Week in Pictures, December 19 - 25

Contest Directions: Create images of something that happened in the news during December 19 - 25, 2011.
The submission span for this weekly "News in pictures" contest are open for the whole 7 days - Monday through Sunday, followed by a day for voting (next Monday). Now you can chop and submit news as soon as it happens, without waiting for a weekend.
News in Pictures contest now has double jackpots: 1st place: $10, 2nd place: $6, 3rd place: $4, 4th place: $2.
In the Creator's Comments, it is mandatory to link to a news story. You should use this format to make a link: [URL="http://www.SomeNewsSite.com"]news title[/URL]
Keep the BLACK as is, replace GREEN with the link, and replace the RED with the news story title.