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Photos for May 17, 2004
President George W. Bush greets the Rev. Leo Barbee, pastor of Lawrence's Victory Bible Church, at Forbes Field in Topeka. The president later spoke at Monroe Elementary school, the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site.
Angela Muggenburg gets her lunch at a drive-through McDonald's in Springfield, Mo. The busy mom is one among many Americans whose chaotic schedules have them picking up more than an occasional meal to eat on the go.
Family members of victims killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, Bill Doyle, second from left, Carol Ashley, second from right, and Mary Fetchet, right, examine a joint congressional report on the attacks on Capitol Hill in this July 24 file photo. The Sept. 11 commission comes to Manhattan this week, and officials are warning families that video footage of the attack and collapse of the towers will accompany detailed witness testimony.
Shiite militiamen take up a position in the center of Karbala, Iraq. Fighting continued Sunday between coalition forces and Shiite militiamen in the holy Iraqi city. The supreme ayatollah of Iran criticized the ongoing U.S. offensive against forces loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, a young Shiite cleric wanted by U.S. forces on murder charges.
David Rudeurick, 34, left, and Michael Hight, 39, both of Somerville, Mass., kiss inside City Hall in Cambridge, Mass. The couple, who have been together for four years, were among the same-sex couples who gathered Sunday to wait for marriage licenses to be issued at midnight. They will marry today.
Lecompton elementary students, from left, Colbi Kilburn 8, Jeff Kirk, 8, and Allissa Christman 9, take part in a program called Physical Activity Across the Curriculum, an experimental KU-backed program that tries to battle childhood obesity by having students do exercise and classroom study at the same time.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson gives his sermon during church services at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church in Topeka. Jackson gave the sermon Sunday as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
Free State graduate Jacob Smith raises his arms and shouts "I love you, Mom" while walking to pick up his diploma. Free State High School's Class of 2004 graduated Sunday at Kansas University's Memorial Stadium.
Filmmaker John Woo plays "Metroid: Prime Hunters" on Nintendo's Game Boy DS, the new dual screen hand-held system, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Nintendo and Woo are exploring opportunities for a Metroid motion picture.
Katie Stone, 27, far right, plays Nintendo's "Donkey Konga" at the Electronic Entertainment Exposition in Los Angeles. Last week's exposition was the world's leading interactive entertainment trade event.
Lori Alexander, a dispatcher in the Douglas County Emergency Communications Center, automatically knows the location of every person calling 911 using a landline phone in Douglas County. County officials are looking to extend such "enhanced 911" capabilities to calls from wireless phones, to provide dispatchers with even more potentially life-saving information.
Central Junior High School ninth-grader Vincent Culp paints a trash can during art class. Art students painted famous pieces of art on the aluminum cans, which are being offered for sale through a silent auction at the school to raise funds to help the family of heart transplant patient Rose Naughtin, a student at the school.
Former Kansas University Dean of Women Kala Stroup speaks during a memorial service for Emily Taylor. About 250 people attended the event Sunday at the Lied Center. Drew Catan, Taylor's nephew, center, and Donna Bales, right, also spoke at the service.
Kansas University pitcher Ryan Knippschild gets ready to hurl a fastball against Missouri. Knippschild improved his record to 6-8 with the Jayhawks' 4-3 victory Sunday at KU.
Kansas University first baseman Travis Metcalf fails to tag Missouri's Cosme Caballero in time during a pick-off play. The Jayhawks won the third and final game of the weekend series, 4-3, Sunday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark.
Lawrence High's Nathaniel Spencer leads the city golf squads into their Class 6A regional today in Olathe. LHS coach Ron Commons called Spencer "the best player to come through Lawrence."
Toronto's Roy Halladay pitches to a Boston batter in the sixth inning of the Blue Jays' 3-1 victory. Halladay outpitched Pedro Martinez on Sunday in Toronto.
Houston pitcher Roger Clemens (22) delivers against the Mets' Mike Piazza during the second inning. Though Piazza was 0-for-2 Sunday against Clemens, Piazza's two-run home run in the ninth helped prevent Clemens from picking up his eighth straight win in New York's 3-2, 13-inning victory over the Astros in Houston.
New Jersey's Kenyon Martin slams early in the Nets' 81-75 loss to Detroit. The outcome Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J., forced a Game 7 in the teams' second-round NBA playoff series.
Lawrence High School graduates celebrate by singing a karaoke version of Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me." From left are classmates Liz Stuewe, Kendra Verhage, Rachel Hillmer and Mick Cottin. The four partied Sunday at Project Graduation, which was held from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. at Abe & Jake's Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.
The Lawrence Bruins display their medals after placing third in the Oskaloosa Winter Classic basketball tournament. The tournament included fifth- and sixth-graders from around northeast Kansas. Back row, from left, are Jack Bush, Adam Petz, Mike Lisher, Skylar Malone, Josh McDermott and coach Rich Lorenzo. Front row, from left, are Johnny McDermott, Chris Grolock, Mason Bertrand, Seth Dirks-Ham and A. J. Gilbert.
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