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Southern California tail back Reggie Bush, left, listens to running backs coach Todd McNair, center, as LenDale White looks on during a work-out in Lo...

Stanford's Dan Grunfeld, right, takes a shot while defended by UCLA's Josh Shipp during the first half of a college basketball game in Los Angeles, on...

Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy, left, laughs while linebacker Rob Morris stretches before the start of practice in Indianapolis, Thursday, D...

Chiara Costazza of Italy speeds down the course during an alpine ski World Cup Women's slalom race in Lienz, Austria, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. (AP Ph...

Ein Windmuehle steht am Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2005, in einer verschneiten Landschaft nahe Oldenburg/Ostholstein. Schneefaelle haben den Nordosten S...

An unidentified veiled woman washes clothes inside a camp in the ancient city of Bam, Iran, on Wednesday Dec. 28, 2005. In December 2003, a 6.6-magnit...

Zwei Schneepfluege raeumen am Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2005, den Schnee von einer Landstrasse nahe Petersdorf auf der Insel Fehmarn. Bei Temperatruren...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin speak during their meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, T...

Yemeni army soldiers, helping in the search for bodies under the rubble, carry tools at the site where a part of a mountain collapsed Wednesday night,...

Islamic militant Abdulah Sunata, alias Arman Krisdianto, center, is escorted by prosecutors upon arrival for his trial at a court in Jakarta, Indonesi...

Chief minister of Gujarat state Narendra Modi, right, greets Bharatiya Janta Party leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, left, L.K. Advani, center, Jaswant Si...

Malaysian Hindus and Christians, holding candles and a banner, protest against the court decision outside the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Th...

Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton is fouled by Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal (32) as Dwyane Wade (3) looks on in the second half of an NBA...

Oregon's Tim Day pulls in a three yard touchdown pass over Oklahoma's Eric Bassey in the fourth quarter of the Holiday Bowl Thursday Dec. 29, 2005 in...

A colleague holds a photo released by the Al Mezan human rights group showing Kate Burton, a 25-year old Briton, who was kidnapped with her parents We...

Bucknell's Kevin Bettencourt, left, dribbles around Santa Clara's Calvin Johnson during the first half of the championship game of the Cable Car Class...

A wintry scene by the river Rhone as temperatures dropped to -17 celsius in the region of Aigle, in western Switzerland, Friday, Dec. 30, 2005. (AP...

The hands of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, right, are seen clasped next to those of an...

Eine Mutter mit ihren Kindern laeuft am Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2005, im Schneetreiben durch eine Platanenallee am Museumsufer in Frankfurt. Nach erg...

Loyola Marymount's Matthew Knight, left, is pressured by UNLV's Dustin Villepigue, right, during the first half of a college basketball game in Las Ve...

Indonesian Army soldiers raise their hands as they sing prior to their withdrawal at Krueng Geukuh port in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thur...

Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti listens reporters' questions during a press conference following a Cabinet meeting at the Chigi palace premier's offi...

Former economic presidential adviser Andrei Illarionov speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Illarionov, an outspoken econom...

The University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, N.J., photographed Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. On Thursday the trustees at UMDNJ appoint...

Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, right, meets with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev Thursday Dec. 29, 2005 in Vienna. Austria takes o...

Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups goes to the basket past Miami Heats' Udonis Haslem and Jason Williams, rear, in the second half of an NBA baske...

Finnish ski jumper Janne Ahonen jumps above spectators during the training of the Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, o...

Leone Margaret McKenney, 103, looks at a pair of Green Bay Packers tickets Thursday Dec. 29, 2005 in her De Pere, Wis. apartment at Renaissance Assist...

A dog watches a snow ball in a snow covered Florence, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Snow blanketed most of northern Italy, causing minor traffic di...

Carolina Hurricanes' goal tender Cam Ward (30) blocks the shot of Philadelphia Flyers Mike Knuble (22) during the third period of this NHL hockey game...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, pauses during a meeting inside his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramal...

A couple walks during a snowfall in Rieti, central Italy, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. After blanketing most of northern Italy, snowfalls reached central...

Former German ski jumper Sven Hannawald waves goodby to spectators after announcing his decision to retier from ski jumping at the Four Hills ski jum...

Two boys watch as a brass band performs in Belgrade, Serbia and Monetenegro, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Brass bands playing traditional music on the str...

South Carolina offensive tackle Na'Shan Goddard answers reporters questions following a news conference in Shreveport, La., Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. S...

General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff addresses the media Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at the American base in Manama, Bahrain. Pace...

An Iranian Jew prays during Hanukkah celebrations at the Yousefabad Synagogue, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahm...

Oklahoma's Juaquin Iglesias puts a move on Oregon's Aaron Gipson after catching a short pass and gains eight yards in the first quarter of the Holiday...

Festus Mickelson of a Colfax, N.D., towing company prepares to move a truck near Colfax that was reported stolen Thursday morning, Dec. 29, 2005, in W...

Law enforcement authorities in Colfax, N.D., used snowmobiles to look for prisoner Charles Beeney, who escaped from a Wahpeton, N.D., jail after over...

Bode Miller of the United States reacts in the finish area after completing an alpine ski World Cup Men's downhill event, in Bormio, Italy, Thursday,...

Paula Winfrey, left, is comforted by her father-in-law, Glen Winfrey after walking through the remains of her mother's house that was destroyed by rec...

Ozlem Oezcelik, left, and Tatiana Gracheva, right, of the Russian team Dinamo Moskau block the ball against Malgorzata Glinka, center, of the French t...

Alexey Tertyshny of Metallurg, right, and Petr Havelka of Sparta watch the puck fly a second before Tertyshny scores to 4-2 during their 79th Spengler...

Michigan Technical University's Chris Conner (25), center, gets caught between the defense of Michigan State University's Colton Fretter, left, Drew M...

A marquee in front of the First United Methodist Church in Cross Plains, Texas, is shown, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. The church was destroyed by a recen...

Oklahoma City firefighter Tommy Chism talks on his radio to report a hot spot during a grass fire Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, in eastern Oklahoma County,...

Tony Clay talks about the odor from the Renewable Environmental Solutions plant that sometimes gets trapped in his antique store in downtown Carthage,...

Alabama Offensive Coordinator Dave Radar speaks with reporters at a news conference in Irving, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005. Alabama will play Texas...

Look out below, it's raining platitudes! (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)