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| Jan.12 |
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Bucs pasted the Niners 31-6 in Playoffs Brad Johnson throws for 196 yards and two touchdowns to shut down Garcia and Owens and beat San Francisco
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| Jan.19 |
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Bucs ruining Eagles' home finale| Tampa Bay Buccaneers shut down Philadelphia 27-10. Eagles' early flurry was sparked by Mitchell's 70-yard return | |
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| Jan.26 |
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Bucs rout Raiders 48-21 for Super Bowl| The Tampa Bay defense is returning 3 of a 5 five interceptions for touchdowns | | |
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| Feb.2 |
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West beats East in All-Star game Dany Heatley scores 4, but West beats East 6-5 in shootout
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| Feb.20 |
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FBI charges professor with terrorism University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian said to be a top leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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| Mar.11 |
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U.S. tests massive bomb The Air Force tested the biggest conventional bomb in the military, dropping the new 21,000-pound device
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| Mar.19 |
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Cuban airliner lands under U.S. escort| DC-3 with 35 people landed in Key West. Cuban officials suspected the plane was hijacked | |
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| Apr.1 |
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Plane hijacked in Cuba lands in Key West Two F-15 Eagles were scrambled to intercept the plane. The hijacker is carrying two grenades
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| May.4 |
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Pistons end Magic dreams Detroit beat the Orlando 108-93 in a decisive game 7 to reach the second round of the NBA play-offs
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| May.25 |
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4 killed in explosion on cruise ship A boiler aboard S.S. Norway exploded shortly after the ship docked in Miami
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| Jun.10 |
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Rover heads to Red Planet A rocket carrying the Spirit vehicle lifted clear of the Cape Canaveral
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| Jun.29 |
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Mars launch delayed again A problem with cork insulation on the rocket forced NASA to scrub its scheduled night launch
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| Jul.7 |
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Abizaid takes over U.S. Central Command Gen. John Abizaid took the reins of U.S. Central Command from Gen. Tommy Franks
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| Jul.23 |
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Brazil advances to Gold Cup final over US Brazilians eliminated the defending champions from the CONCACAF Cup beating the Americans 2-1
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| Sep.3 |
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Anti-abortionist executed Paul Hill, 49, was the first man to face the death penalty in the U.S. for killing a doctor who performed abortions
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| Sep.20 |
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Guantanamo chaplain arrested| Captain Yousef Yee, a muslim US Army chaplain, has been detained by military investigators | |
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| Oct.4 |
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Marlins knock off Giants 7-6 in Game 4 Rodriguez withstood a hard collision to tag J.T. Snow for the final out. Florida clinching their Division Series 3-1
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| Oct.15 |
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Marlins win series over Cubs, 4-3 Marlins rallied behind Cabrera's 4 RBIs to claim the National League pennant with a 9-6 victory
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| Oct.26 |
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Marlins win second title in 7 years| The wild-card Marlins win a most improbable World Series championship, stunning the Yankees 2-0 | | |
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| Nov.20 |
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Americas move on giant trade zone Trade ministers have backed the outline of a deal to create a free-trade zone from Alaska to Chile