AP Historical Hard Drive 2009

Dr. Richard Birkemeier, left, Associate Dean of the College of the Arts at Cal State Long Beach University in Long Beach, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept....

Veteran jazz musician Buddy Collette, right, and Dr. Richard Birkemeier, Associate Dean of the College of the Arts at Cal State Long Beach share a lau...

California Angels pitcher Shawn Boskie wipes his eyes as he listens to catcher Todd Greene during the eight inning against the Seattle Mariners at An...

Masks of space aliens used in the ??sStar-Trek??? TV shows are on display at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum in the Hollywood section of Los Angele...

Seattle Mariners??? catcher Dan Wilson, left, goes to the mound to talk with pitcher Salomon Torres after California Angel???s Randy Velarde hit a hom...

Mark Irvin, a music major at California State University, Long Beach, sneaks in some last-minute piano practice in one of the school???s practice room...

Seattle Mariners??? Ken Griffey Jr. flips his bat after srawing a walk during the ninth inning against the California Angels in Anaheim, Calif. on Wed...

An unidentified fan glances back at the Seattle Mariners after slipping onto the field to get Ken Griffey, Jr.s??? autograph at Anaheim Stadium on Wed...

Protesters scream their opinions to each other following a debate between former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke and civil rights leader Joe Hick...

Seattle Mariners??? Alex Rodriguez signs autographs for fans after defeating the California Angels in Anaheim, Calif. on Thursday, Sept. 25, 1996. (AP...

California Angel Randy Velarde is congratulated at the dugout for his first-inning home run in Anaheim, Calif. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996 against th...

Los Angeles Kings??? Philippe Boucher, left, and Dallas Stars??? Jere Lehtinen are in hot pursuit of the puck during early preseason NHL action at the...

Perry H. Rod, President of the College Republicans at California State University, Northridge, right, asks the student body President Vladimir Cerna t...

Seattle Mariners??? catcher Dan Wilson, right, watches the game against the California Angels from the dugout on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1996 in Anaheim. T...

Los Angeles Kings??? goalie Byron Dafoe along with teammate Philippe Boucher defend the goal against the attack to Dallas Stars??? Sergei Zubov and Pa...

Seattle Mariners??? Ken Griffey Jr. looks skyward as he fouls out in the first inning against the California Angels at Anaheim Stadium on Tuesday, Sep...

Tamara Benefield, President of the Black Student Body at California State University, Northridge, protests the student council???s decision on Tuesday...

Sal Goldbaum, of Los Angeles, pauses at the star of Dorothy Lamour on the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard on Monday, Sept. 23, 1996 in the Hollywo...

Dr. Steven Renwick, left, and Dr. Mauro Giordani perform an arm lengthening surgery on Ran Sook Kim at the Saint Luke Medical Center in Pasadena, Cali...

Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles, blesses Richard Bautista on Sunday, Sept. 22, 1996 in Whittier, Calif., one year after the youth was...

NASA???s Jet Propultion Laboratory???s quality assurance engineer Jim Aragon looks at the thruster unit, which will steer the Cassini spacecraft on it...

California Gov. Pete Wilson speaks on the Warner Brothers studio lot in Burbank, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 20, 1996, before signing legislation that exe...

SA???s Jet Propulsion Laboratory???s cabling engineer Mary Reaves attaches cables the Cassini spacecraft in a clean room at JPL in Pasadena, Calif. on...

Texas Rangers??? starting pitcher Darren Oliver wipes his upper lip after giving up two runs during the third inning against the California Angels in...

Texas Rangers??? Warren Newson dives safely back to first base while California Angels??? J.T. Snow waits for the throw during the second inning in An...

NASA???s Jet Propultion Laboratory engineers and technicians align the Upper-Equipment-Module of the Cassini spacecraft to the Thruster Unit at JPL in...

Texas Rangers??? Dean Palmer eyes a ground ball against the California Angels during the third inning in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 20, 1996. (...

Balloons are released by students of Reseda High School during a school-sanctioned memorial for football player Eric Hoggatt on Friday, Sept. 20, 1996...

David Rothenberg and country singer Kelli Lidell watch a video replay of Lidell??? music video that Rothenberg is directing in the San Fernando Valley...

Verna Hoggatt, mother of deceased high school football player Eric Hoggatt, is comforted by daughter Tamika, right, after a school-sponsored memorial...

Legendary hockey player Wayne Gretzkey puts on a construction hat to break ground at the first of many roller hockey centers bearing his name on Frida...

Legendary hockey player Wayne Gretzkey stands in front of a sign announcing the construction of the first of many roller hockey centers bearing ??sthe...

An unidentified U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staffer encourages into the surf two of 16 California brown pelicans that were released back into the w...

Volunteer Steve DePalma of the Pacific Wildlife Project, left, watches as one of 16 rehabilitated California brown pelicans soars away from the van us...

Dr. Richard Evans of the Pacific Wildlife Project displays one of 16 rehabilitated California brown pelicans about to be released back into the wild a...

California Angels pitcher Chuck Finley had one of his best outings of the season against the Oakland Athletics at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, Californ...

Presidential candidate Bob Dole points to the crowd as he talks to students at Chaminade College Preparatory High School in West Hills, Los Angeles, C...

California Angels centerfielder Jim Edmonds climbs to the top of the outfield fence to watch a homerun by Oakland Athletics Ernie Young sail out of th...

Lou Brown, father of the slain Nicole Brown Simpson, is besieged by the news media while entering court in Orange, California on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 19...

Oakland Athletics pitcher Ariel Prieto struck out a career high of eight batters and shutout the California Angeles through seven innings of work at A...

Oakland Athletics slugger Mark McGwire gets out of the way of a close pitch against the California Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1996 at Anaheim Stadi...

Oakland Athletics catcher Terry Steinbach dances out of the way of a close pitch from California Angels pitcher Dennis Springer at Anaheim Stadium in...

Juditha Brown, mother of the slain Nicole Brown Simpson, is pursued by a news media cameraman while entering court in the Orange, California on Tuesda...

Lou Brown, father of slain Nicole Brown Simpson, tells news media he can???t comment on the proceedings concerning custody of the Simpson children whi...

Denise Brown, sister of Nicole Brown Simpson, leaves court in Orange, California on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1996, during a break in proceedings concerning...

J.V. Siegel, 6, of Los Angeles, looks on as Gov. Pete Wilson, seated at left, signs legislation requiring chemical castration for specified child mole...

California Angels shortstop Gary DiScarcina prepares to throw to first for an out against the Oakland Athletics at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, Califor...

Actor Clint Eastwood talks to the media after testifying in a lawsuit trial brought against him by ex-lover Sondra Locke at the Superior Court in Burb...

Actress Jane Seymour poses on the set of ??sDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman??? on the Paramount Ranch near Agoura Hills, California on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 19...

Lou Brown, father of slain Nicole Brown Simpson, tells news media he can???t comment on the proceedings concerning custody of the Simpson children whi...