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Published January 02, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photos from January 2, 2009


John M. Steiner / The Sun

Chuck Axtman spent part of New Year’s Day remov-ing snow from his roof in search of sewer vents buried under December’s many snowstorms.

  • John M. Steiner / The Sun<br /><br />Chuck Axtman spent part of New Year’s Day remov-ing snow from his roof in search of sewer vents buried under December’s many snowstorms.
  • John M. Steiner / The Sun<br /><br />It appears that all of the recent snow in the area is too much even for these two snowmen as seen Thursday in northeast Jamestown.
  • US and Iraqi soldiers raise Iraq's flag during a ceremony in which Iraqi forces took control of the Joint Security Station in Ghazaliyah, in Baghdad, Thursday.<br /><br />AP photo
  • AP photo<br /><br />Kansas wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe (80) is pulled down by Minnesota defensive back Marcus Sherels during the Insight Bowl on Wednesday in Tempe, Ariz. The Gophers lost their last five games after opening the season 7-1.
  • AP photo<br /><br />Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb leads his team back into the playoffs at the Metrodome against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
  • AP photo<br /><br />USC running back C.J. Gable runs through the Penn State defense for a second-quarter touchdown during the Rose Bowl Thursday in Pasadena, Calif.
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  • AP photo<br /><br />Tim Hanson from Hanson Tire Co., in New London, Minn., works on retrieving a pickup owned by James Schneider, of Willmar, Minn., from Foot Lake in Willmar, Minn. on Tuesday. Schneider, 73, broke through while driving on Foot Lake on Dec. 27, 2008 and the truck sank into about 12 feet of water. Schneider was treated for hypothermia.
  • John M. Steiner / The Sun<br /><br />Deep snow rests Thursday on two decks on an apartment complex in Jamestown.
  • AP photo<br /><br />Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful from his studio window during a new year service in St. Peter's Square Thursday at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI challenged world leaders on Thursday to make major changes to the global financial system, saying short-term answers to the financial crisis weren't sufficient. "It's not enough, as Jesus said, to put patches on an old suit," Benedict said in his New Year's Day blessing to thousands of people huddled under umbrellas in a rain-soaked St. Peter's Square. Echoing a similar theme in his New Year's Day homily, Benedict said the crisis should be seen as a test-case about the future of globalization
  • Submitted Photo / Grand Forks Herald <br /><br />Polk County employee Mike Raymond drove the county's loader through the ice on the Red Lake River early Monday. It took about five hours for a private contractor to pull the loader from the river.