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Tampa Bay Buccaneers (news) receiver Joe Jurevicius (news) (83) catches a tipped pass for a touchdown in front of Philadelphia Eagles (news) cornerback Sheldon Brown (24) during the fourth quarter of their game Monday, Sept. 8, 2003 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Miles Kennedy)


Talk radio's Rush Limbaugh appears in this Friday, July 11, 2003, file photo from New York. Commentator Limbaugh made his ESPN debut at a fitting location: Washington, D.C. Actually, it was Landover, Md., in the parking lot of FedEx Field, but it was still familiar territory for the right-wing radio host best known as the host of the politically focused ``Rush Limbaugh Show,'' which is syndicated in more than 650 markets worldwide. ``This is sort of like the fulfillment of a dream for me,'' Limbaugh said Thursday night, Sept. 4, 2003, after being introduced on ESPN's ``Sunday NFL Countdown.'' (AP Photo/ESPN,Rich Arden,file)

Iraqi guerrillas wounded five U.S. soldiers on September 9, 2003 in two attacks west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Two soldiers were wounded in an attack using an explosive device in the town of Ramadi, around 60 miles west of Baghdad at 7 a.m., a spokeswoman said without giving further details of the incident. Nearly three hours later, three soldiers were wounded when their vehicle was attacked in Falluja. (Reuters Graphic)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has agreed to pay $85 million to settle lawsuits brought by more than 500 people who say they were abused by priests, according to published reports on September 9, 2003. The Boston Herald and ABC News reported that the deal had been struck and would be formally announced later on Tuesday. The new Archbishop of the Boston Archdiocese, Sean O'Malley is seen in Boston in this July 30 file photo. O'Malley replaced Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned in December 2002. (Reuters)

A masked security officer guards the entrance to the 'Communicable Diseases Centre 2' (CDC2) in Singapore, September 9, 2003. The CDC2 is a purpose-built isolation facility that houses Singapore's first confirmed case of SARS (news - web sites), since the island state was declared free of the disease on May 31. Singapore's Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday that a 27-year-old man had contracted SARS, the world's first case of the deadly virus since the outbreak earlier this year. (Thomas White/Reuters)

North Korean soldiers parade to mark the country's 55th birthday in Pyongyang, September 9, 2003 as seen in this video grab. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il took the salute Tuesday at a national day parade as the embattled communist state repeated threats to build up its nuclear deterrent. Thousands of soldiers marched through Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung Square, but diplomats said there was no military hardware on display despite speculation that North Korea (news - web sites) might showcase a new missile. (KRT/Reuters)

North Korea (news - web sites) marked the 55th anniversary of its founding with a parade in Pyongyang, Sept. 9, 2003, as seen in this video grab. Defense analysts and South Korean media had said North Korea might wheel out new missiles at the parade as a gesture of defiance toward Washington but none were seen. (Reuters - Handout)

U.S Army soldier stands guard outside the abandoned television building, which was set ablaze by looters in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, September 9, 2003. The U.S. Army has ordered thousands of National Guard and Army Reserve forces in Iraq (news - web sites) and nearby countries to extend their tours of duty to a year the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)

North Korean soldiers parade to mark the country's 55th birthday in Pyongyang, Sept. 9, 2003, as seen in this video grab. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il took the salute on Tuesday at a parade to mark the occasion but diplomats said the communist state did not display any new missiles or other military hardware. (Reuters - Handout)

The revamped U.S. $20 bill, along with its faint tinge of peach color in the background, will make its way into bank vaults and consumers' pockets in early October, according to the Federal Reserve (news - web sites) and the Treasury Department (news - web sites). The new $20, whose design is shown after its unveiling in this May 13, 2003, file photo, is to be made available to banks on Oct. 9, Marsha Reidhill, assistant director for cash and fiscal agency for the Federal Reserve, said in a recent interview. (Treasury Department/Reuters)

A state judge on September 8, 2003 moved the trial of convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols to the eastern part of Oklahoma after saying last week Nichols could not likely receive a fair trial in the city where the blast occurred. Nichols, shown in custody in January 1996, is serving a life sentence after being convicted of federal conspiracy and manslaughter charges and is facing a trial in Oklahoma on state murder charges. (Pool via Reuters)

Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace, one of them wearing a mask of U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites), arrive for a demonstration at the Agriculture Department in Buenos Aires, September 8, 2003. Greenpeace is demanding that the Argentine Government withdraw its support for the United States in its move to force the European Union (news - web sites) to lift a moratorium on genetically modified crops. (Marcos Brindicci/Reuters)

President George W. Bush (news - web sites) chats with third grader Tameron Clark during a visit to the C.T. Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee, September 8, 2003. Under fire for postwar chaos in Iraq (news - web sites), Bush returned to familiar territory -- school reform and fund-raising during a campaign-style swing through Tennessee. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) speaks during a campaign fundraiser in Nashville, Tennessee, September 8, 2003. Under fire for postwar chaos in Iraq (news - web sites), Bush returned to familiar territory -- school reform and fund-raising during a campaign-style swing through Tennessee. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

U.S. soldiers take up positions during a late night hunt for an Iraqi bomb-maker on the outskirts of Tikrit, September 8, 2003. U.N. chief Kofi Annan (news - web sites) called a meeting of foreign ministers of the five permanent, veto-holding members of the Security Council to seek a compromise on a U.S. call for international support to help it increase security and speed up reconstruction in Iraq (news - web sites). (Arko Datta/Reuters)

President Bush (news - web sites) poses moments after his televised address to the nation in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Sept. 7, 2003. Bush on Sunday asked Congress for $87 billion to fund post-war operations in Iraq (news - web sites) and urged the United Nations (news - web sites) to support a strengthening of the occupation with more non-U.S. troops. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

Sargeant Jonathan Cintron of the 401st MPCO of the U.S. Army rests his head on a copy of the Bible during a Sunday service at a U.S. base in Tikrit, northwest of Baghdad, September 7, 2003. Bush prepared to tell Americans they must stay the course in Iraq (news - web sites) and to seek more international help against violence illustrated by a missile attack on a plane at Baghdad airport. (Arko Datta/Reuters)

Major Mike Rauhut from Hinsdale, New York, of 122 Infantry Battalion of the fourth Division of the U.S. Army, prays during a Sunday service at an U.S. army base in Tikrit, September 7, 2003. Congressional leaders in both parties expect President Bush (news - web sites) get the support for the $66 billion he wants for military operations, but even some Republicans said the additional $21 billion earmarked to rebuild Iraq (news - web sites) was a steep price for U.S. taxpayers to bear. (Arko Datta/Reuters)

A judge in the Kobe Bryant (news) rape case on September 8, 2003 denied a request from several media outlets and ruled that cameras will not be allowed in the basketball player's preliminary hearing next month. Bryant arrives outside the courtroom at the Eagle County Justice Center, August 6. (Pool/Reuters)

Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) (R-AZ) talks with reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) in Washington, D.C., September 8, 2003. Attorneys made arguments during a special session of the Supreme Court about the constitutionality of the McCain-Feingold campaign financing reform law. (Stefan Zaklin/Reuters)

Rep. Mike Pence (news, bio, voting record)(R-IN), attorney Floyd Abrams, Sen. Mitch McConnell (news, bio, voting record)(R-KY), and attorney Kenneth Starr (L-R) speak to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) in Washington, D.C., September 8, 2003. Attorneys made arguments during a special session of the Supreme Court about the constitutionality of the McCain-Feingold campaign financing reform law. (Stefan Zaklin/Reuters)

Prospects are 'grim' for a diplomatic solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis unless the United States engages in a sustained bilateral dialogue with Pyongyang, recently resigned U.S. negotiator Charles L. 'Jack' Pritchard said on September, 8, 2003. Pritchard, shown during talks on North Korea (news - web sites) on Nov. 14, 2002, was making his first public comments since resigning from the Bush administration three weeks ago on the eve of six-party talks. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)

President George W. Bush (news - web sites) is saluted by Air Force personnel as he boards his Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on his way to Tennessee for an event on education and a campaign fundraiser September 8, 2003. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

Nominee for Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Korei talks to reporters in his office in Abu Dis September 8, 2003. The United States reserved judgment Korei as a possible successor to resigned Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, saying it needs to see what authority he would have and what he would do. (Reinhard Krause/Reuters)

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) attends a meeting with his Fatah (news - web sites) faction in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 7, 2003. U.S. leaders, responding to the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, blamed Palestinian President Yasser Arafat for hindering progress toward Middle East peace and said he must relinquish control of security forces. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Overweight Americans and Europeans are overfeeding their pets, too -- and putting their health at risk, according to a report issued on September 8, 2003. The report, from the National Research Council (news - web sites), finds that one-quarter of the dogs and cats in the western world are obese. Laura Gladstone lifts her dog Mila during a 'Ruff Yoga' class in New York, June 26. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)

The U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) returns to the bench on September 8, 2003 for a historic, four-hour special session on a campaign finance law designed to restrict the influence of money in politics, a case affecting presidential and congressional elections in 2004 and beyond. Lawyers for supporters and opponents will argue before the nation's highest court in a showdown over the most sweeping overhaul of the federal campaign finance law in 30 years. The Supreme Court building is seen in this June 26 file photo. (Evan Vucci/Reuters)

Hurricane Isabel is seen churning in the central Atlantic in this September 7, 2003 satellite image. Isabel is expected to strengthen as it moves toward the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean by the end of the week, the National Hurricane Center (news - web sites) forecast on September 8. The hurricane, which is located about 1,350 miles east of the Leeward Islands, has maximum sustained winds near 105 miles per hour, making it a Category 2 hurricane, the Miami-based center said. (NOAA/Reuters)

An Iraqi woman and child watch as U.S. soldiers search their house during an early morning raid by U.S. soldiers on the homes of suspected Saddam loyalists in Tikrit, September 8, 2003. Whatever President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s speech on Iraq (news - web sites) achieved at home, it left Iraqis and the U.S. soldiers occupying their country with little hope they would see the back of each other any time soon. (Arko Datta/Reuters)

Delegates attend the 54th session of the World Health Organization (news - web sites) (WHO) Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in Manila September 8, 2003. WHO Director-General Lee Jong-wook warned on Monday of a possible resurgence of the deadly SARS (news - web sites) virus later this year and urged countries to boost surveillance to contain the threat. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)

The sky glows orange as the sun rises over the damaged side of the Pentagon (news - web sites) with the US Capitol behind in Washington, DC after the September 11 attacks.(AFP/File/Luke Frazza)

A worker arranges wreaths placed in honor of Port Authority police officers killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks at Ground Zero in New York City.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)

14-year-old Ahmad Masood, the son of the slain leader of Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Masood, gives a speech during a memorial secemony for his father in Kabul, September 9, 2003. Masood was killed two years ago today when two Arab men posing as journalists detonated a bomb, during a mock interview with him just two days before the September 11 attacks in the United States. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) arrives in Kabul September 9, 2003, for a memorial ceremony of the slain leader of Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Masood. Masood was killed two years ago today when two Arab men posing as journalists detonated a bomb during a mock interview with him, just two days before the September 11 attacks in the United States. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan soldiers participate in a memorial service for the slain leader of Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Masood, in Kabul, September 9, 2003. Masood was killed two years ago today when two Arab men posing as journalists detonated a bomb, during a mock interview with him just two days before the September 11 attacks in the United States. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

A U.S. and Afghan soldiers keep watch over the memorial ceremony for the slain leader of the Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Masood, in Kabul, September 9, 2003. Masood was killed two years ago today when two Arab men posing as journalists detonated a bomb, during a mock interview with him just two days before the September 11 attacks in the United States. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan soldiers march during a memorial service for the slain leader of Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Masood, in Kabul, September 9, 2003. Masood was killed two years ago today when two Arab men posing as journalists detonated a bomb, during a mock interview with him, just two days before the September 11 attacks in the United States. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan soldiers carry a bouquet of flowers with a portrait of the slain leader of Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Masood, doing a memorial ceremony in Kabul, September 9, 2003. Masood was killed two years ago today when two Arab men posing as journalists detonated a bomb, during a mock interview with him, just two days before the September 11 attacks in the United States. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Kaziuhisa Sumiyama, father of the Sept. 11 terror attack victim Yoichi, displays a book he published during an interview with The Associated Press at his Tokyo home Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003. The book entitled 'Odes to the Soul of Ground Zero,' a collection of 68 traditional-style short poems, is dedicated to Yoichi and the 2,800 who died in the terror attack two years ago. Sumiyama and his wife, Mari, hope to meet with other families of the victims in New York and give them copies of the collection. They left for New York Tuesday to attend the second anniversary of the attack. (AP Photo/Chiaki Tsukumo)

Firefighters pose near twisted steel at Ground Zero at the World Trade Center in New York in this 2001 image contributed by James Donovan to the Sept. 11 Digital Archive. (AP Photo/Sept. 11 Digital Archive, James Donovan)

A photo taken from an office at the Watergate Building in Washington minutes after a hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon (news - web sites) Sept. 11, 2001, shows the Pentagon burning at rear and the Kennedy Center in foreground. The photo was contributed anonymously to the Septl 11 Digital Archive. (AP Photo/Sept. 11 Digital Archive)

New York firefighter Michael Ragusa, Eng. 279; is seen in this undated photo. Ragusa, whose remains were never found, is the last of the 343 New York City firefighters killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center to be memorialized Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, at a Mass in New York. His family chose to bury a vial of blood he had donated to a bone marrow center. (AP Photo, File)

The coffin of New York Fire Fighter Michael Ragusa is saluted at his funeral in New York on September 8, 2003. Ragusa was the final of the 343 members of the Fire Department of New York who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center to be memorialized. Ragusa had donated blood for typing by a bone-marrow donors program, and the vial of blood and a few personal effects were placed in the coffin since his body was one of the many never identified or recovered. REUTERS/Chip East

Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon leaves Madrid's High Court after ordering a correspondent from Arab television network Al Jazeera to be held in custody for 72 hours, until police could provide more evidence to back their claims about his links to al Qaeda, September 8, 2003. Tayseer Alouni, famed for having interviewed Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) shortly after the September 11 attacks, was arrested at his home last week in southern Spain on suspicion of providing information and living expenses to al Qaeda operatives. Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters

Art-work 'Ground Zero' by U.S.artist Darryl Pottorf of the exhibition 'True Colors. Meditations of the American spirit' , at the Allied Museum in Berlin Monday, Sept. 8, 2003. In remembrance of the second anniversary of Sept. 11, the museum presents the exhibition which was organized by the Meridian International Center in Washington D.C. The exhibition will show an answer of US art of the Sept. 11 attacks and will be open until Nov. 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The rubble of the World Trade Center smoulders following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Two thirds of New Yorkers fear a new terrorist attack on the city and believe the September 11 attacks will leave a longlasting scar.(AFP/File/Alex Fuchs)

A funeral cortege walks behind a pentagon (news - web sites)-shaped memorial marker honoring 66 victims of the Sept. 11 Pentagon attack at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Monday, Sept. 8, 2003. Thursday marks the second anniversary of the attacks at the Pentagon and World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Terry Ashe)

Work continues at Ground Zero in New York City. More than a third of the federal grants aimed at helping small businesses in Lower Manhattan after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks went to fat cat firms.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)

Dan Kochensparger, a hazardous materials specialist at the Upper Arlington Fire Department, stands in the bay of station 72 Friday, Aug. 22, 2003, in Upper Arlington, Ohio. Kochensparger is a member of Ohio Task Force One, the emergency response team that was dispatched to the World Trade Center site in New York for 10 days following the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Frank Sutcliffe, 10, from Brooklyn, New York, holds up the art piece ' Celebrate: Life, Liberty, and Beauty' Part II by Chinese performance artist Pop Zhau at the Statue of Liberty in New York September 7, 2003. An estimated 600 volunteers gathered to unfurl the earth artwork as a tribute to those lost in the September 11 World Trade Center attack. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

People hold up the art piece ' Celebrate: Life, Liberty, and Beauty' Part II by Chinese performance artist Pop Zhau at the Statue of Liberty in New York September 7, 2003. An estimated 600 volunteers gathered to unfurl the earth artwork as a tribute to those lost in the September 11 World Trade Center attack. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites) said September 6, 2003 she would block President Bush (news - web sites)'s choice for a top environmental post, ratcheting up pressure on the White House to answer questions on whether New Yorkers were misled on health risks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Clinton is seen speaking to reporters outside her Capitol Hill office June 4, 2003. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) leads a moment of silence 11 September, 2001, shortly after hearing about the plane crashes in New York City. A new made-for-TV deals with Bush's response to the events of September 11, 2001.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

A man holds on to his hat while riding on a ferry running a new route between Brooklyn and Manhattan. The route was added to help workers get downtown in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001, World Trade Center attack.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

The remains of the World Trade Center are framed through a broken window at ground zero in New York. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) declared that the United States was still waiting to choose the moment that it settles scores with Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) for the September 11 attacks.(AFP/File/Eric Feferberg)

The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind New York's Empire State Building in this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo. The Trade Center, fated to become one of the most controversial structures of the 20th century, is the focus of 'The Center of the World.' The film by Ric Burns, the final episode of his New Yorkdocumentary, debuts Monday, Sept. 8 on PBS's American Experience. (AP Photo/Martin Lederhandler)

People (top) look out of the burning North tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, above the jagged hole left by American Flight 11, in this September 11, 2001 file photo. The tower collapsed shortly after this image was taken. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen-Files

A group of workers dig through the rubble at the 'ground zero' site of the World Trade Center in New York City, in this September 30, 2001 file photo. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen-Files

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) consoles a family member at the ground zero site where the World Trade Center towers once stood, in New York in this file photo from September 11, 2002. In an outpouring of mass grief and remembrance, tens of thousands converged on the place known as 'ground zero' for a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the attacks on America. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Win McNamee-Files

World Trade Center tower two falls to the ground in New York in this file photo from September 11, 2001. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen-Files

The remaining tower of New York's World Trade Center dissolves in a cloud of dust and debris about a half hour after the first twin tower collapsed, in these file photos from September 11, 2001. The pictures were made from across the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine-Files

Smoke and debris fill the air after one of the World Trade Center towers in New York City collapsed in this file photo from September 11, 2001. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton-Files

A group of firefighters walk amid rubble near the base of the destroyed south tower of the World Trade Center in New York in this file photo from September 11, 2001. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Peter Morgan-Files

Firefighters and rescue workers unfurl a large American flag near the damaged area of the Pentagon (news - web sites) Building at the U.S. Military Headquarters outside of Washington in this September 12, 2001 file photo. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Larry Downing-Files

Photo shows the point of impact where a plane crashed into the North tower of the World Trade Center in New York City in this file photo taken early September 11, 2001. Three hijacked planes crashed into major U.S. landmarks that morning, destroying both of New York's mighty twin towers and plunging the Pentagon (news - web sites) in Washington into flames. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen-Files

A rescue helicopter surveys damage to the Pentagon (news - web sites) as firefighters battle flames after a hijacked airplane crashed into the U.S. military headquarters outside of Washington, in this September 11, 2001 file photo. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Larry Downing-Files

People look out of the burning North tower of the World Trade Center in New York City in this September 11, 2001 file photo. Shortly after this photo was taken this tower fell. In the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, three hijacked planes slammed into the Pentagon (news - web sites) and New York's landmark World Trade Center. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen-Files

New York Port Authority Police officers salute outside the Our Lady of Assumption Church in the Bronx section of New York City, in this file photo from September 19, 2001, during the funeral for officer Dominick Pezzulo, who was killed when the The World Trade Center towers were destroyed. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Mike Segar-Files

A police officer travels on a ferry carrying commuters from Manhattan to Staten Island in this file photo from September 17, 2001, with smoke hanging in the air after the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich-Files

Rescue workers atop the Pentagon (news - web sites) unfurl a U.S. flag as President George W. Bush (news - web sites) tours damage to the west side of the building in this September 12, 2001 file photo. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque-Files

The lower Manhattan skyline is shown in an August 30, 2001 file photo (top), with the World Trade Center towers at center, and a in view taken from approximately the same spot on September 27, 2001, with both towers missing from the city's skyline following the September 11 attacks. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Enrique Shore (top)/Mike Segar (bottom)-Files

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) talks to retired firefighter Bob Beckwith (R) from Ladder 117 at the scene of the World Trade Center disaster in New York, in this file photo from September 14, 2001. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Win McNamee-Files

New York police stand near a wanted poster printed by on a full page of a New York newspaper for Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) in the financial district of New York, in this file photo from September 18, 2001. Osama bin Laden was named by U.S President George W. Bush (news - web sites) as the prime suspect in the attacks in New York and Washington. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Russell Boyce-Files

An American flag flies near the base of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York, in this file photo from September 11, 2001, taken after the collapse of the towers. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Peter Morgan-Files

The towers of the World Trade Center billow smoke shortly after being struck by hijacked commercial airplanes in New York in this file photo taken on September 11, 2001. The East River and Manhattan Bridge are in the foreground. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Brad Rickerby-Files

A man covered in dust walks in the street near the site of the World Trade Center towers in New York City, in this file photo taken early September 11, 2001. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton-Files

A lone man runs down Broadway as a dust cloud races up the street behind him from the collapse of the World Trade Center towers in New York in this file photo from September 11, 2001. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Kelly Price-Files

People walk away from the World Trade Center tower in New York City in this file photo from early September 11, 2001. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton-Files

United Flight 175 crashes into the south tower (L) of the World Trade Center in New York as the north tower burns after being hit by American Flight 11 a short time earlier, in this file photo from September 11, 2001. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Sean Adair-Files

Rescue workers carry mortally injured New York City Fire Department chaplain, the Rev. Mychal Judge, from the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York City in this file photo from early September 11, 2001. The Chaplain was crushed to death by falling debris while giving a man last rites in the trade center. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton-Files

United Flight 175 (L) flies toward the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York as the north tower burns after being hit by American Flight 11 a short time earlier, in this file photo from September 11, 2001. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Sean Adair-Files

United Flight 175 crashes into the south tower (L) of the World Trade Center in New York as the north tower burns after being hit by American Flight 11 a short time earlier, in this file photo from September 11, 2001. This year's anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington will echo the first one, with silence for the moments the planes struck and when the buildings fell, and the reading of 2,792 victims' names. REUTERS/Sean Adair-Files

Two years and two wars after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush (news - web sites)'s aura of invincibility has faded and his challenge may be to keep his presidency from being more associated with Americans dying in Iraq (news - web sites) than with his dramatic pledge at Ground Zero to battle terrorism. Bush is shown with retired firefighter Bob Beckwith (R) at the scene of the World Trade Center disaster September 14, 2001. (Win McNamee/Reuters)

Two years later, the World Trade Center site is a bustle of activity -- hard-hatted workers dig tunnels, throngs of tourists take pictures and the roar of heavy machinery fills the air. But the plans to replace the twin towers destroyed on September 11, 2001 are far from settled. This is a composite of seven photos assembled to show a wide view of the site on August 26, 2003. REUTERS/Chip East-Files

U.S. airport security tangles, a fact of life in the nearly two years since the Sept. 11, 2001, hijack attacks, have not kick-started the development of high-speed U.S. rail networks to replace many short city-to-city flights. Money is a big reason, but cultural and structural issues are also major barriers, experts say. An Amtrak high speed Acela train is shown at a station in Wilmington, Delaware, June 24, 2002. Photo by Tim Shaffer/Reuters

Christine Todd Whitman (news - web sites), the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (news - web sites), is under fire for downplaying health risks to New York residents in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.(AFP/File/Stephen Jaffe)

A man helps to evacuate a women through the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Transcripts of emergency calls received followed the attacks on the Center have been released documenting frantic calls for help, horrified descriptions of injuries and the desperate efforts of emergency services to rescue victims(AFP/File/Stan Honda)

The scene shortly after the World Trade Center's twin towers collapsed on September 11, 2001. Transcripts of emergency calls from the attacks on the towers have been released cataloguing the frantic calls for help, horrified accounts of injuries and the desperate efforts of emergency services to safe victims(AFP/File/Doug Kanter)

Journalists jostle each other to try and grab a copy of the transcripts of emergency calls made at the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, released by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)

The south tower collapses as smoke billows from both towers of the World Trade Center, in New York, in this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey released 2,000 pages of transcripts from emergency calls and radio transmissions in New York, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003, that provide a fierce first glimpse behind the scenes in the moments after the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Jim Collins, File)

Reporters pour over transcripts released by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003 in New York. The 2,000-page transcript contains taped emergency calls and radio transmissions made Sept. 11, 2001, from inside the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Pleas of 'mayday' made by Port Authority officers to emergency services just moments before their deaths in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 appear on heart-wrenching transcripts to be released on August 28, 2003. A judge ordered the release of the nearly 2,000 pages of transcripts after a lawsuit was filed by The New York Times. Firefighters are shown at the scene on Sept 12, 2001. Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters

Beverly Eckert pulls some weeds, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003, in Stamford, Conn., from around a memorial plaque for her husband Sean Rooney, who was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey).

Peter Negron, 14, left, his brother, Austin, 3, and their mother, Leila, 36, pose for a picture at the Bergen mall in Paramus, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003. Leila's husband, Peter, was killed at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. A state judge ruled Friday, Aug. 22, that the transcripts from the emergency calls from the twin towers that day must be released by the close of business Thursday. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price)

View of the site of the World Trade Center, in New York on August 26, 2003, as construction continues prior to the second anniversary of the attacks September 11, 2001. For the anniversary remembrance, the names of the nearly 2,800 victims will be read by 200 surviving children and family members at a ceremony at Ground Zero. REUTERS/Chip East REUTERS

View of the site of the World Trade Center, in New York on August 26, 2003, as construction continues prior to the second anniversary of the attacks September 11, 2001. For the anniversary remembrance, the names of the nearly 2,800 victims will be read by 200 surviving children and family members at a ceremony at Ground Zero. This view shows the exit of the new subway station (bottom) and the starting construction of the replacement building of Seven World Trade (right). REUTERS/Chip East REUTERS

Experts warned that a more powerful version of the "SoBig" worm could appear around September 11.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)

The U.S. is highly likely to face another attack similar to September 11 within the next 12 months, a London-based research organization said on August 17, 2003. 'America is the number one target for many terrorist groups,' said Guy Dunn, author of a report by the World Markets Research Center (WMRC) assessing the risk of terror attacks in 186 countries around the globe. The World Trade Center's North and South towers are seen in flames following the attacks in New York City in this file photo taken September 11, 2001. Photo by Reuters

President George W. Bush (news - web sites) walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, September 9, 2003. Bush will visit Japan on Oct. 17 to hold talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, one of Washington's staunchest Asian allies, Japanese media said. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a point during a town hall meeting at Chapman University in Orange, California, September 8, 2003. Schwarzenegger would narrowly lose to Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante if Californians were to vote today in the special recall election to be held in a month's time, a poll released on September 9 found. The Field Poll of 505 likely voters also found that 55 percent favored the removal of Democrat Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites). (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)

President George W. Bush (news - web sites) on September 9, 2003 will announce in Florida an education initiative that will allow parents to keep track on the Internet how their children's schools match up to other schools in their states. Bush travels to Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale, and in between campaign fund-raisers in those cities, he will visit Jacksonville's Hyde Park Elementary School for his education announcement. Bush is seen at a fundraiser in Nashville, Tennessee, September 8. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

Former president Jimmy Carter (R) receives a gift from a Communist scholar after he made a speech at Peking University in Beijing Sept. 9, 2003. The Nobel Peace laureate applauded communist China on Tuesday for direct elections at the village level and said deepening democracy would not endanger stability or threaten the rule of law. (Guang Niu/Reuters)

California Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites) (L) speaks with audience members after he spoke at a forum entitled 'Conversations with Californians,' in south Los Angeles Sept. 8, 2003. Davis' campaign to survive an Oct. 7 recall election found hope in a new poll suggesting voters had begun to back away from the recall even though a majority still favor his ouster. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)

California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustyourtaxes, the main democratic candidate in the race to replace Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites), promised on September 7, 2003 to give up direct access to millions of dollars in controversial campaign funds that he had collected using a loophole in the law. Bustamante, who is urging voters not to recall Davis but to choose him if they do, stirred controversy by putting six-figure donations into an old campaign account he argued was not affected by new contribution limits. Bustamante is seen during a candidates forum in Walnut Creek, Calif., September 3. (Pool/Reuters)

California Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites) gives a pen to California Sen. Gil Cedillo (L) after signing a copy of SB60 into law, allowing undocumented immigrants to get a California driver's license, reversing his position from a year earlier, in Los Angeles, September 5, 2003. (Jim Ruymen/Reuters)

The Bush administration on September 8, 2003 repeated a threat to veto any repeal of the restrictions on travel to Cuba, saying that tourism would not help get rid of President Fidel Castro (news - web sites). Castro addresses new school teachers on the opening of the school year, at the Revolution square in Havana, September 8, 2003. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on September 8, 2003 that opposition to the U.S. President was encouraging Washington's enemies and hindering his 'war against terrorism.' Rumsfeld was speaking after a trip to Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites) where he sought to highlight progress on reconstruction efforts and dampen criticism of the U.S. presence there and the almost daily casualties in a guerrilla campaign against occupation. Rumsfeld is seen during a news conference in Kabul, September 7. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards of North Carolina said Sunday he will not seek re-election to the Senate next year in order to concentrate on his bid for the White House. Edwards is shown speaking at a debate in Albuquerque, N.M., September 4, 2003. (Pool/Reuters)

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger ponders a question at a news conference after a campaign appearance at the Inner-City Games in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., Sept. 7, 2003. Schwarzenegger is running as a Republican for California governor in the Oct. 7 recall election. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)

The United States expects no more than 15,000 foreign troops to be added to an Iraqi occupation force as a result of a proposed new U.N. resolution, Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) said September 7, 2003. A group of 21 Thai soldiers walk past a Thai Air Force plane at a military air base in Bangkok as they depart onboard a U.S. military carrier to Iraq (news - web sites), Sept. 4. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)

This is a FBI (news - web sites) handout photo of the collar device (top) used to secure a bomb to pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells' neck, who was allegedly locked into a bombing device by a stranger and ordered to rob a bank branch just outside Erie, Pennsylvania.(AFP-Getty Images-FBI)

Sketches of two men FBI (news - web sites) agents say witnesses saw near sites where Brian Wells was to go after robbing a bank in Erie, Pa. on Aug. 28, 2003, are shown Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, in Erie. Wells died when the bomb he was wearing exploded after he was stopped by police. (AP Photo/FBI handout)

The house where Brian Wells lived in Erie, Pa., is shown on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003. Wells was killed on Thursday after a metal collar he was wearing with a bomb attached exploded. Officials said Tuesday that they are still investigating if Wells was a participant in a bank robbery or a victim used in the crime. Wells was apparently infatuated with Reality Shows. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Indiana's Governor Frank O'Bannon was in a drug-induced coma and tethered to a ventilator following a massive stroke on Monday morning.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)

Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon and his wife, Judy, are shown in a file photo from Dec. 27, 2000, in front of their home in Corydon, Ind. The first lady flew to Chicago Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, with daughter Jennifer to be at her husband's side at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, after he underwent surgery for a massive stroke. (AP Photo/John Harrell, File)

Dr. Wesley Yapor attending neurosurgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital listens to a question during a briefing of the media on the condition of Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon outside the hospital in Chicago, Monday, Sept. 8, 2003. O'Bannon suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and underwent several hours of surgery Monday after being discovered unconscious in his Chicago hotel room. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Carrera)

Foxnews Channel's Brit Hume will be Moderating a deabate on Foxnews tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern time. Brit Kicks Ass!!!

CBS News couldn't even report their own poll.

The silhouette of a photographer is seen across the window of the car escorting Ahmed Korei, the nominee for Palestinian Prime Minister, as he leaves Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah after a meeting, September 8, 2003. Korei, the parliamentary speaker and Arafat's candidate for prime minister, said on Monday he wanted U.S. and European guarantees of support for peacemaking before accepting the post. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

[Spruce]

Great job!

[ConservativeMan55]

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[ConservativeMan55]

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[MotleyGirl70]

BTTT!

[MotleyGirl70]

Excellent work! Thanks.

[ConservativeMan55]

Thanks! I counted 120 different pics and stories!

[Diogenesis]

Megabump for a heroic amount of effort. Thank you, ConservativeMan55.

[ConservativeMan55]

No Problem Dio. It was my pleasure.

[Rummyfan]

Excellent, excellent post. Thank you so much for putting this up as a reminder to NEVER FORGET!

[Blzbba]

[applause]

well done!

[smiley]

Excellent overview of our tragedies and triumphs....thank you.....God Bless America....!!

[uglybiker]

Hold it, wait....I just heard somebody call me an arrogant p&%#$. It was you, wasn't it?

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL!!!

[eyespysomething]

This one really got me, look at his eyes.

[ConservativeMan55]

That one got to me as well.

[glock rocks]

I'd like to be on your YGST ping list please.

[ConservativeMan55]

You have been added.

[CJ Wolf]

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[ConservativeMan55]

Bump! Thanks for the Bump!