Images of the Day

Florida's Bernice Mosby, left, struggles to hang on to a rebound as Louisiana State's Temeka Johnson defends, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003, at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla. LSU won 94-54.

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Williston's Brittany Cannady drives to the basket during the first half of Thursday's game against P.K. Yonge. The Blue Wave's Michelle Williams applies the defensive pressure. No. 1 (Class 2A) P.K. Yonge won the game 55-47.

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Workers at Rogers Farms on S.R. 121 South of Lacrosse, spent the better part of the day Thursday covering 8 acres of strawberry plants. According to workers, the wind was hindering progress by causing the tarps to tear.

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After 10 season with the Buccaneers, safety John Lynch will play in his first Super Bowl on Sunday.

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Despite the wind chill advisory from the National Weather Service, Don Crigger and his dog, Tucker, brave against the cold wind on the beach in Virginia Beach, Va., Wednesday. "It feels like the Arctic out here," Crigger said. Crigger and his wife, Sue (not pictured) wanted to see snow on the beach.

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Dr. Gerry Shaw, founder and chief scientific officer of EnCor Biotechnology, is the newest tenant at the Sid Martin Biotechnology Development Incubator, a facility for start-up, biotech companies in Alachua.

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University of Florida gymnast Kristen Stucky, a junior from Menomonee Falls, Wis., will be competing in her first home meet on Friday. Because of her seven knee surgeries, her previous home performances were limited to exhibition routines.

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Patti Thompson, a biologist with Save the Manatee Club, and an opponent of reclassifying manatees, talks to a reporter after a public meeting Thursday in Fort Myers. Environmentalists and boaters faced off Thursday before a state commission over whether the Florida manatee is still an endangered species.

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Charles Clark puts on a donated pair of warm socks Thursday outside the St. Francis House. Clark said that he is temporarily homeless and comes to stay at the shelter when its cold.

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Sen Bob Graham, D-Fla. talks to reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday. Graham said Thursday he will undergo heart surgery in early February, postponing announcement of a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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