© Brenda Ann Kenneally

Though Troy, N.Y., is still 80 percent white, black and Hispanic men moving into town from New York City have made working-class Troy a melting pot. Since the time of the Montagues and Capulets, romantic love can break old prejudices, and on a practical level many women see these street-wise young men as cash cows via the street drug trade–with the ability to make big, fast money that hometown boys working at the Walmart or local auto mechanic's labor for hours to earn.

2009 © David Burnett / Contact Press Images

Demonstrators in the funeral cortege of Karan Nejayatollahi, the 27-year-old professor killed during a sit-in strike the day before, face off against the army. Tehran, Dec. 27, 1978.

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Mujahedeen fighters loyal to Ahmed Shah Massoud defend a hilltop against Taliban advances in Ibar, Takhar province, Afghanistan.

© Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden practice their putting on the White House putting green, 4/24/09.

©Bill Luster, The Courier-Journal

Exercise rider Lindsey Molina nuzzled the horse Rendezvous in the stable of trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. The horse ran fourth in the Derby Trial on opening day of Churchill Downs on Saturday. "He's got this thing," she said. "I'll cup my hands and he'll put his nose right in there." April 27, 2009.

Anthony Suau © 2008

Chicago, Ill., March 28, 2008 — Chicago Mercantile Exchange traders in the open outcry S&P 500 pit as markets continue to swing erratically 100+ points a day up or down. The mortgage crisis is being played out on Wall Street and the world's financial markets.