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Vincent van Gogh's "Vue de l'Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy" is one of 38 of Elizabeth Taylor's artworks going to auction by Christie's in London Feb. 7 and 8. The autumn landscape is expected to sell for $7.6 million to $11 million. (Christie's via Associated Press)

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Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman walks off stage with his family Jan. 16, 2012, after announcing the withdrawal of his presidential candidacy in Myrtle Beach, S.C. From left are wife Mary Kaye and daughters Gracie and Abby. (Associated Press)

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A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter lands their aircraft Jan. 15, 2012, on the flight deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy just off the coast of Nome. The Dolphin was transporting local, state and federal representatives to the Healy during for the delivery of more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel to Nome by the Russian tanker Renda. (Associated Press/U.S. Coast Guard)

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A security guard stands Jan. 16, 2012, at the entrance of the national Israeli air carrier El Al sales offices in Tel Aviv. Hackers disrupted the websites of Israel's stock exchange and El Al on Monday in a deepening cyber war launched earlier this month by a group claiming to be Saudis. (Associated Press)

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Devin Kills Back, 15, a member of the Northern Cheyenne and Sioux tribes, performs a shawl dance at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian on Sunday as part of the Winter Storytelling Festival. "This is getting back to our culture," the group's founder Nellie Speelman says. "People are more interested and realizing it's OK to be Indian." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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From left, Hunter Old Elk, 17, Calista Monroy, 13, Brooke Stevenson and Devin Kills Back, 15, get into Native American dress of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne tribes before performing at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012 as part of the Winter Storytelling Festival. The young women are part of the St. Labre Indian School Dance Troupe from Ashland, Mont. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The USS Enterprise is among a fleet of 11 carriers that the Navy maintains by law, but Pentagon budget cuts have the service talking behind the scenes of protecting only 10 for future missions, sources say. (Associated Press)

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The Coast Guard icebreaker Healy guides the Russian tanker Renda closer to a fuel-transfer mooring point near Nome, Alaska, on Saturday. The tanker carrying much-needed fuel to Nome moored less than a half-mile from the town's iced-in harbor, and workers on Sunday started final preparations for delivering the diesel fuel and gasoline by hose. (Associated Press)

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Politicians-turned-pundits Jennifer Granholm and Al Gore are paired on "The War Room with Jennifer Granholm" on Current TV. Mr. Gore, chairman of the network, said he has no desire for a regular on-camera job. He provided commentary for Current's coverage of the Iowa and New Hampshire contests. (Associated Press)

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Keith Olbermann didn't participate in Current TV's Iowa and New Hampshire political coverage, reportedly because he was upset over production problems at the network. (Current TV via Associated Press)

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Political activists have started a recall effort against D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and council Chairman Kwame R. Brown. What's up with that? "I don't necessarily like the direction Gray has led the city, but the alleged incidents that are the basis of the recall don't justify his being thrown out of office mid-term." John Jameson, age not given, Capitol Hill, consultant

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The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy guides the Russian tanker Renda closer to the fuel transfer mooring point off Nome, Alaska, on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen)

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Italian Premier Mario Monti attends a debate at the lower chamber in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Monti says he would support a new tax on financial transactions so long as it applies to the European Union as a whole. Speaking after meeting Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Monti indicated his preference for such a tax for the whole 27-nation bloc, rather than just the 17 countries that use the euro as their currency. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Italian Premier Mario Monti attends a debate Jan. 12, 2012, at the lower chamber in Rome. (Associated Press)

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The shrouded body of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a chemistry expert and a director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, is seen prior to be buried in Tehran on Jan. 13, 2012. Roshan was killed two days earlier when two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to his car. (Associated Press/Iranian Students News Agency)