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ONE NIGHT ONLY! Texas A&M seniors, In addition to its regular hours, AR Photography will be taking yearbook pictures on Thursday, Feb. 6, from 9-11 and 1:30-7, Don't miss your opportunity to be in the 2003 Agg/e/and yearbook. All pictures must be taken by Feb. 13. No appointment necessary. AR is located at 404 University Dr. E, Ste. F. Questions? Cali 693-8183 or 845-2682. Aggieland 2003 Tuesday, February 4, 2003 AGGIELIFE THE BATTALION PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Affleck offers sympathy for Columbia crew PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Ben Affleck, who played an oil driller who goes into space to help save the world in "Armageddon," was glad he had to work Saturday so he could take his mind off the explosion of the shut tle Columbia. The 30-year-old actor was busy doing interviews for his new movie, the comic book adaptation "Daredevil," in which he plays a blind hero whose other senses are superhuman. The movie opens Feb. 14. "It meant that I wasn't glued to the televi sion watching the endless coverage," Affleck told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday. "Because I'll get caught up, just sit ting there staring at the TV all day. It gets me so, I don't know. I don't think it's good for you after a while." Affleck co-starred in the 1998 "Armageddon,"about a team of oil rough necks sent into space on souped-up shut tles to destroy an asteroid about to strife Earth. Parts of the movie were shot at facilities, including some scenes aboard till Columbia itself, Affleck recalled. "I've been to Kennedy and Johnson spas centers. We actually filmed the Columbia, fw been on the Columbia, inside it," he said. Affleck met astronauts and support crews, though none of the seven killedoi the Columbia. "I sort of felt for them, because it's sudu team effort," he said. 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They are suing the magazine for breach of privacy “Anyone would be upset oa discovering marriage celebra tions — something everyone would wish to be conducted amongst friends in an atmos phere of trust — should be exploited in this way,’ Tugendhat said. Hello! claims the picture: were offered on the open market and it was entitled to publish them. Zeta-Jones, 33, and Douglas. 58, signed an exclusive deal with OK! magazine for pictures of their wedding November .TO wedding in New York. Rival Hello! hit the stoms three days earlier than Of with its own “exclusive” par tographs of the lavish wedding at The Plaza hotel. The couple is suing I magazine; its Spanish counter part, Flola!; the magazine's proprietor, Eduardo Sanchei Junco; media consultant Marquesa De Varela; her com pany Neneta Overseas Ltd and freelance photographei Philip Ramey. 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