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The 2006 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Virginia Tech Hokies in Jacksonville, Florida on January 2, 2006. Virginia Tech was selected as a participant in the 2006 Gator Bowl following a 10–2 regular season; a loss to Florida State in the inaugural ACC Championship Game gave Tech a position in the Gator Bowl instead of the more prestigious Orange Bowl game. Facing the 12th-ranked Hokies were the 15th-ranked Cardinals, who finished 9–2 during the regular season of their first year in the Big East Conference. Louisville led for much of the game, beginning with an 11-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter by backup quarterback Hunter Cantwell. In the second half, however, Virginia Tech's offense began to have success. Tech earned the only points of the third quarter—a 28-yard field goal from kicker Brandon Pace—to narrow Louisville's lead to 17–13. In the fourth quarter, the game fully turned in the Hokies' favor. Though Louisville scored a touchdown early in the quarter, Virginia Tech scored 22 unanswered points in the final 13 minutes of the game to take a 35–24 lead and earn the win. (more...) Recently featured: "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" – Typhoon Tip – Charles Stewart Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Portia Simpson-Miller Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan, and Togo join the UN Security Council as non-permanent members. The People's National Party, led by Portia Simpson-Miller (pictured), wins a majority in the Jamaican general election. Samoa and Tokelau switch to the western side of the International Date Line, skipping 30 December entirely. Kim Jong-un is declared the new supreme leader of North Korea. The first stage of China's Compass satellite navigation system becomes operational, covering the China region. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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January 2: Feast Day of Gregory of Nazianzus (Roman Catholic Church) 366 – The Alamanni, an alliance of west Germanic tribes, crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers to invade the Roman Empire. 1920 – Under the leadership of U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer (pictured), Department of Justice agents launched a series of raids against radical leftists and anarchists across 30 cities in 23 states. 1941 – Second World War: The Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, was severely damaged by German bombing during the Cardiff Blitz. 1971 – At Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland, 66 people were killed in a stampede during an Old Firm football match. 2004 – The Stardust space probe flew by the comet Wild 2 and collected particle samples from its coma, which were later returned to Earth. More anniversaries: January 1 – January 2 – January 3 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now January 2, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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The Interstate Highways in Texas cover 3,233.4 miles (5,203.7 km) in the state. The freeways are maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as the state agency responsible for all state highways, including the Interstate Highways in Texas. There are ten primary routes, six auxiliary routes and two branches of Interstate 35 (I-35) as it splits into eastern and western branches near Fort Worth and Dallas. The Interstate Highway with the longest segment in Texas is I-10 (interchange with I-45 pictured) at 878.6 miles (1,414.0 km), making it also the longest continuous untolled freeway under a single authority in North America; the shortest in the state is I-110 at 0.9 miles (1.4 km). The construction of the Interstate Highway System in Texas actually began well before these routes were designated as such. Part of the Gulf Freeway between Galveston and Houston was opened in 1951, eight years before it was designated I-45. The opening of a short section of I-27 in 1992 completed the system. Planning is ongoing for a proposed extension of I-69 southward from its current terminus in Indiana through Texas to the United States–Mexico border, the first segment of which was added in December 2011. (more...)

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Two flesh-flies (Sarcophaga ruficornis species pictured) mating. The life cycle of the saprophagic flesh-fly larvae has been well researched and is very predictable. Different species prefer bodies in different states of decomposition, which allows forensic entomologists to extrapolate the time of death.

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