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(NYT2) ASHDOD, Israel -- Dec. 30, 2008 -- MIDEAST-ISRAEL-GAZA-2 -- An Israeli soldier consoles the daughter, center, of Irit Sheetrit, killed after a...

(NYT5) SDEROT, Israel -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- MIDEAST-ISRAEL-GAZA-4 --Israelis look from windows damaged in a rocket attack on Sderot, Monday, Dec. 29, 20...

*FILE PHOTO*(NYT69) BANFF, Canada -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- BANFF-CANADA-ADV04-4 -- The Elk & Oarsman, a popular pub in Banff, Canada in April 2008. Banff N...

(NYT29) CAMDEN, N.J. -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- LIL-WAYNE -6-- Keyshia Cole performs as part of Lil Wayne's I Am Music tour at the Susquehanna Bank Center in...

(NYT17) CAMDEN, N.J. -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- LIL-WAYNE -- Lil Wayne performs at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J., on Sunday night, Dec. 28, 200...

(NYT18) CAMDEN, N.J. -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- LIL-WAYNE-2 -- Lil Wayne performs at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J., on Sunday night, Dec. 28, 2...

(NYT19) CAMDEN, N.J. -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- LIL-WAYNE-3 -- Fans respond as Lil Wayne performs at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J., on Sunday n...

(NYT21) CAMDEN, N.J. -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- LIL-WAYNE -5-- Travis McCoy, right, and Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo of Gym Class Heroes perform as part of Lil Wa...

(NYT7) BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- MIDEAST-GAZA-IRAQ -- A protestor holds a leaflet reading "We condemn the savage aggression on our people in b...

(NYT) BETH HANOUN, Israel -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- MIDEAST-ISRAEL-GAZA-1 -- Smoke trails from two rockets fired towards Israel from inside the Gaza Strip,...

(NYT2) BETH HANOUN, Israel -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- MIDEAST-ISRAEL-GAZA-1 -- A rocket fired towards Israel rises from inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from B...

(NYT3) BETH HANOUN, Israel -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- MIDEAST-ISRAEL-GAZA-3 -- Smoke rises from an area following an Israeli air strike in Gaza, as seen fro...

*FILE PHOTO*(NYT66) BANFF, Canada -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- BANFF-CANADA-ADV04 -- Bernard Faure, a guide from Yamnuska Mountain Adventures climbing Bow Summ...

*FILE PHOTO*(NYT67) BANFF, Canada -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- BANFF-CANADA-ADV04-2 -- A skater on Lake Louise, set against the backdrop of Victoria Glacier in...

*FILE PHOTO*(NYT68) BANFF, Canada -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- BANFF-CANADA-ADV04-3 -- Skiers and boarders at Lake Louise in Banff, Canada in April 2008. Banff...

*FILE PHOTO*(NYT70) BANFF, Canada -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- BANFF-CANADA-ADV04-5 -- Visitors strolling Banff, Canada, at twilight in April 2008. Banff Natio...

*FILE PHOTO*(NYT71) BANFF, Canada -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- BANFF-CANADA-ADV04-6 -- The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, set above the Bow River in Banff, Cana...

(NYT20) CAMDEN, N.J. -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- LIL-WAYNE -4-- Keri Hilson performs as part of Lil Wayne's I Am Music tour at the Susquehanna Bank Center in...

(NYT34) CAMDEN, N.J. -- Dec. 29, 2008 -- LIL-WAYNE-7 -- Lil Wayne performs at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J., on Sunday night, Dec. 28, 2...

(NYT72) TOKYO -- December 29, 2008 -- TOKYO-TOWER-NOSTALGIA -- The 50th birthday of the 1,093-foot Tokyo Tower brought a packed elevator to see the vi...

(NYT73) TOKYO -- December 29, 2008 -- TOKYO-TOWER-NOSTALGIA-2 -- The 1,093-foot Tokyo Tower on Dec. 20, 2008, whose 50th birthday is this month. (Ko S...

(NYT74) TOKYO -- December 29, 2008 -- TOKYO-TOWER-NOSTALGIA-3 -- A view from the observation deck of the 1,093-foot Tokyo Tower on Dec. 20, 2008, whos...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT14) NEW YORK -- Dec. 25, 2008 -- OBIT-KITT-8 --Eartha Kitt as Madame Vallet in the musical "Mimi le Duck" in New York in an Oct. 15...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT7) NEW YORK -- Dec. 25, 2008 -- OBIT-KITT -- Eartha Kitt onstage at the New World Theater in New York in a Nov. 28, 2006 file photo...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT16) NEW YORK -- Dec. 25, 2008 -- OBIT-KITT-10 --Eartha Kitt in her suite at the Carlyle Hotel in New York in a Jan. 25, 1999 file p...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT8) NEW YORK -- Dec. 25, 2008 -- OBIT-KITT-2 --Eartha Kitt performs at the Cafe Carlyle in New York in this Sept. 18, 2007 file phot...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT9) NEW YORK -- Dec. 25, 2008 -- OBIT-KITT-3 --Eartha Kitt performs at the Cafe Carlyle in New York in this Sept. 18, 2007 file phot...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT10) NEW YORK -- Dec. 25, 2008 -- OBIT-KITT-4 --Eartha Kitt as the Fairy Godmother in the New York City Opera production of Cinderel...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT11) NEW YORK -- Dec. 25, 2008 -- OBIT-KITT-5 --Eartha Kitt in her suite at the Carlyle Hotel in New York in a Jan. 25, 1999 file ph...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT12) WESTON, Conn. -- Dec. 25, 2008 -- OBIT-KITT-6 --Eartha Kitt at home in Weston, Conn., in a Sept. 23, 2007 file photo. Kitt, a s...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT13) NEW YORK -- Dec. 25, 2008 -- OBIT-KITT-7 --Eartha Kitt performs at the Cafe Carlyle in New York in a June 7, 2006 file photo. K...

**FILE PHOTO** (NYT15) NEW YORK -- Dec. 25, 2008 -- OBIT-KITT-9 --Eartha Kitt performs at the Cafe Carlyle in New York in a May 31, 2005 file photo. K...

(NYT53) GREENVILLE, R.I. -- Dec. 24, 2008 -- COMMUNION-BAKERY -- Communion wafers, or altar bread, are prepared for packaging at the Cavanagh Company'...

(NYT54) GREENVILLE, R.I. -- Dec. 24, 2008 -- COMMUNION-BAKERY-2 -- A wafer embossed with a cross at the Cavanagh Company's plant in Greenville, R.I.,...

(NYT55) GREENVILLE, R.I. -- Dec. 24, 2008 -- COMMUNION-BAKERY-3 -- Mixing the ingredients for communion wafers at the Cavanagh Company's plant in Gree...

(NYT56) GREENVILLE, R.I. -- Dec. 24, 2008 -- COMMUNION-BAKERY-4 -- The mixture of flour and water is strained before baking at the Cavanagh Company's...

(NYT57) GREENVILLE, R.I. -- Dec. 24, 2008 -- COMMUNION-BAKERY-5 -- A hot press cuts the shape and imprints the pattern onto alter bread at the Cavana...

(NYT58) GREENVILLE, R.I. -- Dec. 24, 2008 -- COMMUNION-BAKERY-6 -- Dan Cavanagh explaining how wafers move through a tumbler to be packaged at the Ca...

(NYT59) GREENVILLE, R.I. -- Dec. 24, 2008 -- COMMUNION-BAKERY-7 -- A worker with boxes of wafers in the Cavanagh Company's packing department in thei...

(NYT6) NEW YORK -- Dec. 24, 2008 -- MUSIC-SELLING-OUT-ADV28-2 -- Chris Brown performs at Madison Square Garden in New York in this Dec. 21, 2007 file...

(NYT27) GREENWICH, Conn. -- Dec. 21, 2008 -- MADOFF-HEDGE-FUND -- The building that houses the Fairfield Greenwich group located in Greenwich, Conn.,...

(NYT13) DETROIT -- Dec. 19, 2008 -- AUTOS-BAILOUT-1 -- Rick Wagoner, chief executive of General Motors, speaks to reporters from the company's headqua...

(NYT14) DETROIT -- Dec. 19, 2008 -- AUTOS-BAILOUT-2 -- Rick Wagoner, chief executive of General Motors, speaks to reporters from the company's headqua...

(NYT1) WASHINGTON -- Dec. 19, 2008 -- BUSH-AUTOS-BAILOUT-1 -- President Bush announces an emergency loan plan for the auto industry, from the the Whit...

(NYT1) WASHINGTON -- Dec. 19, 2008 -- BUSH-AUTOS-BAILOUT-1 -- President Bush announces an emergency loan plan for the auto industry, from the the Whit...

(NYT61) NEW YORK -- Dec. 18, 2008 -- MADOFF-SCHEME-3 -- The Manhattan building where Bernard Madoff lives is pictured on Dec. 17, 2008. Madoff's Ponzi...

(NYT62) CAP D'ANTIBES, France -- Dec. 18, 2008 -- MADOFF-SCHEME-4 -- The entrance to Bernard Madoff's villa overlooking the French Riviera in Cap d'An...

(NYT15) DETROIT -- Dec. 19, 2008 -- AUTOS-BAILOUT-3 -- Rick Wagoner, chief executive of General Motors, speaks to reporters from the company's headqua...

(NYT16) DETROIT -- Dec. 19, 2008 -- AUTOS-BAILOUT-4 -- Rick Wagoner, chief executive of General Motors, speaks to reporters from the company's headqua...

(NYT35) DETROIT, Mich. -- Dec. 18, 2008 -- AUTOS-BAILOUT-5 -- General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner speaks to reporters at company headquarters in Detroit o...