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AFC championship game between New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers could be one dominated by strength of linebackers; photos (M)
Israel and Palestinians Seek Peaceful Gaza Plan Israel and the Palestinian Authority say they want to avoid a chaotic transfer when Israel leaves Gaza. For different reasons, both sides appear to be considering a seemingly illogical response to this potential problem: tear down the settlers' houses although many Palestinians are desperate for housing. PAGE 6 4 Days on the Uncle Sam Diet The Agriculture Department's new dietary guidelines challenge Americans to eat better, smarter and healthier. William Grimes tried it, and tells the tale. WEEK IN REVIEW McNabb Hopes It's Time Donovan McNabb of the Philadelphia Eagles will try again to advance past the National Football Conference championship. SPORTSSUNDAY Wilkens Leaves Knicks Lenny Wilkens resigned as the Knicks' coach, one year and eight days after he was hired. His record was 40-41. SPORTSSUNDAY Poor and With a Sick Child The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund aids poor families whose meager resources are further strained by children born with life-threatening illnesses. PAGE 32
Andrew Sullivan reviews books The Abu Ghraib Investigations: The Official Report of the Independent Panel and Pentagon on the Shocking Prisoner Abuse in Iraq edited by Steven Strasser and Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror by Mark Danner; photos (M)
Behind the Wheel column reviews Audi S4 and Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG; photos (M)
Shelly Fireman is opening new Manhattan restaurant, Bond 45, on 45th Street east of Broadway, where big sign for Bond Clothes once stood; seeks to evoke bit of Broadway's glory days; restaurant is latest entrant in booming Times Square restaurant business; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 19, 2005, covering January 23, 2005.
Green Day
Eminem
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz
John Legend
Ludacris
2005Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, English lieutenant and politician (born 1921)[†]
Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, was a Conservative politician, and from 1999 until his death, one of ninety-two elected hereditary peers in the British House of Lords. He was the eldest son of Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare, and Margaret Bethune Black, and succeeded to his father's title on the latter's death in 1957.
2005Johnny Carson, American talk show host, television personality, and producer (born 1925)[†]
John William Carson was an American television host, comedian, and writer best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson is a cultural phenomenon and widely known as the King of Late Night. Carson received six Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.
In 2005, the world population was approximately 6,586,970,132 people[†]