/images/headlines/010405/41526_256.jpg||1||Howard Gholson operates a forklift to push back the piles of Christmas trees that were dropped off for recycling at Home Depot.||Andrew Davis Tucker/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_trees.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41523_256.jpg||2||Garrett Neitkamp and his mother, Karla, unload their Christmas tree at the H. Odell Weeks Activity Center.||Ron Cockerille/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_trees.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41528_256.jpg||3||Fourteen-year-old Een Engler, of Augusta, unties his family's Christmas tree as he and his father drop their tree off for recycling at Home Depot. Several sites in the area are offering tree drop-off points for residents without curbside trash pickup.||Andrew Davis Tucker/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_trees.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41524_256.jpg||4||The City of Aiken put up a sign to let all know the pile of trees at the H. Odell Weeks Activity Center is for Christmas trees and not for other refuge in Aiken Monday Jan. 3, 2004.||Ron Cockerille/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_trees.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41530_256.jpg||5||Paul Davis Jr.: Man faces a federal charge of possessing weapons as a convicted felon.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_2997025.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41522_256.jpg||6||Columbia County Board of Education members Wayne Bridges (from left), Roxanne Whitaker and Mike Sleeper are sworn in during the first school board meeting of the new year.||Jim Blaylock/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_2994564.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41520_256.jpg||7||Gloria Roberison: University Hospital employee was abducted on her way to work, police say.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_2995360.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41519_256.jpg||8||Dolly Hearn was found dead in 1990.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_2992696.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41518_256.jpg||9||A Merriwether firefighter works to get into the attic to fight a fire in the home at 480 Miller St. in Edgefield County, S.C. No one was hurt in the fire, which started in the panel box||Andrew Davis Tucker/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_2995106.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41517_256.jpg||10||Firefighters rest on the porch after fighting the blaze.||Andrew Davis Tucker/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_2995106.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41521_256.jpg||11||Sonny Perdue: Governor said he had no family relationships with state troopers, but his daughter married a trooper.||Morris News Service||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_2994508.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41532_256.jpg||12||Indica Cline-Tousignant is today's Kid of the Day.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_kidoftheday.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41525_256.jpg||13||Shelby Riddle (left), 10, helps her friend Shelby Smeak, 9, pick up leaves in the Smeaks' front yard in Augusta near Lake Olmstead. The girls collected more than six bags of leaves Monday.||Annette M. Drowlette/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/met_newscanuse.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41502_256.jpg||14||President Bush announces, Monday, Jan. 3, 2005, in the Roosevelt room at the White House, that he is appointing former Presidents George H.W. Bush, left, and Bill Clinton, right, to head up efforts to raise money for the massive American relief operation in the tsunami-battered regions.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/nat_Bush-Tsunami.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41516_256.jpg||16||John Ware (left) rings up R.T. Smith at Goin' Postal in Augusta. Mr. Ware owns the business with his father and brother.||Annette M. Drowlette/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/bus_2992612.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41515_256.jpg||17||Mr. Ware (left) and his brother Mike, who both spent time in the military, understand the need for mail to arrive on time.||Annette M. Drowlette/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/bus_2992612.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41499_256.jpg||18||Delta Air Lines Inc. will slash fares by as much as 60 percent in a bid by the struggling carrier to lure back fliers, according to published reports. ||AP / File||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/bus_Delta-FareCuts.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41497_256.jpg||20||Actress Hilary Swank poses at Sky Studio in New York, Dec.  7, 2004. Swank is earning critical raves for her role as the boxer Maggie Fitzgerald in "Million Dollar Baby," directed by and co-starring Clint Eastwood. ||AP / File||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/ent_swank.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41496_256.jpg||21||Actor Bill Murray, the star of "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," gets defensive when told he has a reputation for being difficult.  "If it keeps obnoxious people away, that's fine," he tells Time magazine in its editions on sale Monday, Jan. 3, 2005. ||AP / File||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/ent_People.1.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41509_256.jpg||22||Paul Woods (left) and Alex Taylor, 17-year-old seniors at John S. Davidson Fine Arts School, hang out at the playground at Hickman Park in Augusta. The students are amateur filmmakers and are preparing for interviews at the North Carolina School of the Arts.||Kevin Martin/Staff||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/xtr_movie.shtml||||1
/images/headlines/010405/41506_256.jpg||23||A scene from amateur film.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/xtr_movie.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41508_256.jpg||24||Still from amateur fil.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/xtr_movie.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41503_256.jpg||26||Clark Waterfall, of Hopkinton, Mass., a regular Zipcar customer, swipes a Zipcard over a card reader inside the car windshield in Boston. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/liv_TechTest-CarSharing..shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41504_256.jpg||27||Clark Waterfall, of Hopkinton, Mass., a regular Zipcar customer, poses next to a Zipcar in Boston. Zipcar is a car-sharing service that gives users access to cars while living in urban areas where ownership can be difficult.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/liv_TechTest-CarSharing..shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41512_256.jpg||29||Pulse Points is available online at www.sylvialramsey.com and www.amazon.com for $13.95.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/liv_2945554.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41511_256.jpg||30||Deep Water is available for $14.99 in softcover and $21.99 in hardcover.||Special||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/liv_2945554.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41513_256.jpg||31||New York Yankees'  Wade Boggs rides a police horse around the field after the Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in  Game 6 of the World Series to win the Series at Yankee Stadium in New York, in this Oct. 26, 1996 file photo. Boggs, the five-time AL batting champion, known for his array of pre- and postgame rituals, is the top newcomer on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot, joining holdovers Ryne Sandberg and Bruce Sutter. ||AP / File||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/bas_boggsfame.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41514_256.jpg||32||Arizona Diamondbacks Randy Johnson delivers a pitch against the Los Angeles Dodger during the eighth inning in this Aug. 31, 2004 file photo in Phoenix. Commissioner Bud Selig gave his blessing Monday, Jan. 3, 2005 for a trade that will send the Big Unit to the Yankees, making a contract extension the last major obstacle to be resolved in the drawn-out Arizona-New York swap. ||AP / File||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/bas_seligapproves.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41529_256.jpg||33||Auburn's Derrick Graves (29) is tackled by Virginia Tech's Josh Morgan (17) after Graves intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter during the Sugar Bowl at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on Monday, Jan. 3, 2005. Auburn defeated Virginia Tech, 16-13.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/col_sugarbowl.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41501_256.jpg||34||University of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops, left, poses next to the Championship trophy with University of Southern California football coach Pete Carroll during a news conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Monday, Jan. 3, 2005. The Orange Bowl BCS Championship game between the University of Oklahoma and University of Southern California will be played in Miami on Jan 4. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/col_FBC--OrangeBowl.2.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41531_256.jpg||35||After a long, hard fight to get into the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Virginia Tech Hokies are enjoying the fruits of their labor, playing in the Sugar Bowl after  their first year in the conference. Virginia Tech ended the regular season 10-2.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/col_2993455.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41500_256.jpg||36||Wayne Gretzky ponders a question during a news conference at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Grand Forks, N.D., Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005. gretzky fears the NHL could be shut down for as long as two years if a labor deal is not reached soon. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/hoc_HKN--Gretzky-Lockout.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41495_256.jpg||37||Alicia Molik, from Australia, plays a stroke during her Hopman Cup Women's Singles match against Daniela Hantuchova, of Slovakia, in Perth, Monday Jan. 3, 2005. Molik went on to win, 6-3,6-3 on the 3rd day of the event. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/oth_TEN--HopmanCup.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41494_256.jpg||38||Daniela Hantuchova, of Slovakia, reacts after missing a stroke during her Hopman Cup Women's Singles match against Alicia Molik, from Australia, in Perth, Monday, Jan. 3, 2005. Hantuchova lost, 3-6,3-6, to Molik.||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/oth_TEN--HopmanCup.shtml||||2
/images/headlines/010405/41510_256.jpg||39||Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova ponders a reporter's questions at a Hong Kong hotel Monday, Jan. 3, 2005 after arriving in the territory to take part in an exhibition tournament. ||Associated Press||||http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010405/oth_NamesintheGame.shtml||||2