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Nicholas O' Sullivan of Landmark Signs coils a power cord during a test of the the New Year's Eve Ball above One Times Square in New York Friday, Dec....

South Florida head coach Jim Leavitt answers a question during media day in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, for Saturday's Meineke Car Care Bo...

Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas, left, shoots over Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade (3) and Alonzo Mourning during the third quarter of their NBA basketba...

Southern Utah center Cheryl Grant, center, has the ball knocked loose while surrounded by Utah defenders Shona Thorburn, left, Lydia Whitehead (53) an...

Louisiana State coach Les Miles gets dunked at the end of a 40-3 win over Miami in the Peach Bowl football game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Frid...

Nicole Winfield, Vatican reporter, Rome. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Orlando Magic forward Dwight Howard, right, is fouled by Timberwolves center Eddie Griffin while going up for a shot during the first half of their ba...

Aerial view taken from the Concorde square Ferris wheel, showing people strolling through the Tuileries gardens with the Louvre museum in background,...

Police officers checks on a photo journalist's identification outside the U.S Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 30, 2005. The U.S. Embas...

USC's Allison Jaskowiak, center, is defended by Stanford's Brooke Smith, left, and Jillian Harmon in the half of their college basketball game in Stan...

Mourners pay respect the body of late Taiwan envoy Wang Daohan Friday Dec. 30, 2005 in Shanghai, China. Hundreds of officials and Shanghai residents a...

Zuschauer feiern mit Bier am Freitag, 30. Dezember 2005 in der Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen bei der Veltins Biathlon World Team Challenge. Ueber 2.5...

Dartmouth goalie Mike Devine, center, makes a save during a first-period Vermont power play as Vermont's Mike Arcieri, left, looks on during a college...

Stanford's Candice Wiggins, right, looks to pass as she is guarded by USC's Meghan Gnekow in the first half of their college basketball game in Stanfo...

Florida State linebacker Ernie Sims talks with the media in Fort Lauderdale, Fla; Friday, Dec. 30, 2005. Florida State faces Penn State in the Orange...

USA's Chad Hedrick competes in the 1500m men speedskating race during the U.S. Long Track Championships on Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at the Utah Olympic...

Schalke Manager Rudi Assauer zielt am Freitag, 30. Dezember 2005 in der Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen beim Prominenten-Rennen vor dem Veltins Biathlo...

Hannu Mannien of Finland is airborne during the jumping portion of the Nordic Combined World Cup event in Oberhof, eastern Germany, Friday, Dec. 30, 2...

Germany's Ronny Ackermann celebrates after the second jump during the jumping portion of the Nordic Combined World Cup event in Oberhof, eastern Germa...

Ronny Ackermann springt beim Weltcup in der Nordischen Kombination am Freitag, 30. Dezember 2005, in Oberhof, Thueringen. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) ----Ge...

Stanford's Brooke Smith, left, makes a layup past USC's Chloe Kerr in the half of their college basketball game in Stanford, Calif., Friday, Dec. 30,...

A Palestinian medic escorts a sick man to leave the area where the Israeli army is conducting a military operation in the nothern West Bank town of J...

Florida's Corey Brewer (2) watches the clock run down in the final moments of the basketball game with Florida A&M in Gainesville, Fla. Friday, Dec....

Der Oesterreicher Christoph Bieler jubelt beim Weltcup in der Nordischen Kombination am Freitag, 30. Dezember 2005, in Oberhof, Thueringen. Nach dem S...

Schalke Manager Rudi Assauer zielt am Freitag, 30. Dezember 2005, in der Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen beim Prominenten-Rennen vor dem Veltins Biathl...

The grandmother of Israeli soldier Lieutenant Uri Binamo, 21, clutches the arm of a soldier standing at attention as she weeps during his funeral in t...

Aerial view taken from the Concorde square Ferris wheel, showing the Concorde Obelisk, foreground, and the Champs-Elysees avenue with the Arc de Triom...

Missouri's Keven Young, bottom, and Oakland, Mich.'s Vova Severovas, top, get tangled up while going for a loose ball in front of the Missouri bench d...

Louisiana State players JaMarcus Russell (4), E.J. Kuale (51) and others react at the end of a 40-3 win over Miami in the Peach Bowl football game at...

Miami coach Larry Coker watches from the sidelines against Louisiana State in the first quarter of the Peach Bowl football game at the Georgia Dome in...

Minnesota Timberwolves Anthony Carter, left, drives past Orlando Magic guard Jameer Nelson during the second half of their basketball game in Orlando,...

2006: the year to pound the pavement? (AP Illustration/Shazna Nessa)

Shatha Atiya displays photos, of her 16-year-old son, Farris Hassan, who traveled to Iraq during the Christmas holidays, in her Fort Lauderdale, Fla....

Phoenix Suns' Eddie House, left, shoots over Charlotte Bobcats' Raymond Felton (20) during the third quarter of the Suns' 110-100 win in NBA basketbal...

Shatha Atiya sits in her Fort Lauderdale, Fla. home Friday, Dec. 30, 2005 discussing her son Farris Hassan, who traveled to Iraq with out her knowledg...

Illinois' Marcus Arnold defends against Tennessee Martin's Jared Newson during the second half of their college basketball game at the Assembly Hall i...

Latvian's conductor Mariss Jansons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during a rehearsal for the traditional New Year's concert Wednesday, Dec...

Connecticut's Rashad Anderson takes a jump shot as Quinnipiac's Craig Benson, left, and John Winchester, right, try to block him in the first half of...

Boston Bruins' Patrice Bergeron, right, celebrates with teammates Andrew Alberts (41) and Glen Murray (27) after scoring what proved to be the game-wi...

Smoke rises from around a stove Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, in what's left of a vacant home that was destroyed Thursday by a grass fire in eastern Oklahoma...

Colorado College's Brian Salcido, front left, Lee Sweatt, back center, and Trevor Frischmon, right, help goalie Matt Zaba contain the puck against Mic...

Bill Eggleton of Phoenix Decorating Company covers a leaf on

West Virginia University basketball forward Frank Young (21) goes to shoot two points while defending for Canisius is Kevin Downey during first half...

A reporter, right, carries the body of a Sudanese refugee girl believed to be between 3 and 4 years old to a paramedic, left, who pronounced her dead,...

Memphis Grizzlies forward Pau Gasol, right, from Spain, goes to the hoop against Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph during first quarter NBA...

San Jose Sharks' Patrick Marleau celebrates his goal against Colorado Avalanche goalie David Aebischer, of Switzerland, during the third period of an...

Sparrows sit on the snow covered branches of a tree in Budapest, Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, after heavy snowstorms hit the Hungarian capital and many part...

Connecticut's Josh Boone reaches up as he tries to block a shot by Quinnipiac's Chris Wehye in the first half of the Connecticut-Quinipiac college ba...

One Sudanese refugee, left, cries out as he is grabbed by riot policemen, as another, right, tries to hand over his child through a bus window, after...

Louisiana State running back Joseph Addai (10) stiff arms Miami defender Alley Broussard (22) in the third quarter of the Peach Bowl football game at...