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Oil rose the most in a month in New York as Nigerian rebels threatened more attacks after cutting output from Africa's largest producer by about 20 percent. Crude oil for March delivery rose as much as 2.7 percent to $61.50 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude oil for April delivery rose $1.65 a barrel to close at $61.54 in London.
Thanks to a special act of Congress and the recently adopted judging system, the United States was able to come away with its first ice dance medal in 30 years last night. Belbin and Agosto never really challenged for the gold, as the former slightly stumbled during the flamenco medley. The Canadian-born Belbin was sworn in as a U.S. citizen Dec. 31 after a special bill allowing “aliens of extraordinary ability” to reduce the required five-year waiting period for naturalization to three was enacted into law by President Bash Dec. 30, 2005.