University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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jj JOHN KERRY Racing in a crowded field for the Democratic party ' s nomination for president, Kerry struggled for months under the cloud of hype surrounding Gov. Howard Dean. But when Dean ended up being more talk than anything else, Kerry won the right to challenge George W. Bush. RUSH LIMBAUGH The conservative radio talk show host had a tough year. First he was fired from his gig on ESNP for being accused of making racist comments. Next, it was revealed he was addicted to prescription drugs. Liberals jumped on the chance to attack Limbaugh. MARTHA STEWART The homemaker honey faced prison time after being found guilty on four counts of obstructing justice and lying to investigators about a well-timed stock sale. While Stewart ' s lawyers struggled to get her off, the former stock broker struggled to save her billion dollar company. Faces of the year PRESIDENT BUSH A struggling economy and trouble in Iraq made Bush a vulnerable incumbent president. While the former Texas governor toured the country promoting his poli- cies, Democrats made every attempt they could to attack the president on his domes- tic and foreign agenda. SCOTT PETERSON Facing the death penalty if found guilty of killing his pregnant wife Lade, Peter- son hired top notch lawyers to plead his case. Mean- while, Washington passed legislation making it a double crime to kill a woman carry- ing a child. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Republican action star Schwarzenegger was able to oust liberal Democrat Gov. Gary Davis with a moderate message. KOLBE BRYANT The basketball player ' s career was on the line as he faced accusations of rape. UP, UP, UP Gas station attendant Reyes Cortez posts gasoline prices, Aug. 29, 2003, at a station in Beverly Hills, Calif. Motorists who hadn ' t tanked up lately were in for an unpleasant surprise: Gasoline prices hit record highs in many parts of the country.

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Year in revia - - International f WE GOT, HIM Captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein speaks in Baghdad, Dec. 14, in this image from television. Top U.S. administrator in Iraq L. Paul Bremer confirmed the capture of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in a dirt hole under a farmhouse near his hometown of Tikrit, eight months after the fall of Baghdad. A March train bombing in Madrid, Spain did more than leave 180 innocent people dead and 1,800 injured. The bombings scared citizens into ousting their ruling party and altering the politics of the country. American wrestler Steve Austin, center, known as Stone Cold, is photographed surrounded by U.S. soldiers after a performance by wrestlers who flew to Iraq to entertain the troops at Baghdad International Airport, Dec. 20.

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Year in GOLD! r I NO MORE SEX Sex and the City cast members, from left, Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristen Davis arrive for the 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 25 in Beverly Hills, Calif. FRIENDS FOREVER The cast of television ' s Friends, from left, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney CoxArquette, Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer appear during the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 22, 2002. The final episode of Friends aired May 6. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez pose for photographers as they arrive at the premiere of their film Gigli, on July 27, 2003, in the Westwood section of Los Angeles. i Country music legend Johnny Cash is shown with his wife, June Carter Cash, in their Hendersonville, Tenn. home in 1999. Johnny Cash, known as The Man in Black and famous for songs like I Walk the Line, Ring of Fire and A Boy Named Sue, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2003 from complications from diabetes in Nashville, Tenn. June Carter Cash died May 15, 2003. -JE2 ' YOU ' RE FIRED ' Donald Trump at the open auditions for the second season for his reality television show The Apprentice, March 18, in New York. Trista Rehn, star of The Bachelorette, and her fiance, Ryan Sutler, arrive at the 31st annual American Music Awards, Nov. 16, 2003, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.