Images of the Day

President Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast, in a Thursday, May 1, 2003 photo. President Bush's use of one of the nation's largest military installations Tuesday, June 28, 2005, as the backdrop for his address on Iraq was no accident, say political observers, who call it part of a strategy to equate support for the troops with support for the commander in chief. Bush has visited military bases or ships at least 20 times since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Miss America 2005 Diedre Downs.

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Ziglar, 50, is the manager of the new trauma program at Shands at the University of Florida.

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Houston litigator Mark Lanier discusses his trial strategy in his upcoming lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. during an interview in his office Friday, June 10, 2005, in Houston. Lanier represents Carol Ernst whose 59-year-old husband died of heart arrhythmia. Lanier hopes to portray Merck as a relentless profit machine with pushy sales people in the first of 2,400 Vioxx lawsuits nationwide to go to trial.

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Florida senior center fielder Jeff Corsaletti signs autographs at Gainesville Regional Airport on Monday. Fans greeted the team's arrival to celebrate a season that ended with the Gators losing to Texas in the College World Series Championship Series on Sunday.

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