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Major Events | Academy Awards | Sport Highlights | Grammy Awards | Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes. 2005
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Sports
- MLB: 2005 World Series
Chicago White Sox win 4-0 against the Houston Astros
- Oct 22...Houston 3 at Chicago 5
- Oct 23...Houston 6 at Chicago 7
- Oct 25...Chicago 7 at Houston 5 (14th inn)
- Oct 26...Chicago 1 at Houston 0
- NFL: Super Bowl XXXIX
New England Patriots win 24-21 against the Philadelphia Eagles
- Super Bowl Box Score:
New England...0 7 7 10-24
Philadelphia......0 7 7 7-21
- Professional Golf
Men's Majors winners
- The Masters: Tiger Woods... 74-66-65-71--276
- US Open: Michael Campbell... 71-69-71-69--280
- British Open: Tiger Woods... 66-67-71-70--274
- PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson... 67-65-72-72--276
Women's Majors winners
- Kraft Nabisco Championship:
Annika Sörenstam... 70-69-66-68--273
- US Women's Open: Birdie Kim... 74-72-69-72--287
- McDonald's LPGA Championship:
Annika Sörenstam... 68-67-69-73--277
- Weetabix Women's British Open:
Jeong Jang... 68-66-69-69--272
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78th Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Crash
- Best Director: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
- Best actor in a leading role: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
- Best actress in a leading role: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
- Best actor in a supporting role: George Clooney for Syriana
- Best actress in a supporting role: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
- Academy Honorary Award: Robert Altman
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47th Grammy Awards
- Record of the Year: "Here We Go Again" - Ray Charles & Norah Jones
- Song of the Year: "Daughters" - John Mayer
- Album of the Year: "Genius Loves Company" - Ray Charles & various artists
- Best New Artist: Maroon 5
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Nobel Prizes in...
- Peace: The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and Mohamed ElBaradei (Egypt) "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way"
- Physiology or Medicine: Barry J. Marshall & Robin Warren "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease"
- Economic Sciences: Robert J. Aumann (Israel/USA) & Thomas Schelling (USA) "for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis"
- Chemistry: Robert Grubbs, Richard Schrock, & Yves Chauvin "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis"
- Physics: John L. Hall & Theodor W. Hänsch "for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique"
- Literature: Harold Pinter (UK - English)
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Pulitzer Prizes for...
- Public Service: Los Angeles Times
- National Reporting: Walt Bogdanich, New York Times
- International Reporting: Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times; Dele Olojede, Newsday (Long Island, NY)
- Editorial Writing: Tom Philip, Sacramento Bee
- Editorial Cartooning: Nick Anderson, Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
- Photography: Deanne Fitzmaurice, San Francisco Chronicle
- Commentary: Connie Schultz, Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Criticism: Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
- Feature Writing: Julia Keller, Chicago Tribune
- Beat Reporting: Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal
- Explanatory Reporting: Gareth Cook, Boston Globe
- Investigative Reporting: Nigel Jaquiss, Willamette Week (Portland, OR)
- Breaking News: Staff, Associated Press
- Fiction: Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
- Drama: John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
- Biography/Autobiography: Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swan, De Kooning: An American Master
- History: David Hackett Fisher, Washington's Crossing
- Poetry: Ted Kooser, Delights and Shadows
- General Nonfiction: Steve Coll, Ghost Wars
- Music: Steven Stucky, Second Concerto for Orchestra
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