Photos from January 2, 2006

  • Chinese pugs display their innate begging skills during the St. Pug O’Ween festival in Naples in March 2004. Another festival — Lee County PugFest II — is now seeking nominations of pugs for the Pugasonia Court.
  • Scenes from the Ninth Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair on Fifth Avenue South.
  • Scenes from the Ninth Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair on Fifth Avenue South.
  • Scenes from the Ninth Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair on Fifth Avenue South.
  • Scenes from the Ninth Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair on Fifth Avenue South.
  • Scenes from the Ninth Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair on Fifth Avenue South.
  • Scenes from the Ninth Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair on Fifth Avenue South.
  • Scenes from the Ninth Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair on Fifth Avenue South.
  • Scenes from the Ninth Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair on Fifth Avenue South.
  • Scenes from the Ninth Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair on Fifth Avenue South.
  • Scenes from the Ninth Annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Weekend Art Fair on Fifth Avenue South.
  • Travelers wait to check in for their flight at the Air Canada counter at Southwest Florida International Airport on Monday. Many of the holiday visitors to Southwest Florida were headed home following the long holiday weekends.
  • Vehicles travel on State Road 29 through the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday morning. Nearly one-third of panther deaths were caused by vehicle accidents on S.R. 29. Overall, 11 panthers died across the state in 2005, 10 of them in Collier County.
  • Tampa Bay's Simeon Rice, left, sacks New Orleans quarterback Todd Bourman on fourth down in the fourth quarter of the Buccaneers 27-13 win over the Saints Sunday.
  • Tampa Bay defensive lineman Simeon Rice takes a swipe at New Orleans quarterback Todd Bouman during the fourth quarter Sunday in Tampa.
  • Tampa Bay’s Ryan Nece (56) celebrates with Kalvin Pearson after Pearson stopped Saints punt returner Az-Zahir Hakim for a short gain late in the fourth quarter Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
  • Tampa Bay quarterback Chris Simms, bottom right, throws a towel to the crowd after helping to lead the Buccaneers to a 27-13 win over the New Orleans Saints Sunday afternoon. The win clinched a divsion title and a home playoff game for the Buccaneers.
  • Buccaneers safety Will Allen, left, stops Saints wide receiver Devery Henderson in his tracks in the first quarter of the Tampa Bay's 27-13 win over New Orleans Sunday afternoon.
  • Tampa Bay’s Michael Pittman, right, looks over his shoulder for defenders after breaking loose on a 64-yard run in the second quarter Sunday against New Orleans.
  • Tampa Bay's Dexter Jackson, right, holds on to the leg of New Orleans running back Antowain Smith while making a tackle in the first quarter of the Buccanneers game against the Saints Sunday afternoon.
  • Tampa Bay wide receiver Joey Galloway fails to catch a pass in the third quarter of the Buccaneers’ win over New Orleans on Sunday in Tampa. Galloway caught two touchdowns in the game.
  • Tampa Bay's Michael Pittman, right, breaks free for a 64-yard gain before being stopped at the 1-yard line in the second quarter of the Bucs 27-13 win over the New Orleans Saints Sunday afternoon.
  • Tampa Bay's Cadillac Williams, right, breaks free from Saints linebacker Ronald McKinnon in the fourth quarter of the Buccaneers' 27-13 win over the New Orleans Saints Sunday afternoon. The win secured a home playoff game for the Bucs this upcoming weekend.
  • From Left: Carter Smith, 5, of Naples, Hannah Smith, 7, of Naples, Justin Swicegood, 9, of Marco Island, Grace Anne Delcompare, 5, of Naples, and Audrey Delcompare, 4, of Naples, play in a tree in Cambier Park in Naples watched by a parent (not pictured) during a birthday party for Lucca Delcompare, 8, of Naples(not pictured). Every year Lucca's birthday party is held by this tree, a climbing tree for the kids, in the park.

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