Avalonn News
January 2006
This undated handout photo released by AmerenUE on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2005 shows the reservoir in Lesterville, Missouri. Water poured through a breach at a hydroelectric plant's rural reservoir in southeast Missouri on Wednesday morning, washing away homes and vehicles, authorities said. Conditions along the Black River, where the plant is situated, were considered dangerous, the National Weather Service said. The plant is in the Ozarks, about 120 miles southwest of St. Louis. (AP Photo/AmerenUE, HO) |
Mike Galaska takes a bite from a slice of pizza Dec. 14, 2005, as he waits for salesperson Sharon Riedmann to calculate the price of his purchase at the Borsheim's jewelry store in Omaha, Neb. Galaska, 48, of Bellevue, Neb., was among the hundreds of men who came out for men's night at Borsheim's, which uses free pizza and beer to counteract the otherwise intimidating notion of buying jewelry. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) |
A baby monkey eats an orange beside a hot bath at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo December 22, 2005. Japanese macaque, or the snow monkey, in the zoo enjoyed the cold Tokyo winter in the Japanese custom of soaking in 'yuzu' fruit baths to warm their bodies for good health. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa
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Racing Lens' Eric Carriere grimaces as he heads the ball during the UEFA Cup first round first leg soccer match against Groclin Grodzisk at the Felix Bollaert stadium in Lens, September 15, 2005. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2005
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Wafah Dufour, niece of Osama bin Laden, poses in an undated publicity photo released on December 22, 2005, taken during a photo session for the January 2006 issue of GQ Magazine. REUTERS/Jeff Riedel/GQ Magazine/Handout
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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison slams a fan to the turf after he ran onto the field during the fourth quarter of the Steelers' 41-0 NFL win over the Cleveland Browns Saturday, Dec. 24, 2005, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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A wild boar walks past a groups of deer in the Danube-Drava National Park, Hungary, in a 2002 file photo. A wild boar was found taking a nap in the guest bedroom in a Bavarian family's house after fleeing from hunters, police said Monday. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)
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A spider that nested in the ear of a Swedish woman was discovered and removed alive after 27 days.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)
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This image provided by NASA shows the nucleus of comet Wild 2, taken by the navigation camera during the close-approach phase of NASA'S Stardust spacecraft on Jan. 2, 2004, during a flyby of the comet. The Stardust's round-trip, interstellar rendezvous to comet Wild 2 draws to a close Jan. 15, 2006, when the spacecraft jettisons a canister containing comet grains through the Earth's fiery atmosphere to the high Utah desert. (AP Photo/NASA) |
Paul Thomas, director of 'The New Devil in Miss Jones,' is flanked by adult film actresses Jenna Jameson (L) and Savanna Samson as he accepts the Best Film award during the 23rd annual AVN (Adult Video News) Awards Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2006. Actress Sunny Lane, far left, helped present the award. Jameson won Best Supporting actress, Samson won Best Actress, and and Thomas won Best Director for the film. REUTERS/Steve Marcus |
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