NASA's space shuttle "Endeavour" launches at 4:14:08 AM on mission STS 130 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on February 8, 2010. Endeavour's launch begins the final year of space shuttle missions. Currently, NASA will retire the three remaining orbiters, completing the shuttle program by year's end. Endeavour is flying to the International Space Station on a fourteen day mission with a crew of six to deliver the Tranquility node and a cupola providing crews with unprecedented views of earth. UPI/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell

New Orleans Saints quarter back Drew Brees celebrates with his son Baylen Robert after the Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on February 7, 2010. Brees was named MVP for the game. UPI/Rob Hobson

A cross country skier travels down a snow covered street after a sever winter storm dumped 20-30 inches on the Washington metro area, in Washington on February 6, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

Taiwan Cloud Dance Theatre Founder and Artistic Director Lin Hwai-min's dance group works through a dress rehearsal of Moon Water at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, February 4, 2010. Recently touring in the Washington DC area, Lin Hwai-min's Moon Dance will perform here this February 5th and 6th as part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. UPI /Heinz Ruckemann

Giant Panda Tai Shan peers from his shipping crate at the National Zoo as he gets ready for his trip to China on February 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. Tai Shan was born at the zoo in 2005, and is leaving to China as part of the agreement between the United States and China. There are 14 pandas on loan from China in U.S. zoos. UPI/Pat Benic

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen through snow covered trees after an over night snow storm that hit the D.C. metro area, February 3, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

Actress Anne Hathaway and Academy President Tom Sherak announce the 2010 nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California on February 2, 2010. The award winners will be announced at a ceremony on March 7. UPI/David Silpa

A Senate staff member carries a copy of the just-released Fiscal Year 2011 Budget to the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill, February 1, 2010, in Washington,D.C. The $3.8 trillion budget, which president Barack Obama will deliver to Congress, calls for billions of dollars in new spending to fight unemployment and also plans for tax increases on banks and the wealthy. UPI/Mike Theiler

Taylor Swift drops one of her trophies as she enters the photo room with the four Grammys she won at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31, 2010. UPI/Phil McCarten

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) greets Vice President Joe Biden (C) and his son Hunter Biden as they attend a college basketball game, Georgetown University vs Duke University, at the Verizon Center in Washington on January 30, 2010. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn