| Graduates are seen on the lower level of the Stroh Center during a commencement ceremony for the BGSU College of Arts and Sciences and College of Education and Human Development at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green Ohio on December 15, 2012. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) SEE MORE PHOTOS |
| This NASA image from a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012 shows the United States at night The image was made possible by the new satellite’s “day-night band” of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, gas flares, auroras, wildfires, and reflected moonlight. (AP Photo/NASA) |
| In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead a line of children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 after a shooting at the school. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks) |
| A man jogs past red carpets covered with beans and a cross that are part of a protest against the number of homicides nationwide on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The Brazilian non-governmental organization, Rio de Paz, spread half a million black and white beans over red carpets and a national flag on the beach to protest the number of murders in Brazil over the past few years. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) |
| Jillian Soto uses a phone to get information about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 after a gunman killed over two dozen people, including 20 children. Victoria Soto, 27, was among those killed. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) |
| Perrysburg’s Shane Edwards (35) celebrates after a point on Napoleon in the fourth quarter during a high school basketball game. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
| People stroll with their shopping bags past a woman begging for money in downtown Rome, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. The European Central Bank warned of another gloomy year for the 17 European Union countries that use the euro, cutting its forecast for economic growth in 2013 from plus 0.5 percent to minus 0.3 percent. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) |
| A lobster boat heads out to sea at dawn, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, of South Portland, Maine. A red sky in the morning often indicates a storm system is moving east. Weathermen are calling for showers by the afternoon. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) |
| In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 photo, an Emirati falconer calls a falcon’s name and swings a pigeon to attract a falcon during a training session on the outskirts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While the methods to develop top-quality hunting falcons date back to antiquity, its transition into a modern Middle Eastern passion has brought in microchip tagging and price tags that can run well over $10,000 for a prime bird.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) |
| A Syrian woman stands near fire to warm herself at a refugee camp in Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Thousands of Syrian refugees who fled their homes due to fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces, face cold weather as temperatures dropped to 2 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit) in Azaz. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) |
| U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Quill, center, kisses his 2-year-old son, Zack, while waiting to receive the Silver Star medal with two other recipients, U.S. Marine Sgt. Frankie Shinost, left, and U.S. Marine Maj. James Rose, right, during a ceremony held at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The three received the medals for their heroism while serving in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) |
| A local resident clears snow from his driveway after an overnight snowfall left many schools and businesses closed for the day, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Urbandale, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) |
| Petty Officer First Class Arthur Johnson is greeted by his fiancee Sonia Castro upon amphibious transport dock New York’s return to Norfolk Naval Station for its maiden homecoming in Norfolk, Va., on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Vicki Cronis-Nohe) |
