News Photos of the Day
Date: 12/15/2011 Album ID: 1380328
Photos by Associated Press
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News photos from around the world, Dec. 15, 2011
A burning double-tanker gasoline truck sends smoke skyward in Montebello, Calif, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Thousands of motorists were stuck on a 10-mile stretch of freeway near Los Angeles after the big-rig tanker truck burst into flames Wednesday. No one was injured. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Firefighters prepare to recover a body at the scene of an accident in Knoxville, Tenn. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011.  Authorities say a large tree fell on a car driven by Tiffany Nicole Raley, crushing her to death.  Rescuers used chain saws and called in a crane to lift the tree trunk from Raley's car. The tree was about 30 inches in diameter.  (AP Photo/Michael Patrick, Knoxville News Sentinel)
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Firefighters remove a tarp from the remains of a small aircraft that crashed in the front yard of a home Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Authorities say one person is dead and another seriously injured after a small plane crashed in the front yard of a northeast Phoenix home. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher)  MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES
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In this Dec.12, 2011 photo released by the West Valley City Police on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 shows West Valley City police officer Kevin Peck wedged between an icy street and the undercarriage of a commuter bus  clutching hands with badly injured Aryann Smith on Dec. 12, 2011.  Police say it appears the Utah Transit Authority bus driver didn't see Smith while she was in the crosswalk and failed to yield. (AP Photo/West Valley City Police, Kevin Conde)
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A man buys country liquor from a state-sanctioned shop in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Despite religious and cultural taboos against drinking among Indians, 5 per cent, roughly 60 million people, are alcoholics. Two-thirds of the alcohol consumed in the country is illegal hooch made in remote villages or undocumented liquor smuggled in, according to The Lancet medical journal. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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Indian patients take saline as they are treated after drinking toxic alcohol, in hospital in Diamond Harbour, near Kolkata, India, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. A tainted batch of bootleg liquor has killed scores and sent dozens more to the hospital in villages outside the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, officials said.(AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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A woman whose husband died after drinking toxic liquor tries to console her children at a hospital in Diamond Harbour, near Kolkata, India, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Bootleg liquor laced with toxic methanol killed scores of people and sickened dozens more who bought the illegal brew at small shops in eastern India, officials said Thursday.(AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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The US flag, Iraq flag, and the US Forces Iraq colors are seen before they are carried in during ceremonies marking the end of US military mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Cavalry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas, load their baggage as they begin their journey home after a deployment in Iraq, at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead and 100,000 Iraqi dead, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq - a conflict that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the American sacrifice because it set Iraq on a path to democracy. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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A Marine carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of  Lance Cpl. Christopher P. J. Levy Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Levy, 21, of Ramseur, N.C., died Dec. 10, 2011 of wounds sustained Dec. 7 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
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Jim Sierzega, plant site quality manager, looks at a Ford Focus on the assembly line at the Ford Michigan Assembly plant in Wayne, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. U.S. industrial production fell in November for the first time in seven months. Factories made fewer cars, electronics and appliances. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Republican presidential candidate Rep. RonæPaul, R-Texas, listens to a question  at a campaign town hall in Derry, N.H., Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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This undated photo provided by Hilda Morales shows Melinda, with her mother's fingers in the scene,  in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. Melinda was born premature at 24 weeks weighing 9.5 ounces. SheÍs believed to be the second smallest surviving baby in the United States and third smallest in the world. (AP Photo/Hilda Morales)
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Haydee Ibarra, looks at her 14-week-old daughter, Melinda Star Guido, at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. At birth, Melinda Star Guido tipped the scales at only 9 1/2 ounces, a tad less than the weight of two iPhone 4S. Most babies her size donÍt survive, but doctors are preparing to send her home as soon as the end of the month. Melinda is believed to be the second smallest baby to survive in the United States and the third smallest in the world. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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14-week-old Melinda Star Guido holds her mother's little finger while lying in an incubator at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. At birth, Melinda Star Guido tipped the scales at only 9 1/2 ounces, a tad less than the weight of two iPhone 4S. Melinda is believed to be the second smallest baby to survive in the United States and the third smallest in the world. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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14-week-old Melinda Star Guido holds her mother's little finger while lying in an incubator at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. At birth, Melinda Star Guido tipped the scales at only 9 1/2 ounces, a tad less than the weight of two iPhone 4S. Most babies her size donÍt survive, but doctors are preparing to send her home as soon as the end of the month. Melinda is believed to be the second smallest baby to survive in the United States and the third smallest in the world. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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A TAM airline plane flies past the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday Dec. 15, 2011.  BrazilÍs antitrust regulator approved the merger between TAM Airlines and LAN of Chile. The merged company will be Latin America's largest airline, known as Latam. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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A Nepali Buddhist offers prayers under a large bell at Boudhanath Stupa in Katmandu, NepaL, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. The stupa, one of the largest in the world, is a UNESCO heritage site. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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A duck swims through the mist at the Water Reclamation Plant Wetlands  in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Trent Nelson)  DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT
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Christmas trees are decorated in front of the Monte Carlo Casino for Christmas and New Year, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in Monaco. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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