• Reuters, Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:48 PM

Reuters reports that Time magazine's annual Person of the Year may be Mother Nature when the mag's much-anticipated special issue hits newsstands Dec. 19. Time has selected non-persons any number of times in the past (remember The Personal Computer?), so Mother Nature would not set any precedents. Reuters' report is based on the results of a panel discussion held Monday in which various nominees were discussed. Mother Nature seemed to have the upper hand for the 2005 "of the Year" honors, but others vigorously discussed at the meeting included first responders to emergencies, Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who served in New Orleans following the Katrina disaster, and terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

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