The new SunChips bag, which was advertised as 100 percent compostable, was also really loud. Casey Rodgers/AP Images for SunChips hide caption

Homeowners speak with bank consultants in Los Angeles in September at an event put on by the  Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America. The organization's CEO, Bruce Marks, says foreclosure suspensions at three major banks and several states may actually help stabilize the economy. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

A still from a trailer for Musical Youth, the Chinese remake of High School Musical. YouTube hide caption

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church picket in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

Rutgers University students sign condolence cards Friday for the family of freshman Tyler Clementi, who killed himself last month. Mel Evans/AP hide caption

Originally from St. Louis, Mo., Jada Irwin moved to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area for work. As a single woman, she likes where she lives, but if she were to have children, she says, she would move to South Carolina or somewhere similarly less expensive. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption