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A baby lemur "needs to be protected," a hospital goes Hello Kitty crazy, Obama illuminates Kenyan well-wishers, and more in the week's best news photos.

NEW YORK -- Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., the largest producer of cardboard box materials in North America, on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it looks to restructure a heavy debt amid a global credit freeze.

AP - Senator-designate Kirsten Gillibrand pledged Sunday to combat gun violence while protecting hunters' rights, saying "there's enormous space for common ground" on issues that she differs from fellow New York Democrats.

AP - Illinois' governor says that while he faces federal charges and impeachment proceedings he has drawn comfort from thinking about some of the most celebrated civil rights heroes. AP - A 14-year-old aspiring police officer donned a uniform, walked into a Chicago police station and managed to get an assignment — patroling in a squad car for five hours before he was detected, police said Sunday.