Today In Pictures: Jan. 3, 2012

Marine One carrying President Barack Obama and his family prepares to land at the White House, Jan. 3, 2012, in Washington. The President and his family returned to D.C. after a 10-day vacation in Hawaii. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaigns at Elly's Coffee Tea and Coffee House in Muscatine, Iowa, Jan. 3, 2012. (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)

A man enjoys a beedi, tobacco wrapped in an indigenously available leaf, after he awoke wrapped in a rented quilt on a cold morning in New Delhi, India, Jan. 3, 2012. (Saurabh Das/AP Photo)

Maximilian Mechler of Germany takes flight during the third stage of the Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Innsbruck, Austria, Jan. 3, 2012. (Matthias Schrader/AP Photo)

Tommy Haas of Germany backhands a return shot against Marinko Matosevic of Australia during Day 3 of the 2012 Brisbane International at Pat Rafter Arena, Jan. 3, 2012, in Brisbane, Australia. (Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

A tiger is painted on the backs of three models at the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys area of Fuzhou, China, Jan. 3, 2012. (ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

A barred owl is wrapped in a blanket at Hope for Wildlife rehabilitation and education center in Seaforth, Nova Scotia, Jan. 3, 2012. The owl was caught in a rabbit snare and is being treated for a damaged leg. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press/AP Photo)

An Army carry-team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Spc. Pernell J. Herrera, Jan. 3, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Herrera, 33, of Espanola, N.M., died Dec. 31, 2011 in Helmand province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. (Steve Ruark/AP Photo)