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Most Viewed Photos 2008
Kite surfer Demian Thomas leaves Ft. Lauderdale Beach Tuesday as winds from Tropical Storm Fay move offshore. Ft. Lauderdale Beach kite surfers gained national prominence Monday when a videographer from a local TV station taped one of them flying through the air during a squall caused by Fay. (Joe Cavaretta / Sun Sentinel)
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Best of 2008
After routing the Taliban in the south of Afghanistan, U.S. Marines took on unfamiliar roles as they moved from fighting to something more like diplomacy to win over wary civilians. Here, 1st Lt. Shaun Miller makes his way through an opium poppy field in the southern province of Helmand. His work includes assessing war damage to farmers' property and arranging compensation. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Pictures of the day
Camels wait for the Three Kings Day Parade to begin Jan. 6 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Miss Universe 2008
Dayana Mendoza - Miss Universe 2008
Auto Racing Photos
Five-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb plays a video game in a Paris store. (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
Hot Girls Wearing Flag Bikinis
It's All About the Bikini
Mysterious Deaths
Hip Hop star and actor Tupac Shakur was killed in Los Angeles during a drive-by shooting in 1996. The investigation has been going on for years with little progress. (Photo by Ke.Mazur/WireImage)
Victoria's Secret fashion show
Victoria's Secret fashion show at the Fontainbleau Miami Beach. (Robert Duyos, Sun Sentinel)
Homes of the Stars
Grant called this home Las Palomas, Spanish for "The Doves." Many original features remain, including the double-thick whitewashed walls, hand-painted Spanish Talavera tiles in the kitchen and bathrooms, kiva fireplaces and handmade terra-cotta roof tiles. (David Glomb)
Wild, wacky and weird photos
Sumo Grand Champion Asashoryu (right), real name Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, performs 'Dohyo-iri' (ring purification ritual) in a new ceremonial rope belt at the Meiji Shrine on Jan. 6, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)
Miss Earth 2008
Miss Earth 2008 beauty contestant Charlotte Lagauzere, 23, of France emerges after a dip in the water at Sabang beach in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, which is the capital of the western Philippine island, on October 25, 2008. Candidates of Miss Earth visited the Puerto Princesa subterranean river national park, a popular tourist site located in the city's pristine forest, as part of the Miss Earth environmental campaign. (ROMEO GACAD/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Zap2it.com's List of Strippers

Up to this point, there have been only women in the stripper gallery. But that's not to slight the opposite sex. On the contrary, we know men can drop it like it's hot as well. Case in point: Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley from the "SNL" Chippendales sketch. The sketch was on the heels of Swayze's "Dirty Dancing" fame; and in it, he and Chris Farley are auditioning for one spot in the Chippendales show. No matter how many times you see it, the scene can still make you double over in laughter.
Interesting, odd and fun jobs
DUNFERMLINE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 4: Rugby star Graham Lawson lends a helping hand as judges begin task of choosing the best scotch pie among entries from more than 70 butchers on November 4, 2008 in Dumfermline, Scotland. (Day/Scoopt/Getty Images).
Life as president-elect
President-elect Barack Obama announces Mary Schapiro, left, to be his choice for chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, middle, to head the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and Dan Tarullo, to head the Federal Reserve Board of Governors at a news conference at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. (Tribune photo by José M. Osorio)
Freaky Photos
Celebrity Shockers of 2008
Tim Russert, MSNBC's "Meet The Press" moderator, died suddenly of a heart attack at NBC's Washington bureau on June 13. The 58-year-old had just returned from Italy, where he and his family went to celebrate the college graduation of his son, Luke. Russert's unexpected demise prompted an outpouring of support from his NBC colleagues, fellow journalists, politicians (including President George W. Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain) and his friend and favorite musician, Bruce Springsteen. (ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES FOR MEET THE PRESS)
Winter wonderland worldwide
Taiwan's actor Mike Ha watches the fake snow fall during the 'VenusFort Snow Wish 2008' at a mall in Tokyo. Hundreds of his fans had gathered for the Christmas event. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)
Victoria Secret Bikinis
College Football Cheerleaders
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets cheerleaders. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
NFL Photos
Drew Brees has won the AP's Offensive Player of the Year award. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Fifty worst album covers
1970s Gas Guzzlers
1971-73 Buick Riviera: Average miles per gallon: 5-8 MPG, Average cost of one gallon of gas: $0.44 (1971) - $0.65 (1973). Inspired by a Bill Mitchell concept, Jerry Hirschberg's 'Boattail' Riviera design was considered by many to be outrageous, even ugly upon its debut. Hmm, critics! Thirty-seven years later, it has proven one of the most beautiful and distinctive designs of the era. Already increasing in value, a mint-condition Riviera can fetch as much as $25,000. Pre-emission models with the 455 cid engine are particularly desirable, as are the even rarer 1971 330-horsepower GS cars. (General Motors)
Contortionists
Santacon 2008
Kisses from a Santa during Santacon. (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)