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Colombians march through the streets to demand the release of kidnapped Bishop Jorge Enrique Jimenez in Zipaquira, a few miles north of the capital, Bogota. President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday the government might free jailed guerrillas in exchange for kidnapped hostages.

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Debris burns in the foreground as people clean up from Sunday's tornado in Mossy Grove, Tenn. Mossy Grove was among the hardest hit by the spate of tornadoes that tore through the region. President Bush on Wednesday declared 16 counties disaster areas.

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Evan Barnes, 7, Lawrence, gets a licking from his dog, Moses. The two will be on Animal Planet, Sunflower Broadband Channel 40, at 8 p.m. Thursday as part of the program "Animal Planet's Funniest Animals."

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Pam Williams, sixth-grade teacher at Broken Arrow School, reacts to the surprise announcement that she was selected as the Lawrence district's 2002-2003 master teacher of the year. Supt. Randy Weseman made the announcement Wednesday at the school. She will be nominated for the Kansas master teacher award presented in the spring by Emporia State University.

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Chinese President Jiang Zemin walks past Vice President Hu Jintao, left, and Premier Zhu Rongji, during a session of the Communist Party's 16th National Congress in Beijing. Hu will become the next president of China.

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Boston forward Paul Pierce, left, drives to the hoop as Philadelphia's Todd MacCulloch (11) provides resistance on Wednesday night. The Celtics won, 91-81. Pierce played college ball at Kansas.

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KU's Josiane Lima flips the ball over the net during Wednesday's match against Texas A&M.

Kansas University junior Sarah Rome celebrates a point during the Jayhawks' match against Texas A&M on Wednesday at the Horejsi Center. The Aggies won the match, 3-2.

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Haskell Indian Nations University's Delicia Gransen (40) bobbles a pass during Wednesday's game at Coffin Complex.

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Free State High's Keith Wooden, center, hugs his stepfather, Patrick Lane, after Wooden signed his letter-of-intent to play basketball at Arizona State University. Wooden's sister, Elizabeth Lane, standing, and mother, Christy Lane, watch the proceedings.

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Tony Stewart, in the No. 20 Home Depot car, leads the pack on a restart en route to winning the 1999 Pennzoil 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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Arizona coach John Mackovic wipes away a tear during a news conference. Mackovic admitted that he's made some mistakes and vowed to do a better job. Mackovic's news conference Wednesday in Tucson, Ariz., came after more than 40 of his players met with university president Peter Likins on Tuesday night to air their complaints about the coach.

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KU coach Marian Washington shouts encouragement.

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Kansas University's Tamara Ransburg, left, fights for the ball against Solna's Cecilia Ferm during Wednesday's game at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks won, 61-56.

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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan talks to the media about Iraq's acceptance of a new U.N. resolution that will re-admit weapons inspectors.

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Dr. John Doy, at right, was liberated from a jail in St. Joseph, Mo., in June 1859. A group of Lawrence residents rode to St. Joseph, arriving at midnight. They told the jailer they had a horse thief and wanted to put him behind bars. When the jailer opened the cell, the group overpowered him, allowing Doy to escape.

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Judy Sweets, collections manager at Watkins Community Museum of History, talks about the historic homesite of the Doy family just off Kasold and Sherwood drives. A couple from England has visited Lawrence hoping to prove that abolitionist John Doy was their ancestor.

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Kansas University sophomore Cassie Jahr, Stillwater, Minn., reads a newspaper in between classes in Strong Hall. Administrators in Strong Hall are slowly shedding light on the budget cuts for next school year.

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Drayton Tower, right, was billed as "ultramodern" when it opened in 1951 in Savannah, Ga. Although many residents consider the building an eyesore that degrades the city's Old South charm, the Drayton has been declared a historic building.

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Sarah Fayman recently renovated her store, Sarah's Fabrics, 925 Mass., in an effort to incorporate the historic elements of the building as well as make her products more easily accessible. Fayman decided to recycle the building's wood to make racks for the fabric and reveal the hardwood floor and tin ceiling.

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