A Palestinian flag is raised in front of European Union headquarters in Brussels on Monday. The Palestinians are expected to seek statehood at the United Nations next week. John Thys/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Anthony Owens (right) repairs the roof of a tornado-damaged home with James Davis (left) and Dwain Payne on July 30 in Joplin, Mo. All three men came up from Mobile, Ala., looking for work after the May 22 tornado that devastated Joplin, killing 160 people and destroying 7,500 homes and as many as 500 businesses. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

Many parents today expect to have choices — and that includes picking and choosing which vaccines their children gets. iStockphoto.com hide caption

Citizen Welles: Tyro filmmaker Orson Welles' bigger-than-life movie debut was hailed in some quarters as groundbreaking, damned in others as slanderous. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

The nation's poverty rate rose last year to 15.1 percent, up from 14.3 in 2009, according to a new report from the Census Bureau. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

People line up in the early morning for food at Edgehill United Methodist Church. John Partipilo/The Tennessean hide caption

Members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests pose in front of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday. A group representing the victims is asking the world court to investigate top Vatican officials over the clerical sex abuse scandal. Rob Keeris/AP hide caption

Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf testifies before the supercommittee on Tuesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

Singer-songwriter Christopher Owens (left) and bassist-producer Chet "JR" White are the core members of Girls. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Ebert, with Chaz Ebert, accepts a career-achievement award at the theater-owners' convention ShoWest in 2009. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption