Consumers spent more than expected in the first quarter of 2012, partly because they dipped into their savings, but businesses spent less. Don Ryan/AP hide caption

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has fled house arrest despite an around-the-clock presence of security forces. This image is from a video of Chen that was posted Friday on YouTube and elsewhere. "I am now free. But my worries have not ended yet," Chen says. Boxun.com via AP hide caption

Vice President Biden defends the administration's foreign policy --€” and questions Mitt Romney's ideas — on Thursday at New York University. Lucas Jackson/Reuters/Landov hide caption

Attorney General Eric Holder, shown speaking at the 2012 National Law Enforcement Training on Child Exploitation earlier this month, tells NPR he's achieved his highest goal: leading a Justice Department that shaped him as a lawyer and as a person. David Goldman/AP hide caption

A crowd of more than a thousand rallied in Los Angeles on May 2, 1992, calling for healing between Koreans and the African-American community. David Longstreath/AP hide caption

Paul Krugman is a columnist for The New York Times. His previous books include The Great Unraveling and The Conscience Of A Liberal. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times hide caption

Corporate headhunter Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) has a lucrative if less-than-legal sideline in fine art — until he crosses the wrong man. Magnet Releasing hide caption

The Philadelphia Police Department and the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force are seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating the suspects responsible for a bank robbery at the Sovereign Bank, 8310 Stenton Ave., on March 20. Courtesy of Philadelphia Police hide caption

Turkish army personnel patrol near the border with Syria in Kilis earlier this month. Activists and smugglers say it's getting harder to get medical and communications equipment into Syria across the Turkish border. Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Monica Youn visits NPR headquarters in Washington on Friday. Doriane Raiman/NPR hide caption