Dallas Gray, 8, makes a snow angel during a break from sledding on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, in Hutchinson, Kan. AP Photo/The Hutchinson News, Lindsey Bauman Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo flashes a thumbs-up as he walks off the field after the Cowboys defeated the Washington Redsksins 24-23 in an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. On the first full day of winter, the U.S. sees a wild mix of ice and snow, flooding and record warmth. Credit and debit cards in America still rely on an easy-to-copy magnetic strip on the back. The runner-up in the annual AP survey is the Boston Marathon bombing. Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen says it's sorry for an unauthorized attack by one of its fighters on a hospital that killed dozens of people. Fighting between rebels and government troops continues to rage in the world's newest country. As Venezuela's economy struggles, the president hints at increases in the price of gas - a commodity that has been nearly free for years. The pact with China Mobile ends a lengthy courtship between the two companies and could boost sales of the iPhone in China. Nearly all the texts used at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., are part of a digital bookshelf kept on an Internet cloud. The AP's Tamara Lush visits the Robertsons' hometown of West Monroe, La., and finds lots of support for the reality TV family. The Cowboys' 24-23 victory sets up a winner-take-all, regular-season finale for the NFC East title next week against the Philadelphia Eagles.