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• Jan. 31: Gearing up for the big game this weekend, workers at The Popcorn Factory in Lake Forest, Ill., prepare hundreds of Super Bowl party popcorn tins.
• Jan. 31: Chicago Bears football fan Jennifer Gordon, who offered to rent her nearly nine-months pregnant belly space for two tickets to Super Bowl XLI, poses with the winning advertiser, uBid.com.
• Jan. 31: Chicago Bears safety Daniel Manning, left, and teammate cornerback Ricky Manning Jr., right, pose for a photographer in Miami.
• Jan. 31: Chicago Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye walks to the team's hotel in Miami.
• Jan. 30: Standing outside his Burbank, Calif., restaurant, actor Joe Mantegna holds a photo that was made during his appearance as one of the Chicago Bears Super Fans in a ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit extolling the virtues of ‘Da Bears,’ two words being heard everywhere in Chicago and around the country as the Super Bowl approaches.
• Jan. 31: The sun sets over Dolphin Stadium, site of Super Bowl XLI in Miami.
• Jan. 31: Qui McDivitt, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., kicks a field goal on a 50-yard football field set up for fans along Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Fla.
• Jan. 31: A man pushes a stroller past a poster of Chicago Bears quarterback Rex Grossman in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Fla.
• Jan. 31: Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, center, and representatives from contributing businesses unveil at Chicago's Soldier Field a smorgasbord of delicacies associated with the city that are being put up as part of his bet with Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson.
• Jan. 31: Chicago Bears quarterback Rex Grossman stretches out before football practice at the University of Miami.
• Jan. 31: Workmen put the finishing touches on an oversized orange Chicago Bears' Brian Urlacher (54) jersey that was attached to the four-story-tall, 54-ton brachiosaurus that stands guard outside Chicago's Field Museum.
• Jan. 31: Football's faithful will file into house parties, bars and, of course, Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Fla., on Super Bowl Sunday, but fans also will turn out in force at churches across the country.
• Jan. 31: Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (18) looks around while stretching as the team practices at the Miami Dolphins training facility in Davie, Fla.
• Jan. 31: Indianapolis Colts punter Hunter Smith punts as the team practices at the Miami Dolphins training facility in Davie, Fla.
• Jan. 31: LaJuan Moore sits in his room, which is decorated with football memorabilia from his best friend, Indianapolis Colts running back Joseph Addai.
• Jan. 31: Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne, right, and running back Dominic Rhodes run in opposite directions during football practice at the Miami Dolphins training facility in Davie, Fla.
• Jan. 31: Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher (54) chats with teammate Lance Briggs (55) as they stretch for football practice at the University of Miami.
• Jan. 24: Reebok locker room T-shirts and hats bound for Miami and the winner of the Super Bowl between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears await shipping after being printed in Indianapolis.
• Jan. 29: Ricardo Mendez, left, and Ricardo Vasquez, right, add yard lines to replicate a small football field at the public information desk at Miami International Airport.
• Jan. 30: Indianapolis Colts quarterback Jim Sorgi hugs teammate kicker Adam Vinatieri during Media Day at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.
• Jan. 30: Indianapolis Colts tight end Bryan Fletcher (81) talks to a hand puppet during Media Day for Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.
• Jan. 30: Luis Salces, left, and Gary Hertz try to adjust an oversized Chicago Bears football helmet to fit one of the two famous lions at the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago.
• Jan. 30: Handbags are shown in Minneapolis.
• Jan. 29: A horseshoe is seen on the side of the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. building in downtown Indianapolis.
• Jan. 29: Brian Wilcox of Lebanon, Ind., cheers for the Indianapolis Colts during a sendoff rally for the football team in downtown Indianapolis.