from the central town of Diabaly marks a success for the French-led military intervention that began Jan. 11 to oust the Islamists from northern and central Mali. Earlier in the week, the Malian military was able to retake another key town, Konna, whose capture had sparked the French intervention. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
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Posted: 1/19/2013 3:58:24 AM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during the last news conference of his first term in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama wants Asia to be a growing focus of his foreign policy, but as his second terms starts, success could hinge on his ability to manage hot spots elsewhere in the world and avert a fiscal crisis at home. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Posted: 1/18/2013 4:03:44 AM EST
Koichi Hamada, professor emeritus of economics at Yale University, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. The expert behind the monetary policies of Japan's new prime minister welcomed the recovering stock market and favorable exchange rate as signs of success Friday, and said the dollar can rise to 110 yen before excessive inflation risks kick in. Hamada is the brain behind the "Abenomics" of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, elected late last year, who has been pressuring the Bank of Japan to set an inflation target to fight deflation. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
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Posted: 1/11/2013 7:13:23 AM EST
FILE - In this, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 file photo, Italian actress Mariangela Melato waves to photographers prior to the start of the Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2009 fashion collection, presented in Milan, Italy. Melato, 71, known for her critically acclaimed performance as a spoiled socialite stranded with a sailor she had tormented in the 1974 film comedy "Swept Away" has died in a Rome hospital. The Antea hospital said she died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The LaPresse news agency said she was suffering from pancreatic cancer. The blonde actress obtained her most success in a series of films in the 1970s directed by the Italian Lina Wertmuller, including "The Seduction of Mimi" and "Love and Anarchy." (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
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Posted: 1/11/2013 7:13:23 AM EST
FILE - In this, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 file photo, Italian actress Mariangela Melato smiles to photographers prior to the start of the Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2009 fashion collection, presented in Milan, Italy. Melato, 71, known for her critically acclaimed performance as a spoiled socialite stranded with a sailor she had tormented in the 1974 film comedy "Swept Away" has died in a Rome hospital. The Antea hospital said she died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The LaPresse news agency said she was suffering from pancreatic cancer. The blonde actress obtained her most success in a series of films in the 1970s directed by the Italian Lina Wertmuller, including "The Seduction of Mimi" and "Love and Anarchy." (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
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Posted: 1/9/2013 3:23:28 AM EST
CEO of MiaSole John Carrignton, left, shows a piece of a thin-film solar panel, while Zhou Jiesan, right, an executive of Hanergy Group, watches during a press conference held at the headquarters of Hanergy Group in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The Chinese company that bought Miasole, a California producer of thin-film solar panels, said it can make a success of the emerging technology where others have suffered huge losses. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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Posted: 1/9/2013 3:23:27 AM EST
Li Hejun, chairman and CEO of Hanergy Group, attends a press conference held at the company's headquarters in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The Chinese company that bought Miasole, a California producer of thin-film solar panels, says it can make a success of the emerging technology where others have suffered huge losses. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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Posted: 1/9/2013 3:23:24 AM EST
Company executives look at thin-film solar panels developed by MiaSole before a press conference held at the headquarters of Hanergy Group in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Hanergy Group, the Chinese company that bought MiaSole, a California producer of thin-film solar panels, said it can make a success of the emerging technology where others have suffered huge losses. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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Posted: 1/6/2013 9:58:27 AM EST
A young boy prays during morning mass at the Notre Dame Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Bangui, Central African Republic Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Rebels in Central African Republic seized control of another town on Saturday, just days before they are to begin negotiations with the government, casting doubt on the possible success of the talks. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Posted: 1/6/2013 9:58:27 AM EST
The thurifer swings the thurible of incense as he leads the procession out of the Notre Dame Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at the end of the morning mass in Bangui, Central African Republic Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Rebels in Central African Republic seized control of another town on Saturday, just days before they are to begin negotiations with the government, casting doubt on the possible success of the talks. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Posted: 12/24/2012 1:53:18 PM EST
FILE - In this July 31, 2012 file photo, United States' Michael Phelps poses with his gold medal for the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Phelps retires with twice as many golds as any other Olympian, and his total of 22 medals is easily the best mark. Phelps' Olympic success was a major sports story of 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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Posted: 12/16/2012 8:58:27 AM EST
North Korean military officers attend a national meeting of top party and military officials on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. North Korea parlayed the success of last week's rocket launch to glorify leader Kim Jong Un and his late father on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Posted: 12/14/2012 6:18:35 AM EST
Slogans honoring the leadership are displayed during a mass rally organized to celebrate the success of a rocket launch that sent a satellite into space on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. As the U.S. led international condemnation of what it calls a covert test of missile technology, top North Korean officials denied the allegations and maintained the country's right to develop its space program. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Posted: 12/14/2012 4:19:07 AM EST
North Korean soldiers attend a mass rally organised to celebrate the success of a rocket launch that sent a satellite into space at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. As the U.S. led international condemnation of what it calls a covert test of missile technology, top North Korean officials denied the allegations and maintained the country's right to develop its space program. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Posted: 12/14/2012 4:19:05 AM EST
North Korean military band members perform during a mass rally organized to celebrate the success of a rocket launch that sent a satellite into space at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. As the U.S. led international condemnation of what it calls a covert test of missile technology, top North Korean officials denied the allegations and maintained the country's right to develop its space program. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
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Posted: 12/14/2012 4:19:03 AM EST
North Korean soldiers applaud near slogans honouring their leadership during a mass rally organized to celebrate the success of a rocket launch that sent a satellite into space on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. As the U.S. led international condemnation of what it calls a covert test of missile technology, top North Korean officials denied the allegations and maintained the country's right to develop its space program. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
