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Iran’s Gulf smugglers feel blowback from tensions (AP)

In this Jan. 18, 2012 photo, Iranian smugglers leave the  port on a speedboat loaded with goods to cross the Strait of Hormuz to reach Iranian coastal areas, in Khasab, Oman. Even as sanctions squeeze Iran ever tighter, there's one clandestine route that remains open for business: A short sea corridor connecting a rocky nub of Oman with the Iranian coast about 35 miles (60 kilometers) across the Gulf. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP – Even as sanctions squeeze Iran ever tighter, there’s one clandestine route that remains open for business: A short sea corridor across the Persian Gulf connecting a rocky nub of Oman and the Iranian coast about 35 miles (60 kilometers) away.


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Mild winter offers break from high heating costs (AP)

In this Jan. 18, 2012 photo, Missy Marsh, left, and her parents Debra and Robert Marsh, discuss the pressures of paying for heating during winter while having breakfast at Central United Methodist Church in Traverse City, Mich. Few Americans have welcomed this yearís mild winter as much as low-income families, who are enjoying an unexpected break from high heating costs. (AP Photo/John Flesher)AP – Ashley Tatum was three months behind on utility payments after leaving her job at a coffee shop because of pregnancy complications. The mother of two owed $648, and the tough economy did not offer many options.


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From bad to worse: Fans boo Knicks during fifth straight loss

The chants ranged from “Fire D’Antoni” to “Phil Jackson” to “Let’s go Giants.” This is what happens when fans are bored and frustrated. The Knicks specialize is doing this to their paying customers.

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France threatens early exit from Afghanistan (AP)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech to present his New Year wishes to the foreign diplomatic corps at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. France is suspending its training operations in Afghanistan and threatening to withdraw its entire force from the country early, after an Afghan soldier shot and killed four French troops Friday and wounded several others. (AP Photo/Charles Platiau, pool)AP – France’s threat Friday to withdraw early from Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier killed four French troops and wounded 15 is a setback for the U.S.-led coalition’s efforts to build a national army and allow foreign troops to go home.


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Champion skier Burke dies from Jan. 10 injuries

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke died Thursday morning at the University of Utah Hospital from injuries sustained during a Jan. 10 training run on the Park city superpipe course. She was 29.

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3 victims named from stricken Italian cruise ship (AP)

In this photo taken on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, and made available Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, Francesco Schettino, right, the captain of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, which ran aground Friday off the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, is taken into custody by Carabinieri in Porto Santo Stefano, Italy. Schettino, released on Tuesday, and currently under house arrest in his hometown of Meta di Sorrento, southern Italy, is being investigated for possible manslaughter charges and abandoning the ship. (AP Photo/Giacomo Aprili)AP – Divers restarted the search Thursday for 21 people still missing after a cruise ship crashed into the rocky Tuscan coast, but a forecast of rough seas added uncertainty to the operation and to plans to begin pumping fuel from the stranded vessel.


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Divers resume search for 21 missing from ship (AP)

In this photo taken on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, and made available Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, Francesco Schettino, right, the captain of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, which ran aground Friday off the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, is taken into custody by Carabinieri in Porto Santo Stefano, Italy. Schettino, released on Tuesday, and currently under house arrest in his hometown of Meta di Sorrento, southern Italy, is being investigated for possible manslaughter charges and abandoning the ship. (AP Photo/Giacomo Aprili)AP – Divers resumed the search Thursday for 21 people still missing after a cruise ship capsized off the Tuscan coast, but rough seas forecast for later in the day added an element of uncertainty to the operation and plans to begin pumping fuel from the stranded vessel.


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