Sgt. 1st Class Mark Patterson checks his men at Outpost Restrepo in Afghanistan, as documented in the new film Korengal. Outpost Films hide caption
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Psy performs in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in New York. Charles Sykes/AP hide caption
The government wants airlines to be more up front with passengers about the total cost of tickets. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl watches in July 2009 as one of his captors displays Bergdahl's identity tag during the first of several videos the Taliban released of the soldier. Reuters/Landov hide caption
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption
Chile has released a World Cup ad featuring the miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010 and emerged triumphantly, beating all odds and defying death. bancodechile/YouTube hide caption
Indian police keep watch at the tree where the bodies of gang rape victims were found hanging. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks wears Beats headphones before a preseason football game last August. John Froschauer/AP hide caption
Executive Director Julie Burkhart stands next to a portrait of Dr. George Tiller at the South Wind Women's Center in Wichita, Kan. Burkhart runs the center, which recently opened in the same building where Tiller's clinic once operated. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
A Border Patrol agent looks to the north near where the border wall ends as it separates Tijuana, Mexico, (left) and San Diego. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption
Self-help guru Harville Hendrix and his wife Helen LaKelly Hunt are offering free relationship therapy workshops to Dallas-area couples. Many of the couples who attend have never gone to relationship counseling. Courtesy of Darren Rollinson hide caption
Manic, sad, up, down. Your voice may reveal mood shifts. iStockphoto hide caption
Men work on the Panama Canal locks near Panama City, on Feb. 21. An acrimonious financial dispute has slowed work on an expansion of the 100-year-old canal that will accommodate larger ships. The work is now expected to be completed next year. Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Rapper Dr. Dre is an executive at Apple, now. Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for BET hide caption