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Workers with the Verizon Center put down the markings and logos on the ice surface for the Washington Capitals ice rink on Jan. 9, 2013. The shortened, 48-game season begins for the Capitals on Jan. 19 against division foe Tampa Bay. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Edner Gue (right) and Labon Florestal work to clean up the earthquake damaged Grande College Auguste Comte de Petionville, in their neighborhood of Petionville, Haiti, on Jan. 11, 2013. The director of the elementary and high school is paying workers to clean up his school and plans to open classes even if the government does not rebuild it. On Jan. 12, Haiti will mark the 3rd anniversary of the earthquake that officials say killed more than 300,000 people and displaced more than a million others. The disaster is regarded as one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. (Associated Press)

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Virginia state Sen. John C. Watkins has introduced legislation to create a robust, highly regulated environment for uranium mining. "I respect the concerns that opponents of uranium mining have expressed," Mr. Watkins said. (Associated Press)

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While rookie Bernard Pierce has taken the pressure off Ray Rice, the veteran is still Baltimore's go-to back. (Associated Press)

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The tanker Overseas Reymar travels in the California's San Francisco Bay from Yerba Buena Island on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The empty oil tanker ship struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Monday, but there were no reports of leaking oil, and the bridge remained open to traffic, officials said. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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** FILE ** The conical drilling ship Kulluk sits grounded 40 miles southwest of Kodiak, Alaska, on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Painter)

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As many as 1,200 nature lovers a day have been climbing Half Dome at Yosemite National Park. A limit of 300 has been set to avoid traffic jams, especially when bad weather hits the dome that rises 5,000 feet above the valley. (National Park Service via Associated Press)