A Danish newspaper challenges taboos against illustrations of Muhammad by printing several negative cartoons depicting him. Angry demonstrators throughout the Muslim world smash windows, set fires, and burn flags of Denmark and other nations whose newspapers reprint the cartoons (Feb. 4 onward

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Academy Award, Best Picture: Crash

Nobel Prize for Literature: Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)

Record of the Year: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Green Day

Album of the Year: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2

Song of the Year: "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2

Super Bowl - Pittsburgh d. Seattle (21-10)

World Series - St. Louis Cardinals d. Detroit Tigers (4-1)

NBA Championship - Miami d. Dallas (4-2)

Stanley Cup - Carolina d. Edmonton (4-3)

Wimbledon - Women: Amelie Mauresmo d. Justine Henin-Hardenne (2-6, 6-3, 6-4)

Men: Roger Federer d. Rafael Nadal (6-0, 7-6 [7-5], 6-7 [2-7], 6-3.)

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