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COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM COLE/AP Silent Tribute Fans and players from the University of New Hampshire (in homewhites) and the University of Maine observe a moment of silencelast Saturday for the seven astronauts who died aboard the spaceshuttle Columbia earlier that day.

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY AL TIELEMANS Devil May CareUConn guard Diana Taurasi tries to inbound the ball despitepressure from Duke guard Alana Beard and the Cameron Crazies inDurham on Saturday. The Huskies beat the top-ranked Blue Devils77--65 to extend their winning streak to 59 games and take overthe nation's No. 1 spot (page 52).

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID HANDSCHUH Frozen Fish Shtick More than 12,000 anglers braved single-digit temperatures to takepart in the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on GullLake in Brainerd, Minn., last month. The event's organizers haveapplied to Guinness World Records, hoping to hook the record forthe world's largest ice-fishing contest.