Images of the Day

UF junior defensive end Ray McDonald lays on the field after being injured in the game against Tennessee on Sept. 17.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Ronde Barber (20) is greeted by Derrick Brooks (55) and Brian Kelly (25) after making an interception against the New Orleans Saints during the second half in this Dec. 4, 2005 photo, in Baton Rouge, La. Barber couldn't care less that few people viewed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as playoff contenders when the season began. With a victory against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, the Bucs not only will win the NFC South championship, but will host a game in the first round of the playoffs.

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Crystal Totten, 23, left to right, Tara White, 21, Paul Morton, 22, and Jennifer Prince, 21, ring in the new year together at Gainesville's New Year's celebration in the downtown plaza.

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In this photograph provided by the White House, President Bush signs into law the "Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006" at the Bush ranch, Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, in Crawford, Texas.

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Early this month, FedEx Corp. was accused in a lawsuit of hiring a sex offender who was later charged with molesting an 8-year-old boy while at work in Fairfield.

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A woman thumbs through a stack of paperwork as she trys to figure out her Medicare prescription options. The new Medicare prescription drug program offers dozens of options with widely different ranges of costs and benefits which has been confusing to seniors signing up for the program.

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On the WB, pocket-protector-wearing pointyheads get to rub shoulders with intellectually challenged lovelies in "Beauty and the Geek," beginning Jan. 12.

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P.K Yonge performing arts instructor T.O. Sterrett, left, watches a group improvisation exercise with students Kay Williams, 16, and Narayan Hearn, 17.

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