Photos for December 19, 2012
This fishing boat was being pounded by waves in a cove near Ocean Beach when coastal law enforcement authorities found it in the early morning.
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Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III of the U.S. Coast Guard was killed on Dec. 2 after his boat was rammed by a suspected smuggling boat in Channel Islands National Park off the coast of Santa Barbara.
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Chris Anderson, co-founder of 3D Robotics.
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Inside the warehouse at 3D Robotics.
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Watching a drone at 3D Robotics.
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Chris Anderson and others at 3D Robotics looking up at a drone.
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Laptop and remote control.
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Co-founder of 3D Robotics Jordi Muñoz.
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An engineer flies a drone from his computer.
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A drone flying high at 3D Robotics.
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Drone flying in the parking lot of 3D Robotics
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Tijuana activists are fighting to save the last green stretch of the Arroyo Alamar from the ongoing project that has covered nearby stretches of the watershed, like this one, in concrete.
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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner talks with kids and parents eating lunch at the Tierrasanta Recreation Center, Dec. 19, 2012.
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Inside the Pantheon.
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Rick Steves at the Roman Forum.
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Ostia Antica
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Mosaics in the Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere.
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Rick Steves at the Spanish Steps.
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The floodlit Pantheon.
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Piazza Navona in Rome.
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Rick at the Victor Emmanuel Monument, Rome.
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Michelangelo's "Pieta" in St. Peter's Basilica.
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Bernini's "Apollo Chasing Daphne" in the Borghese Gallery.
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Rick outside St. Peter's, Vatican City.
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Rick Steves inside the Colosseum, Rome.
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People gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14. In the aftermath of such tragedies, many people ask how a benevolent God and suffering can coexist.
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A mourner displays a program for the funeral of slain teacher Victoria Soto, 27, in Stratford, Conn.
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Jorge Robles shows off his skateboarding skills in front of Cherokee Point Elementary School before joining a rally for a formal skatepark in City Heights.
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City Council District 9 candidates Marti Emerald and Mateo Camarillo sign a pledge promising to bring more youth jobs to City Heights.
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Mayor Bob Filner stops by a City Heights rally to express his support for building a skate park in City Heights.
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Gwen Ifill
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Capt. Matt T. Davis, AH-1Z pilot, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, performs a Pilates exercise during a PITAIYO class in the medical facility aboard the USS Peleliu.
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McBeth with her mother in Ronsberg, Germany. Ronsberg, where Mcbeth's mother was raised, is a small town in the Bavarian Alps. September 2004
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Stephen Tompkinson stars as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks (center) fighting crime in four chilling murder stories based on the "Inspector Banks" novels by Peter Robinson.
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Annie Cabbot (Andrea Lowe), DCI Banks (Stephen Tompkinson) and police officers run to the scene of a crime. The Yorkshire countryside provides a striking and contrasting backdrop to these four chilling murder stories based on the "Inspector Banks" novels by Peter Robinson.
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Children at the Child Development Center, blew out the candles on a birthday cake baked for the U.S. Army's 233rd birthday with Secretary of the Army Pete Geren.
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The president would use his pen to just say no, White House promises.
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Clyde Kellogg's eight honors, including a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and riflery medals, were stolen from the wall of an enclosed patio at his Vista home
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Candles with the names of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, at a makeshift memorial near the entrance to the grounds of Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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A visitor handles a revolver at a Smith & Wesson display during the NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits on April 14 at America's Center in St. Louis, Mo.
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Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, calls on Congress to address gun violence at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. More than 20 family members and victims of mass shootings across America joined him.
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