/images/headlines/010104/14236_256.jpg||1||A Richmond County Sheriff's Department investigator collects evidence from the scene of a shooting at the Pump 'N Shop at Heard and Central avenues. Witnesses say two men fought over money owed for tire rims.||Michael Holahan/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_070-8660.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14236_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14226_180.jpg||2||Pedro Jose Pereira: Thirty-two-year-old Hephzibah man was arrested in connection with Wednesday's fatal shooting.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_070-8660.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14236_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14159_256.jpg||3||Augusta District 1 Commissioner Lee Beard, pictured in this 1997 file photo. ||File/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_098-7864.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14159_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14160_180.jpg||4||Mr. Beard laughs with his wife, Betty, as Commissioner Steve Shepard speaks during the roast in honor of Mr. Beard on Thursday at Radisson Riverfront Hotel Augusta in Sept, 2003.||File/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_098-7864.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14159_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14161_180.jpg||5||Commissioners Willie Mays (center) and Lee Beard (right) and businessman James Riles spoke in support of Former Augusta Fire Chief Ronnie Few at the capital  in Sept. 2000.||AP / File||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_098-7864.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14159_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14231_256.jpg||6||Luanne Price plays with 11-year-old wolf-hybrid Pawnee at her home in Harlem. She rescued Pawnee and another wolf-hybrid about three weeks ago and must find them a new home.||Andrew Davis Tucker/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_153-8717.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14231_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14233_180.jpg||7||An eleven year old wolf-hybrid dog, Pawnee, owned by Luann Price at her home in Harlem, Ga on Wednesday, December 31, 2003.  Price rescued two wolf-hybrids about three weeks ago and are having to put them to sleep because they are illegal in Georgia.||Andrew Davis Tucker/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_153-8717.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14231_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14232_180.jpg||8||Luann Price holds her eleven year old wolf-hybrid dog, Pawnee, at her home in Harlem, Ga on Wednesday, December 31, 2003.  Price rescued two wolf-hybrids about three weeks ago and are having to put them to sleep because they are illegal in Georgia.||Andrew Davis Tucker/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_153-8717.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14231_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14217_256.jpg||9||Eric G. Beasley: Man could face the death penalty in the slaying of David Vanderloop.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_192-7649.002.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14217_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14234_256.jpg||10||Andy Cheek: Commission-er said city is facing the same situation as other local governments.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_073-1140.001.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14234_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14216_256.jpg||11||Today's kid of the day is Derek A. Jones, 5, of Augusta.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/met_172-7238.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14216_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14167_256.jpg||12||Julie Spence holds a kitten in North Bay, Ontario on Tuesday Dec. 30, 2003.  Spence, a manager at a convenience store, rescued a three-week-old kitten from inside a Pepsi pop machine in the store's parking lot Dec. 23. Apparently abandoned, the kitten was taken to the nearby animal clinic for a checkup - a little cold and maybe frightened, but perfectly healthy. Spence decided to keep it. "I'm going to name her Pepsi because she does have a bit of a story behind how I came to have her," Spence said. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/biz_LA0455-L.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14167_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14230_256.jpg||13||Money matters may not be in your list of New Year's resolutions, but they are something you probably should consider.||Michael Holahan/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/bus_160-6656.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14230_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14163_256.jpg||14||A man enters Yoshinoya, one of Japan's largest fast-food chains that serves "gyudon," or beef bowls - shredded beef and onions on rice - in Tokyo Wednesday,  in Tokyo, Japan.  Yoshinoya warned Tuesday that it would be forced to stop serving the trademark dish unless Japan's authorities lift a ban on imports of U.S. beef imposed after the discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in the United States.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/bus_LF0016.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14163_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14164_256.jpg||15||A cow stands among a  heard of cows eating hay on a farm near Tomahawk, Canada on Tuesday Dec. 30, 2003. Free trade practices that have allowed U.S. and Canadian ranchers to aggressively expand their markets have also opened the borders to potential safety hazards.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/bus_LF0002.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14164_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14168_180.jpg||16||Graphic explains how cattle is identified and tracked in England. Click on the graphic for a larger version.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/bus_LF0002.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14164_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14171_256.jpg||17||Seamstress Raquel Martinez, left, looks on as co-workers work on their sewing machines at the Camen's Confections clothing factory Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2003, in Guadalajara City, Mexico. Camen makes clothing for Wal-Mart and Sams Club. As the North American Free Trade Agreement turns 10 on Jan. 1, 2004, supporters and detractors are engaged in a heated debate about the future of the precedent-setting commerce treaty as well as its impact on free trade in the Americas and around the globe.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/bus_LF7040-0.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14171_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14170_180.jpg||18||Seamstresses work on their sewing machines at the Camen's Confections clothing factory Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2003, in Guadalajara City, Mexico.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/bus_LF7040-0.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14171_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14172_180.jpg||19||Schoolchildren run to catch a bus after they finished classes in a dirt street in the slum of Anapra, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Anapra gained tens of thousands of jobs from the North American Free Trade Agreement, signed 10 years ago, and while the shacks and shantytowns have largely been converted to brick and concrete structures, little else has changed in this sprawling slum, separated from El Paso, Texas, by a chain-link fence.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/bus_LF7040-0.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14171_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14186_256.jpg||20||Sun rises behind the euro sculpture in front of the European Central Bank ECB in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003. On Wednesday the euro reached a new all-time high and climbed above the US $ 1.26 mark. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/bus_124-6693.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14186_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14174_256.jpg||21||Specialists and Traders work the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange on the last day of the year Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003. Wall Street pulled back modestly Wednesday as investors opted to cash in some gains from a remarkable stock recovery in 2003 that ended a grueling three-year bear market. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/fin_124-6696.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14174_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14187_256.jpg||22||Ian McKellen stars as the wizard Gandalf in the movie, ''Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.'' It might become the top-grossing film released in 2003. It earned $224 million in less than two weeks at theaters.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/mov_LB0475-9.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14187_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14166_256.jpg||23||Nathan Lane, left, and Matthew Broderick sing during the curtain call of their first performance back in the Broadway musical "The Producers" at the St. James Theatre in New York Tuesday night, Dec. 30, 2003. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/art_LA0427-L.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14166_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14183_256.jpg||24||Nathan Fillion, left, and Richard Brooks, cast members of FOX's canceled sci-fi Western fusion series "Firefly," appear in a scene from the show in this undated promotional photo. The program, about a hardscrabble space crew 500 years in the future, lost its bid for survival on Fox's Fall 2002 schedule after 11 episodes, with three more finished but unaired. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/tel_LB0501-0.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14183_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14169_256.jpg||25||American pop star Britney Spears will make her second appearance at the Rock in Rio music festival - but this time in the Portuguese capital instead of Brazil. The 22-year-old pop singer is set to perform June 5, 2004 at the 2004 festival, being held at Bela Vista Park in Lisbon. ||AP / File||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/ent_LA0404-L.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14169_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14165_256.jpg||26||Steven Squyres, pictured at his Cornell University office in Ithaca, N.Y., Nov. 3, 2003, is the principal scientist for NASA's Mars exploration mission. Squyres helped design, build and test all the scientific tools on the twin solar-powered rovers, one of which is pictured behind him. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/liv_124-6479.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14165_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14206_256.jpg||27||Paul G. Smith took this landscape photograph while on a photo trip to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. A slow shutter speed blurred the water. He added the green border and black frame digitally.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/liv_LC0561-9.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14206_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14190_256.jpg||28||Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant holds the hand of his wife Vanessa as he pauses during a news conference in this July 18, 2003 file photo, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. ||AP / File||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/nba_LS0353-3.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14190_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14184_256.jpg||29||Syracuse's Carmelo Anthony holds the national championship trophy after the Orangemen beat Kansas 81-78 at the Final Four on Monday, April 7, 2003, in New Orleans. Anthony was named most valuable player of the game.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/nca_LS0344-3.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14184_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14185_256.jpg||30||Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning threw for six touchdowns , then for another five against Atlanta on Dec. 14.  That made him just the fifth quarterback since 1970 to have five or more TD passes in a game twice in one season, joining the company of Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, Warren Moon and Dan Fouts.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/pro_LS0446-3.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14185_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14222_256.jpg||31||Auburn's Jay Ratliff, left, and Tim Duckworth (93) celebrate their 28-14 win over Wisconsin in the Music City Bowl with a flag-toting lap around the field Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, in Nashville, Tenn. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/col_124-6701.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14222_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14220_256.jpg||32||Augusta's Jack Baker (10) loses control of the puck while trying make a shot on goal against Columbus goalie Matus Kostur during the second period. Columbus' Matt Shasby (7) comes in to assist on the play. ||Chris Thelen/staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/lyn_game.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14220_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14221_180.jpg||33||Augusta's Jack Baker (9) tries get around Columbus' Dan Tessier while battling for posession during the first period of Wednesday's game.||Chris Thelen/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/lyn_game.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14220_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14219_180.jpg||34||Dressed in her Augusta Lynx sweater and New Years Eve hat, Patty Sparks cheers for the Lynx during Wednesday's game against the Columbus Cottonmouths.||Chris Thelen/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/lyn_game.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14220_512.jpg||1
/images/headlines/010104/14225_256.jpg||35||Clemson starting quarterback Charlie Whitehurst tosses the ball during practice Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, in preparation for the Peach Bowl against Tennessee on Friday. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/cle_124-6702.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14225_512.jpg||2
/images/headlines/010104/14218_256.jpg||36||Today's in the game spotlight falls on Robbie bishop, 12, of Evans. ||Rob Mueller/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010104/oth_MPS-6673.000.shtml||/images/headlines/010104/14218_512.jpg||1