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    Patrick Seeger - AP
    Members of the historic grenadier corps fire twelve shots in salute of the new year in Villingen-Schwenningen, southern Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The first new year cannonade took place in 1633. (AP Photo/dpa, Patrick Seeger)
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    A couple tosts during the New Year's eve night on January 1, 2013 in Duesseldorf, western Germany. AFP PHOTO / Daniel Naupold /GERMANY OUTDANIEL NAUPOLD/AFP/Getty Images
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    A worker clears confetti from a sidewalk in Times Square after midnight on New Years Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013, in New York. With fireworks, concerts and celebrations from Hong Kong to New York, revelers welcome 2013 with hope for a better future after a year that thudded to a close with a disastrous storm, gun violence, and talk of economic turmoil from a looming fiscal cliff. This will be the first Times Square countdown in decades without Dick Clark, who died in April, and will be honored with a tribute concert and his name printed on pieces of confetti. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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    SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 01: Over 1,000 New Year swimmers, many in costume, braved freezing conditions in the River Forth in front of the Forth Rail Bridge during the annual Loony Dook Swim on January 1, 2013 in South Queensferry, Scotland. Thousands of people gathered last night to see in the New Year at Hogmanay celebrations in towns and cities across Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 01: Two people enjoy a kiss as they s they joined around a thousand New Year swimmers, many in costume, braved freezing conditions in the River Forth in front of the Forth Rail Bridge during the annual Loony Dook Swim on January 1, 2013 in South Queensferry, Scotland. Thousands of people gathered last night to see in the New Year at Hogmanay celebrations in towns and cities across Scotland.. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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    SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 01: Over 1000 New Year swimmers, many in costume, brave the freezing conditions in the River Forth in front of the Forth Rail Bridge during the annual Loony Dook Swim on January 1, 2013 in South Queensferry, Scotland. Thousands of people gathered last night to see in the New Year at Hogmanay celebrations in towns and cities across Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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    NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 1: A man wearing a monster mask takes part in the Coney Island Polar Bear Club's New Year's Day swim on January 1, 2013 in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The annual event attracts hundreds who brave the icy Atlantic waters and temperatures in the upper 30's as a way to celebrate the first day of the new year. (Photo by Monika Graff/Getty Images)
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    A reveller takes the plunge during the annual New Year's polar bear dip in Herring Cove, N.S. on Tuesday, Jan.1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan
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    Picking up on a theme related to Superstorm Sandy, which hit Coney Island hard, a man dressed as a boiler tests the water during the 110th annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club ocean swim at Coney Island in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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    Crystal Ritter, dressed as a Viking, reverses course after running into the frigid waters of Lake Monroe during the Polar Plunge, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Bloomington Herald-Times, Jeremy Hogan)
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    Miniature steam vehicles for charity are seen in the New Years Day Parade in London, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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    Cheerleaders are silhouetted in front of Nelsons Column in the New Years Day Parade in London, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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    The Merrydowners Morris Dancing Troupe perform in the New Years Day Parade in London, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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    Speciality kites by Nasser Volant are seen as they fly above the 'Big Ben' clock housed in Elizabeth Tower in the New Years Day Parade in London, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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    Hundreds of holiday makers at the Jomo Kenyatta Public beach Mombasa, Kenya, on the first day of the year as they ushered in the new year, Tuesday Jan 01, 2013. Most of the beaches were in full capacity as the holiday makers spend most of the afternoon session at the beaches either relaxing, swimming or enjoying boat excursions to the deep sea.(AP Photo)
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    "We will take this guy back to the nature center, he's pretty stressed." A purple sea urchin that has washed up draws the attention of the group. A group of about twenty set out on an exploratory trek along the crooked oak trail through the maritime forest of Myrtle Beach State Park Tuesday morning. The annual New Year's Day walk, led by ranger Ann Malays Wilson, encourages people to reflect upon nature and consider the benefits to mind and body that getting outside and using your senses can offer. Photo by Matt Silfer for The Sun News.
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    Jim Avelis - AP
    The Narrows covered bridge over Sugar Creek at the east end of Turkey Run State Park serves as the turn-around point for the First Day hikers during a hike along Sugar Creek to the Narrows covered bridge Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 in Parke County, Ind. (AP Photo/Tribune-Star, Jim Avelis)
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    Participants in the First Day Hike at Turkey Run State Park in Parke County, Ind., climb an icy, steep part of Trail 1 during a hike along Sugar Creek to the Narrows covered bridge Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Tribune-Star, Jim Avelis)
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    Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers in concert, Monday night, Dec. 31, 2012 in Greensbooro, NC.
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    SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 01: Gaston Ramirez (L) of Southampton celebrates with teammate Guly after scoring the opening goal during the Barclays Premier league match between Southampton and Arsenal at St Mary's Stadium on January 1, 2013 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
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    GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - JANUARY 01: (FRANCE OUT) Anders Jacobsen of Norway takes 1st place during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Vierschanzentournee (Four Hills Tournament) on January 01, 2013 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
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    MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 1: (FRANCE OUT) Julia Mancuso of the USA competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's and Women's Parallel Slalom on January 1, 2013 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
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    Germany's Felix Neureuther competes during the FIS Ski World Cup Parallel Slalom at the Olympiapark in Munich, southern Germany, on January 1, 2013. AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS HASE GERMANY OUTTOBIAS HASE/AFP/Getty Images
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    Matthias Schrader - AP
    Norway's Anders Jacobsen soars through the air during his competition jump at the second stage of the four hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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    Dave Thompson - AP
    Manchester City's James Milner, right, and Stoke City's Robert Huth battle for the ball during the English Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/PA, Dave Thompson)UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO ARCHIVE NO SALES
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    West Ham's Mark Noble and Norwich's Jonny Howson during the English Premier League match at Upton Park, London, Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. ( AP Photo/PA, Daniel Hambury) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO ARCHIVE NO SALES
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    - AP
    In this photo provided by Gulfstream Park, Tuttipaesi and jockey Alan Garcia win the Ginger Brew horse race, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gulfstream Park)
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    Charlie Neibergall - AP
    Iowa State guard Will Clyburn, left, is fouled by Yale center Jeremiah Kreisberg while driving to the basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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    Charlie Neibergall - AP
    Iowa State forward Georges Niang, left, looks to shoot over Yale forward Justin Sears during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State won 80-70.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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    PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 01: Venus Williams of the USA reacts to missing a shot in the mixed doubles match partnered with John Isner against Mathilde Johansson and Jo Wilfried Tsonga of France during day four of the Hopman Cup at Perth Arena on January 1, 2013 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)
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    PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 01: Venus Williams of the USA plays a backhand to Mathilde Johansson of France in her singles match during day four of the Hopman Cup at Perth Arena on January 1, 2013 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    OSAMA FAISAL - AP
    Germany's Dustin Brown reacts after winning a point against Spain's David Ferrer during the Qatar ATP Open Tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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    France's Richard Gasquet returns the ball to Jan Hernych of the Czech during the Qatar ATP Open Tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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    OSAMA FAISAL - AP
    Spain's David Ferrer serves the ball to Germany's Dustin Brown during the Qatar ATP Open Tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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    Mohammed Ballas - AP
    Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli soldiers, not seen, during clashes in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near Jenin, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Palestinians say a raid by Israeli soldiers disguised as vegetable vendors to seize members of a militant group has sparked clashes in the northern West Bank. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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    Mohammed Ballas - AP
    Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli soldiers, not seen, during clashes in the West Bank village of Tamoun, near Jenin, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Palestinians say a raid by Israeli soldiers disguised as vegetable vendors to seize members of a militant group has sparked clashes in the northern West Bank. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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    A photo provided by the Broward County Aviation Department shows damage to the tail section of a U.S. Airways Airbus A-320 after a taxiing Spirit Airlines Airbus A-320 clipped the parked plane at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Monday night, Dec. 31, 2012. Authorities say the US Airways aircraft was left with a gash in its tail section. Spirit spokeswoman Misty Pinson says a flight from Atlanta was taxiing to its gate when its left wing clipped the parked plane. Pinson says all 162 passengers on board got off at the gate as normal, and the plane returned to service. (AP Photo/Broward County Aviation Department)
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    Petros Giannakouris - AP
    A man walks behind the closed shutters of city rail station in Athens on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Workers at Athens Metro and urban train are on a 24-hour strike the first strike of the new year as they oppose wages cuts, personnel transfer and lay offs. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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    Misha Japaridze - AP
    Woman pulls a sled with a child on frozen pound in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The 16th-century Novodevichy Convent is on background. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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    BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL - JANUARY 01: Ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray next to the body of Rabbi Abraham Jacob Friedman of Sadigura Hasidic dynasty during his funeral on January 01, 2013. in Bnei Brak, Israel. The Rabbi was the leader of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty in Bnei Brak and died at the age of 84. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL - JANUARY 01: Ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray next to the body of Rabbi Abraham Jacob Friedman of Sadigura Hasidic dynasty during his funeral on January 01, 2013. in Bnei Brak, Israel. The Rabbi was the leader of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty in Bnei Brak and died at the age of 84. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL - JANUARY 01: Ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray next to the body of Rabbi Abraham Jacob Friedman of Sadigura Hasidic dynasty during his funeral on January 01, 2013. in Bnei Brak, Israel. The Rabbi was the leader of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty in Bnei Brak and died at the age of 84. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL - JANUARY 01: A boy looks up as Ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray next to the body of Rabbi Abraham Jacob Friedman of Sadigura Hasidic dynasty during his funeral on January 01, 2013. in Bnei Brak, Israel. The Rabbi was the leader of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty in Bnei Brak and died at the age of 84. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL - JANUARY 01: Ultra Orthodox Jewish youth look on at the funeral of Rabbi Abraham Jacob Friedman of Sadigura Hasidic dynasty on January 01, 2013. in Bnei Brak, Israel. The Rabbi was the leader of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty in Bnei Brak and died at the age of 84. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL - JANUARY 01: An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man cries at the funeral of Rabbi Abraham Jacob Friedman of Sadigura Hasidic dynasty on January 01, 2013. in Bnei Brak, Israel. The Rabbi was the leader of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty in Bnei Brak and died at the age of 84. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL - JANUARY 01:An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man cries at the funeral of Rabbi Abraham Jacob Friedman of Sadigura Hasidic dynasty on January 01, 2013. in Bnei Brak, Israel. The Rabbi was the leader of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty in Bnei Brak and died at the age of 84. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - JANUARY 01: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark arrives at a New Year's Banquet hosted by Queen Margrethe of Denmark at Christian VII's Palace on January 1, 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Danny Martindale/Getty Images)
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    Kin Cheung - AP
    Anti-government protesters block the main road in downtown, at Central on New Year's Day in Hong Kong Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 to call for the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Several hundred members of a small radical group briefly blocked roads after they were stopped by authorities from marching to Leung's official government residence. At one point, protesters pushed and shoved with police. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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    Vincent Yu - AP
    An anti-government protester scuffles with police officers as she blocks a main road in downtown Hong Kong at New Year's Day Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 to call for the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Several hundred members of a small radical group briefly blocked roads after they were stopped by authorities from marching to Leung's official government residence. At one point, protesters pushed and shoved with police. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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    Emanuel Ekra - AP
    Ivory Coast First Lady Dominique Ouattara, center left, speaks with a person injured in a stampede as they are treated at a hospital in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, Jan. 1 2013. At least 61 people were killed early Tuesday in a stampede following a New Year's fireworks display in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial center, said officials. The death toll is expected to rise, according to rescue workers. (AP Photo/Emanuel Ekra)
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    Emanuel Ekra - AP
    The belongings of people that were involved in a stampe lies on the ground in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, Jan 1 2013. At least 61 people were killed early Tuesday in a stampede following a New Year's fireworks display in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial center, said officials. The death toll is expected to rise, according to rescue workers. The majority of those killed were young people between eight and 15 years old who were trampled after the fireworks festivities in Abidjan's Plateau district, at about 1 a.m. Tuesday, said Col. Issa Sako, of the fire department rescue team. (AP Photo/Emanuel Ekra)
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    Emanuel Ekra - AP
    Injured people are seen at a hospital with their family members standing with them, after they were involved in a stampeded in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. At least 61 people were killed early Tuesday in a stampede following a New Year's fireworks display in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial center, said officials. The death toll is expected to rise, according to rescue workers. The majority of those killed were young people between eight and 15 years old who were trampled after the fireworks festivities in Abidjan's Plateau district, at about 1 a.m. Tuesday, said Col. Issa Sako, of the fire department rescue team. (AP Photo/Emanuel Ekra)
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    Tom Dorsey - AP
    Sledders walk back to the top of a hill in Salina, Kan., as the sun shines through an overcast sky Tuesday morning, Jan. 1, 2013. The Salina area received almost three inches of snow. (AP Photo/Salina Journal, Tom Dorsey)
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    Darrin Phegley - AP
    Noah Hancock, 7, left, heads down the hill on his snowboard while his sister Stephanie Lutz, right, and her boyfriend Tanner Simon, center, watch at Municipal Golf Course in Henderson, Ky. on New Years Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Gleaner, Darrin Phegley)
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    Uncredited - AP
    In this photo provided by the Waterford Regional Fire Department, firefighters from Rescue 2 work the scene where two adult men fell through the ice on Scott Lake in Waterford, Mich., on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2012. One man was hospitalized, and a firefighter sustained a hand injury. (AP Photo/Waterford Regional Fire Department)
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    McClain - The Washington Post
    Darcia Anthony, left, and Dani Williams, of Baltimore, celebrate their marriage on Jan. 1. Ceremonies for seven same-sex couples were held at Baltimore City Hall just after midnight on Jan. 1, when the Maryland law allowing same-sex marriage took effect. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake officiated. Illustrates MARRIAGE (category a), by Michael Laris, (c) 2012, The Washington Post. Moved Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. (MUST CREDIT: Photo by Matt McClain for The Washington Post)
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    Shakil Adil - AP
    A Pakistani police officer, left, talks on the radio while cameramen flim the site of a blast in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. At least 30 people were injured when a bomb went off in the port city of Karachi just as a large political rally was dispersing. A Senior police officer said the bomb was planted in a motorcycle parked amid a crowd of buses for political workers returning from the rally held by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the dominant political party in Karachi. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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    Bradley C Bower - AP
    Guests and family of Pennsylvania Senate and House legislators sit in the capitol rotunda to watch closed circuit broadcast of the swearing-in ceremonies Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 in Harrisburg, Pa. The gathering of the General Assembly will mark the first time in 22 years that lawmakers will be sworn in on the holiday. The state constitution requires that the event take place on the first Tuesday in January every other year. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)
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    Jae C. Hong - AP
    Photos of newly hired reporters are seen in the newsroom of the Orange County Register in Santa Ana, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. After years of demoralizing layoffs, one newspaper is trying something novel: hiring more reporters. The Orange County Register’s new owner thinks the way to turn the paper around is through better reporting to lure new and former readers to a revived product. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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    Andres Kudacki - AP
    People travel by aerial tramway in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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    Tina Fineberg - AP
    In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the Rev. Pat Bumgardner, foreground left, shares a moment of personal prayer with Tonie Boykin during Communion at the Sunday worship service at Metropolitan Community Church of New York in New York. Since 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches have been a spiritual refuge for openly gay Christians. MCC now has more than 240 congregations in the U.S. and overseas. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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    Efrem Lukatsky - AP
    Ukrainians dressed as Santa Claus react as they pass by a nationalists rally in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, late Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The rally was organized on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Stepan Bandera, founder of a rebel army that fought against the Soviet regime. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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    Ben Curtis - AP
    A young boy plays with a tire on a wooden stall at the market in the Bimbo neighborhood of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. President Francois Bozize's government is coming under growing threat as rebels vowing to overthrow him rejected appeals from the African Union to hold their advance and try to form a coalition government. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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