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  • Trash piles up on NYC streets following snowstorm

    Justin Lane / EPA

    A man walks past a large pile of garbage in New York on Monday, Jan. 3. After a large snowstorm crippled the city last week, the New York City Department of Sanitation has been unable to collect garbage leading to large uncollected piles of waste. Garbage collection resumed today, but officials estimated it would take up to four days to catch up.

    Sanitation officials in NYC begin clearing up the mountains of trash that have grown on the city sidewalks since last week's blizzard. Meanwhile, a 26-year-old is recovering after piled trash saved him as he jumped from a ninth floor window.

  • The end of printed menus? Eatery in Chicago uses iPad

    This restaurant is just one eatery of several across the U.S. that have started uploading menus and wine lists to digital devices. Do you think that this is the beginning of the end to the restuarant menu as we know it? 

    You can read more on this story HERE.

    Charles Rex Arbogast / AP

    Keith, left, and Peg Bragg of Chicago view the wine list on an iPad at Chicago Cut steakhouse in Chicago on Dec. 1, 2010.

    Charles Rex Arbogast / AP

    Keith Bragg of Chicago navigates the wine list on an iPad at Chicago Cut steakhouse in Chicago on Dec. 1, 2010.

  • Pakistan daily life

    See more photos from Pakistan.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    A Pakistani girl, right, looks on while standing in front of her house in an alley of a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    A Pakistani man and a boy collect wood to be used for heating on a cold and foggy morning in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    A Pakistani girl walks a horse in an alley of a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011.

  • Nothing but shorts and ice: The cold endurance World Record competition

    According to Reuters: Chen Kecai and Jin Songhao competed by staying in a glass container filled with ice wearing only a pair of shorts in Zhangjiajie, Hubei province. Jin won the competition with 120 minutes in the container, which outscored Chen's 118 minutes. Chen set the Guinness record for the longest time spent in direct full body contact with ice on March 14, 2010 with 1 hour 48 minutes 21 seconds, local media reported. 

    Reuters

    Medical personnel check the physical conditions of Chen Kecai during a cold endurance competition against Jin Songhao, right, on the Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hubei province, Jan. 3. Chen and Jin competed by staying in a glass container filled with ice wearing only a pair of shorts. Jin won the competition with 120 minutes in the container, which outscored Chen's 118 minutes. Chen set the Guinness record for the longest time spent in direct full body contact with ice on March 14, 2010 with 1 hour 48 minutes 21 seconds, local media reported.

    Reuters

    Event personnel assistants help Chen Kecai get out of the glass container during a cold endurance competition against Jin Songhao on the Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hubei province, Jan. 3. Chen and Jin competed by staying in a glass container filled with ice wearing only a pair of shorts. Jin won the competition with 120 minutes in the container, which outscored Chen's 118 minutes. Chen set the Guinness record for the longest time spent in direct full body contact with ice on March 14, 2010 with 1 hour 48 minutes 21 seconds, local media reported.

    You can check out more Guinness World Record images HERE.

  • U.K. attempts to break the World Record for the largest burlesque dance

    Dancers attempt to break the record for the world's largest burlesque dance in Trafalgar Square on January 3, 2011 in London, England. The dance troop, made up of Virgin Holiday staff and burlesque enthusiasts, took part in a five minute routine. See a slideshow of World Records here.

    Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters

    Tourists watch as burlesque enthusiasts and staff of a holiday travel firm walk through Trafalgar Square after a media stunt outside the National Gallery in London on January 3, 2011.

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images

    Kimberley Dunne (C) leads dancers in an attempt to break the record for the world's largest burlesque dance in Trafalgar Square on January 3, 2011 in London, England.

  • Egyptian Christians Clash With Police in Cairo After Deadly Church Bombing

    According to the Associated Press, "The New Year's Day suicide bombing of a church that killed 21 people has opened up a vein of fury among Egypt's Christians, built up over years of what they call government failure to address persistent discrimination and violence against their community." See full story here.

    Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

    Riot police shield themselves from objects being thrown at them by Coptic Christians during clashes outside al-Abasseya Cathedral in Cairo January 2, 2011.=

    Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

    Egyptian Christians clash with riot police in front of al-Abasseya Cathedral in Cairo late night January 2, 2011.

    Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

    Riot police assist a colleague during clashes with Egyptian Christians in front of al-Abasseya Cathedral in Cairo late night January 2, 2011.

  • Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP - Getty Images

    An eight-year-old sea lion "Leo" writes the word "Rabbit" in Chinese characters as part of a New Year's attraction at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo on Jan. 3. February 2011 will mark the start of the Year of the Rabbit according to the lunar calender a 12-year cycle followed by China and other parts of Asia.

    Sea lion participates in Year of the Rabbit attraction at Japanese aquarium

  • Mechielsen Lyndon / AFP - Getty Images

    Rising floodwaters spread across the runway of the airport at Rockhampton, in eastern Queensland. The Australian military and emergency services were battling huge flooding in the country's northeast that has left at least one person dead, amid warnings the worst of the devastation is to come.

    Rising water floods runway in Rockhampton, Australia

    AP reports:

    BRISBANE, Australia — Military flights rushed Monday to restock an Australian city before it is cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback into a lake, while police confirmed two more deaths in the crisis.

    The death toll from some of Australia's worst flooding in a decade is three since Saturday, though police in Queensland state say several other people have drowned in separate incidents involving swollen rivers and water accidents since tropical deluges began in late November. In total, 10 people have died, police said Monday.

  • Yonhap / Reuters

    South Korean soldiers of an artillery unit attend field firing with 155 mm guns near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Cheorwon, north of Seoul, Jan. 3.

    Door for Koreas dialogue 'still open'

    AP reports:

    South Korea's president vowed Monday not to let North Korea "covet even an inch of our territory." But he also opened the door to possible peace talks, saying North Korean disarmament could lead to South Korean economic aid.

    Lee Myung-bak, addressing the country in a New Year's speech, said the Nov. 23 shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, which killed four and has spiked fears of war, was a transformational event. Seoul, he said, would treat it as the United States did the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and "overhaul our defense posture."

  • Blood test able to spot single cancer cell among billions of healthy ones gets big boost

    The test uses a microchip that resembles a lab slide covered in 78,000 tiny posts, like bristles on a hairbrush. Read more here.

    PNAS Early Edition / AP

    This undated image provided by PNAS Early Edition shows a circulating tumor cell cluster isolated using the HB-Chip from the blood of a patient with metastatic prostate cancer. The blood test which is so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor's office. Boston scientists who invented the test and health care giant Johnson & Johnson will announce Monday, Jan. 3, that they are joining forces to bring it to market. Four big cancer centers also will start studies using the experimental test this year.

    PNAS Early Edition / AP

    This undated image provided by PNAS Early Edition shows the HB-Chip. The herringbone pattern of interior surfaces in the chip brings more circulating tumor cells into contact with the antibody-coated capture surfaces. The inset shows the uniform blood flow through the device.

  • Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP

    Indian workers fix new high tension electric power lines on the banks of the River Ganges for the upcoming 'Magh Mela' festival in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Jan. 2. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees are expected to take a bath in the river during the astronomically auspicious period of over 30 days celebrated as 'Magh Mela', to rid themselves of their sins and attain prosperity.

    Indian workers prepare for upcoming Magh Mela festival

    This picture makes me think of all of those change the lightbulb jokes I've heard over the years.

  • Store in Madrid offers free clothes, but there's a catch

    I think I'd do this for a free outfit. It's just like going to the store in your swimsuit, right? Honestly I think the freezing temperatures would pose bigger issues than modesty. What about you, would you be game? Check out the pictures and the video below.

    Sergio Barrenechea / EPA

    Three women in their underwear look for clothes at the shop Desigual in Madrid, Spain, on Jan. 2. Under the slogan 'Come in undressed and go out dressed', the shop promised a matching top and lower garment to the first 100 people who appear at one of their shops in the center of Madrid just dressed in their underwear.

    Susana Vera / Reuters

    People try on clothes for free at a clothing store in Madrid on Jan 2. A clothing brand marked the start of sales in Madrid by offering the first 100 customers clothes for free as long as they showed up in their underwear.

    A hundred people brave freezing temperatures in Madrid as a clothing store offers free clothing to shoppers who are willing to stand outside the establishment in their underwear.

  • China Daily / Reuters

    Workers install a new electricity pylon in Chuzhou, Anhui province Jan. 2. Power shortages in provinces covered by the central China grid will total 10 billion kilowatt hours in January and February, Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday, citing a forecast from State Grid Corp of China.

    Power shortages in parts of China will total 10 billion kilowatt hours in Jan., Feb.

  • Daniel Munoz / Reuters

    A small plane takes off from a portion of the flooded runway at the Rockhampton airport in the state of Queensland, Jan. 2. Large parts of Australia's coastal northeast were flooded on Sunday in a spreading environmental disaster as thousands of residents fled their homes to avoid the runoff from a Christmas deluge.

    New evacuations along Australia's coast as inland floodwaters head for the sea

    Read the story here.

  • More than 1,000 black birds fall from the sky in Arkansas

    What a totally weird thing to have happen. I wonder what would have caused such a thing? Do you think it could have been related to the strong storm system that moved through the area yesterday?

    You can read the story here.

    Warren Watkins / The Daily Citizen

    A dead bird lies on Skylark Street in Beebe, Ark., on Saturday, Jan. 1. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Saturday more than 1,000 dead black birds fell from the sky in Beebe. The agency said its enforcement officers began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. Friday.

    Warren Watkins / The Daily Citizen

    A worker with U.S. Environmental Services, a private contractor, picks up a dead bird in Beebe, Ark. on Saturday, Jan. 1, as more can be seen on the street behind him. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Saturday more than 1,000 dead black birds fell from the sky in Beebe. The agency said its enforcement officers began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. Friday.

     

  • Matt Rourke / AP

    Members of the Polish American String band perform during the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, Saturday, Jan. 1.

    Mummers Parade has ushered in New Year's for over 100 years in Philadelphia

    When I think of New Year's Day, the Rose Parade, which got its start in 1890, is one of the first things that comes to mind, but apparently the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia has been around for over 100 years. Read more about the Mummers Parade here.

  • Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-Sun

    German Township Patrolman Jeremy Blum is wounded in a police shootout with a gunman at Enon Beach trailer park near Enon, Ohio, Saturday, Jan. 1. Blum was shot in the arm and shoulder, and taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he is in stable condition, according to German Township Police Chief William Dickerson, as reported by the Springfield News-Sun.

    Ohio police officer wounded as sheriff's deputy, suspect killed in standoff

    Read the full story here.

  • Thomas Peter / Reuters

    Eileen Goede holds her newborn baby Timeo as she poses for the photographer in a hospital in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 1, 2011. Timeo was born on Jan. 1 at 11:11 AM, weighing just over seven pounds.

    Baby born at 11:11 on 1.1.11 in Germany

    That was some excellent timing by Timeo to score such a nifty birthdate.

  • Blast at Coptic church in Egypt kills 21, sparks clashes between Christians, Muslims after New Year's Mass

    Read the full story here.

    Tarek Fawzy / AP

    An Egyptian Christian grieves outside the Coptic Christian Saints Church in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. A car exploded in front of the church early Saturday as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass, killing at least 21 people according to officials, and sparking clashes between Christians and Muslims, a sign of the sectarian anger that has been arising with greater frequency in Egypt.

    Ahmed Youssef / EPA

    Egyptian firemen try to put out a vehicle fire following a car bomb blast outside a church in the north Egyptian city of Alexandria, Egypt, Jan. 1, 2011, killing at least 21 people and injuring 43. Witnesses said that a car that was parked outside the church exploded around 20 minutes after midnight, targeting Coptic Christians who were attending the New Year‘s Eve mass. Christians account for roughly 10 per cent of Egypt's population, according to official figures.

    Reuters

    Egyptian riot police clash with Christians in front of the Coptic Orthodox church in Alexandria, 230 km (140 miles) north of Cairo, Jan. 1, 2011. A car bombing outside the church killed 21 people as worshippers gathered to mark the New Year, security and medical sources said on Saturday.

    Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

    Egyptian Christians shout as the bodies of several victims of a car bomb attack are carried into ambulances in front of the the Coptic Orthodox church in Alexandria, Egypt, Jan. 1, 2011. The car bombing outside the church killed 21 people as worshippers gathered to mark the New Year, security and medical sources said on Saturday.

  • Icy plunges kick off the New Year for many around the world

    Brrrrrrrrrrrr. Check out more New Year's images here.

    Tony Gentile / Reuters

    Marco Fois dives into the Tiber River from the Cavour bridge in Rome, Italy, as part of traditional New Year celebrations Jan. 1, 2011. Five men sprinkled the muddy water of the Tiber with sparkling wine before taking the plunge from the Cavour bridge, continuing an annual tradition which dates back to 1946.

    Michael Kooren / Reuters

    Thousands of people run towards the North Sea during the annual New Years Dive at Scheveningen, the Netherlands, Jan. 1, 2011.

    Gero Breloer / AP

    An ice swimmer of 'Seehunde Berlin' (translates to Berlin Seals) takes a dip in the frozen lake Orankesee in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Traditionally the ice swimmers welcome the New Year by taking a bath in the ice-cold water on New Year's Day.

    Matthew Diaz / AFP - Getty Images

    A member of the U.S. Air Force, assigned to ISAF Regional Command (South), reacts to the water temperature while participating in a "Polar Bear Plunge," in Kandahar on Jan. 1, 2011, held to celebrate the New Year. The event, hosted by the Dutch military contingency, brought together over 200 participants from various international military forces.

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