A woman walks down a fog-covered trail at Montie Beach Park in Houston on Oct. 17, 2011. The world last year wasn't quite as warm as it has been for most of the past decade, government scientists said Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, but it continues the general trend of rising temperatures. In the United States, it was only 1 degree above normal, which made it the 23rd warmest on record. But 17 cities - including Houston, Miami, Atlantic City, Trenton and Austin - had their warmest years. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty)
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