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FILE -- (NYT44) WASHINGTON -- Jan. 2, 2005 -- CONGRESS-HASTERT-4 -- Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill) studying his health reform notes in Washington after a...

(NYT14) NAM KHEM, Thailand -- Jan. 2, 2005 -- ASIA-QUAKE-THAILAND-5 -- Chanjira Sangkarak, left, stands amidst the destruction from the tsunami as she...

(NYT13) NAM KHEM, Thailand -- Jan. 2, 2005 -- ASIA-QUAKE-THAILAND-4 -- Villagers walk amidst the destruction from the tsunami in Nam Khem, Phang Nga p...

(NYT31) BOKSBURG, South Africa -- Jan. 2, 2005 -- SAFRICA-GUNS -- Johan Jansen talks with a customer examining a scope in Gun City, a store in suburba...

(NYT33) BOKSBURG, South Africa -- Jan. 2, 2005 -- SAFRICA-GUNS-3 -- An employee at Gun City, a gun store in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, South Afri...

(NYT17) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- EBAY-ASSISTANTS -- Ross A. McIntyre, a specialist with FoundValue, evaluates Maria Canalle's serving dish in New...

(NYT32) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR -- A man dressed as Father Time passes through Times Square in New York on New Year's Eve as revelers...

(NYT46) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR-10 -- Confetti falls on Times Square as revelers bring in the New Year in New York on Jan. 1, 2005. (...

(NYT47) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR-11 -- Revelers in Times Square, including San Antonio, Texas resident Mary Beth Morse, with glasses,...

(NYT33) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR-2 -- Melissa Fritzinger makes use of a friend's shoulders as she awaits the New Year in Times Square...

(NYT34) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR-3 -- Revelers gather in Times Square in New York to await the New Year on Dec. 31, 2004. (James Estri...

(NYT40) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR-4 -- Lina Chae, left, and Jenny Chang celebrate as they await the New Year in Times Square in New Yor...

(NYT41) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR-5 -- Reveleers await the New Year in Times Square in New York on Dec. 31, 2004. (Keith Bedford/The Ne...

(NYT42) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR-6 -- Revelers await the New Year in Times Square in New York on Dec. 31, 2004. (Yoni Brook/The New Yo...

(NYT43) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR-7 -- Devin Heitmueller and Naomi Terbetski prepare to share a kiss as they await the New Year in Time...

(NYT44) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR-8 -- Confetti flies over Times Square as revelers bring in the New York in New York on Jan. 1, 2005....

(NYT45) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NY-NEW-YEAR-9 -- Mary Ann Lawson of Los Angeles dances with street sweepers as revelers ring in the New Year in N...

(NYT26) CHICAGO -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- TERKEL-MENTOR -- Author Studs Terkel, left, chats with author Alex Kotlowitz in Terkel's Chicago home on Dec. 17,...

(NYT27) CHICAGO -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- TERKEL-MENTOR-2 -- Author Alex Kotlowitz is pictured in the Chicago home of author Studs Terkel on Dec. 17, 2004....

(NYT25) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- 2004-POP-MUSIC-3 -- Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse performs at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Nov. 9, 2004. Mo...

(NYT24) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- 2004-POP-MUSIC-2 -- Kim Deal of the Pixies performs at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on Dec. 10, 2004. The yea...

(NYT18) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- PALM-SPRINGS-FOLLIES -- Glenda Guilfoyle, 71, in the Palm Springs Follies in Palm Springs, Calif., on...

(NYT39) OSLO, Norway -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- NORWAY-PENSIONS -- Per-Kristian Foss, the finance minister of Norway, is pictured in Oslo on Dec. 15, 2004. F...

(NYT31) UNDATED -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- FLA-SINKHOLE-2 -- A 1960's postcard advertisement for Deltona, Fla. Deltona was built for northerners who sought w...

(NYT30) DELTONA, Fla. -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- FLA-SINKHOLE -- Larry Amos, pictured on Dec. 29, 2004, speaks about the large sinkhole that opened in Delton...

(NYT37) LANSING, Mich. -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- DRUGSTORE-BATTLE-3 -- Retired autoworker Mary Ettinger is pictured at her home in Lansing, Mich., on Dec. 3...

(NYT36) WILLINGBORO, N.J. -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- DRUGSTORE-BATTLE-2 -- An inspection line for bottles filled with pills by dispensing machines at a Medco...

(NYT35) WILLINGBORO, N.J. -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- DRUGSTORE-BATTLE -- A dispensing station at a Medco Health Solutions center in Willingboro, N.J., on Dec...

(NYT38) RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- VODKA-PHILANTHROPIST -- Sidney Frank, known as the "Two Billion Dollar Man," at his home in Rancho...

(NYT29) NEW YORK -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- PRIMA-DONNAS -- Soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson performs at Zankel Hall in New York on Dec. 13, 2004. There's art...

(NYT21) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- PALM-SPRINGS-FOLLIES-4 -- Kit Smythe, 64, performs in the Palm Springs Follies in Palm Springs, Calif...

(NYT20) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- PALM-SPRINGS-FOLLIES-3 -- Beverly Allen, 87, performs in the Palm Springs Follies in Palm Springs, Ca...

(NYT19) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Dec. 31, 2004 -- PALM-SPRINGS-FOLLIES-2 -- Trina Parks, 58, prepares to perform in the Palm Springs Follies in Palm Sp...

(NYT11) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-SRI-LANKA -- Buddhist monks walk in a procession for victims of Sunday's tsunami disaster, a...

(NYT12) KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-SRI-LANKA-2 -- Refugees of Sunday's tsunami disaster, in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka, sleep on the...

(NYT13) KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-SRI-LANKA-3 -- Young refugees of Sunday's tsunami disaster, in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka, sleep o...

(NYT14) KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-SRI-LANKA-4 -- An elederly refugee of Sunday's tsunami disaster, in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka, sl...

(NYT15) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-SRI-LANKA-5 -- Sri Lankan traditional dancers march in a procession for victims of Sunday's...

(NYT33) KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-SRI-LANKA-6 -- Abdul Hamid Ansar, 42, a Sri Lankan divisional secretary, the Sri Lankan equ...

(NYT34) KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-SRI-LANKA-8 -- Abdul Hamid Ansar, 42, a Sri Lankan divisional secretary, the Sri Lankan equ...

(NYT35) KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-SRI-LANKA-9 -- Baseera Sahariban, far left, tends her son Risad Sahariban, 18 months old, p...

FILE -- (NYT40) PHOENIX -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- BBO-YANKS-JOHNSON -- Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Randy Johnson working against the New York Yank...

(NYT38) NEW YORK -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ADV. FOR SUNDAY, JAN. 2, 2004 -- THEATER-FIERSTEIN -- Harvey Fierstein during rehearsals for the musical "Fiddler...

(NYT1) NAGAPATTINAM, India -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-INDIA -- Utapet Lakshmi, center, grieves for her children, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, in Nagap...

*EDS. NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT -- (NYT10) NAGAPATTINAM, India -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-INDIA-10 -- A woman's legs stick out of the remains of a des...

(NYT2) NAGAPATTINAM, India -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-INDIA-2 -- Utapet Lakshmi grieves for her children, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, in Nagapattinam...

(NYT7) NAGAPATTINAM, India -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-INDIA-7 -- Preetika, 2, who lost her mother in Sunday's tsunami disaster, brings a treat to...

(NYT8) NAGAPATTINAM, India -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-INDIA-8 -- A mother, center, holds the hand of her grieving daughter, left, whose two childr...

(NYT9) NAGAPATTINAM, India -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-INDIA-9 -- Banumathi, left, who lost her two only two children, a five-year-old girl and two...

(NYT22) UNDATED -- Dec. 30, 2004 -- OBIT-SHAW-3 -- Band leader and clarinetist Artie Shaw in an undated photograph, Dec. 16, 1983. Shaw, whose recordi...