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COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE NESIUS/AP War, Games A TV monitor in a box at the St. Pete Times Forum showed livecoverage of the bombing of Baghdad last Friday while cheerleadersworked the crowd during a break in first-round action at an NCAAEast Regional game in Tampa (page 32).

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY AL BEHRMAN/AP Web Sight Oregon's mascot took a stand while sitting down during his team's60-58 loss to Utah last Friday in a first-round NCAA MidwestRegional game in Nashville.

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY GEORGE TIEDEMANN/GT IMAGES Flagman After taking the checkered flag in the NASCAR Food City 500 inBristol, Tenn., on Sunday, Kurt Busch waved the Stars and Stripesduring his victory lap (INSIDE MOTOR SPORTS, page 50).