Italy's new premier-designate economist Mario Monti meets with journalists at the Quirinale Presidential Palace after talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome on Sunday. Monti told reporters that he will carry out the task "with a great sense of responsibility and service toward this nation." Pier Paolo Cito/AP hide caption

Attorney Gary Klein in Boston is suing the largest U.S. banks on behalf of thousands of homeowners whom he says the banks wrongfully pushed into foreclosure. Chris Arnold/NPR hide caption

A placard featuring the photo of a child sits on a table during a conference on human sex trafficking last month in Atlanta. In Fairfax County, Va., gang members who have forced girls as young as 12 into prostitution are being sent to prison. Prosecutors there expect to bring more sex trafficking cases against gang members over the next several months. David Goldman/AP hide caption

Keith Jarrett's new album is Rio, recorded live in Brazil. Daniela Yohannes/ECM Records hide caption

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke to a crowd at Giese Manufacturing last week in Dubuque, Iowa. The former Massachusetts governor will head back to the state next week — his fifth public visit to the state all year. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption

A woman rides down a Manhattan street on a bicycle in New York City. Like many major metropolitan areas, New York has witnessed a surge in bicycle use and plans to launch a bike-share plan by next summer. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

Thomas Brausse traded his job selling stocks for one selling sausages. He opened the Frankfurter Wurschtboerse, or Frankfurt Sausage Exchange, after he lost his job in Germany's financial capital in 2008. Thomas Lohnes/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Novelist Don DeLillo is known for his sweeping works of fiction, including White Noise, Falling Man, Libra and Underworld. His latest work, The Angel Esmeralda, is a collection of nine short stories. Joyce Ravid/Scribner hide caption