Today In Pictures: Dec. 6, 2012

Ruth Nicolaci, left, hugs her son and firefighter, Lt. G. Bourne Knowles, Dec. 5, 2012, for the first time since learning that the landscaping business that she started with Mr. Knowles' father had been destroyed by fire in Fairhaven, Mass. Lt. Knowles, a volunteer firefighter, was among those who fought the four-alarm fire at the landscaping business that was started by his parents. (Peter Pereira/The Standard-Times/AP Photo)