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Photos for April 16, 2005
Mark Simmons (83) prepares to catch an incoming pass as Sadiq Muhammed (27) and Raymond Brown (38) try to stop him during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium.
Darren Rus (31) tackles Marcus Herford (13) during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium.
Reese Randall 9, of Lawrence, and Allison Hogan 10, of Kansas City, Kan., check out former Kansas standout Don Davis' Super Bowl ring.
Kansas University athletic director Lew Perkins and Kansas head coach Mark Mangino share a laugh before the alumni game Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Former Kansas standouts, from left, Don Davis and Dana Stubblefield, were honored during halftime of Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium.
KU's Aqib Talib (28) tries to break up a pass reeled in by Marcus Henry (86).
Marcus Henry (86) gets congratulated by teammates Todd Haselhorst (72) and Bob Whitaker (77) during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium. The Blue squad beat the White squad, 24-6.
KU's Clark Green limps off the field with trainers as he heads to the locker room.
KU's Dexton Fields tries to avoid several tacklers during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium.
Kansas head coach Mark Mangino and Kansas University athletic director Lew Perkins announce the captains for the fall season during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium. The captains are, from left, Charles Gordon, Banks Floodman, David Ochoa, Kevin Kane and Nick Reid.
Kansas' Brian Murph dodges a defender during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium. The Blue squad beat the White squad, 24-6.
Kansas University athletic director Lew Perkins and former KU standout Bobby Douglas chat during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium.
Quarterback Adam Barmann looks for an open man during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium.
Kansas defensive back Aqib Talib returns an interception during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium. The Blue squad beat the White squad, 24-6.
Kansas alumni players, from left, Tony Berry (3) and Ray Evans (30) celebrate their 21-15 win over the White team.
Kansas alumnus Keith Loneker runs the ball during the alumni game. The Blue team beat the White team, 21-15, Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
Kansas alumni players, from left, Jim Fender (81) and Grant Thierfolf (53) celebrate an interception during the alumni game. The Blue team beat the White team, 21-15, Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
Kansas fan Alexis Borom uses a T-shirt as cover during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium. Shirts were given away to fans during the game.
Kansas' Theo Baines tries to escape defenders after making an interception during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium.
KU's Theo Baines turns after making an interception during Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium.
Kassie DeHoff dances with Jake Heskett at Tonganoxie's prom, her camera ready to capture memories of the 2005 event.
Aquisha Thomas, left, Justyne McCoy and Kelley Stauch wait their turn to have their formal pictures made at Tonganoxie's prom.
With his shades and top hat, Brandon Willis "cuts the rug" during the April 16 Tonganoxie prom.
Together since grade school, the "Fab Four," from left, Ashlee Murphy, Kara Coffee, Lindsey Starcher and Hannah Heintzelman, make their entrance to Tonganoxie's prom.
Elisa Sibinski, Tonganoxie's 2005 queen, and Clinton Beach, king, pose for a photo.
Elizabeth Higbee, Rachel Bouza, Holly Heintzelman and Ashley Sims participate in a line dance at Tonganoxie High School's prom, held April 16 in the Frontier Ballroom at Fort Leavenworth.
Lawrence High's Madison Bertrand, right, fends off Washburn Rural's Paige Carrier in the Lions' 6-1 loss to the Junior Blues. Bertrand scored the Lions' lone goal Friday at the Youth Sports Inc. fields.
Kansas University baserunner Josh Allman slides into home under the tag of Baylor's Trey Taylor. The Jayhawks lost, 8-4, Friday night at Hoglund Ballpark.
Kansas University catcher Sean Richardson fouls off a pitch against Baylor. The Jayhawks lost to the No. 12-ranked Bears, 8-4, Friday night at Hoglund Ballpark.
Free State High softball coach Pam Pine, second from right, meets with her players between innings of an 11-1, first-game loss to Shawnee Mission Northwest. The Firebirds lost both games of a doubleheader Friday at FSHS.
Free State High's Sachi Sakumura makes a catch in right field against Shawnee Mission Northwest. The Firebirds lost a doubleheader Friday at Free State.
Minnesota's Johan Santana delivers against Cleveland. Santana and the Twins defeated the Indians, 3-2, Friday night in Cleveland.
Amtrak has suspended its high-speed Acela train service, saying that it found cracks in brake components during routine tests and inspections of cars in the premium-priced train service that connects Boston, New York and Washington. Two Acela trains sit in a train yard Friday in Washington, D.C.
Kansas City manager Tony Pena, left, yells at home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor after he was ejected during a game against Detroit. Pena was tossed for arguing balls and strikes.
Kansas City pitcher Mike NacDougal celebrates his first save of the season after he recorded the final out in the ninth inning against Detroit. The Royals beat the Tigers, 6-5, on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
New York's Aaron Heilman delivers against Florida. Heilman pitched a one-hitter in the Mets' 4-0 victory Friday night in New York.
In this photo released by the Paris Firefighters, members of a firefighting squad lower a guest to safety from the Paris-Opera Hotel. At least 20 people died and 59 were injured early Friday in Paris after a predawn fire swept through the hotel used to house needy African families.
Richard Gasquet of France celebrates after winning a set against Roger Federer. Gasquet won, 6-7 (1), 6-2, 7-6 (8), Friday in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Steve Mason of the Alferd Packer Memorial String Band plays a tune for the crowd at the annual tax-filing party at the downtown post office, 645 Vt. Last-minute tax filers were greeted by the string band, free food and a chance to be on national TV.
Carl Bernstein, left, a reporter who helped break the Watergate story, talks with Bill Snead, Journal-World senior editor, before Bernstein's speech Friday to the Kansas Press Assn. at the Lawrence Holidome. Snead, a longtime colleague of Bernstein's at The Washington Post, introduced Bernstein to a crowd of Kansas publishers, editors and reporters.
A C-47 "gooney bird" is flown Friday by Robert Rice, of Topeka, from Topeka's Combat Air Museum to Lawrence to be part of today's celebration dedicating the new Korean War Memorial at Kansas University.
Sam Sparkes, left, listens with first-graders at Cordley School as Brittany Wisdom, center, and Nakiesha Mason read Hop On Pop, a Dr. Seuss book. The Lawrence High School students read to the students as part Read Across America Day on March 2.
Lawrence High School sophomores, from left, Max Harrell, Matt Rogers and Jewett Jimboy read to first-graders at Cordley School for Read Across America Day on March 2 which commemorated the birthday of Dr. Seuss.
Andrea Gilliam and Dustin Ray, both Lawrence High School students, read to Cordley School first-graders. They read to the students as part of Read Across America on March 2 which commemorated the birthday of Dr. Seuss.
Members of the Lawrence Noon Kiwanis Club participate March 5 in Bowl for Kids Sake, an annual fund-raiser for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Douglas County. Pictured are, back row from left, William Winkler, Sheila Showalter and Rusty Thomas; front row from left, Dan Gaumer, Rhonda Scherff, Jim Kearney and Larry Kane.
From left, Nancy Pickard, Harriet Lerner and Jo-Lynne Worley lead a panel discussion on "Women and the Writing Life: The Agony and Ecstasy of Writing, Publishing and Promoting." The March event was sponsored by Lawrence Public Library and the American Association of University Women.
Lawrence attorney Margaret Farley visits with Kansas City radio personality Walt Bodine, who was the guest speaker at Kansas Advocates for Better Care's annual meeting and tea party. The group celebrated its 30th birthday in March at the Dole Institute of Politics. Farley is a board member of the group.
Barbara Braa, right, board president of Kansas Advocates for Better Care, poses with founder Petey Cerf's children, from left, William Dann, Anne Compton and Elizabeth Jones. They celebrated the group's 30th birthday in March at the Dole Institute of Politics.
Members of Brownie Troop 693 toured Central National Bank to learn about banking as a career for their Girl Scout Job & Career Scouting Badge. Amy Pippert and Adele Bisel, back row from left, gave the girls a guided tour. Scouts are, second row from left, Megan Williams, Meghan McClorey, Emily Dawson, Aleigha Glas and Ireland Ziegler; front row from left, Natalie Windholz, Kennedy Sullivan, Elizabeth Patton, Kari Karnes, Isabelle Schmidtberger and Megan Peterson.
Actress Jessica Lange is starring in a revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" at the Barrymore Theater in New York. Lange portrays Amanda Wingfield, the domineering mother who propels the heartbreaking family drama that 60 years ago brought Williams his first New York success.
Milk shake machines are displayed in Ray Kroc's first McDonald's franchise, which opened April 15, 1955, and is now a museum, in Des Plaines, Ill. The company celebrated its 50th anniversary of the day a milkshake machine salesman opened his first McDonald's in the Chicago suburb.
The site of Ray Kroc's first McDonald's franchise, which opened April 15, 1955, is now a museum in Des Plaines, Ill.
Richard Norton Smith, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, sees today's museum opening as a kickoff to a decade of celebrations of the 16th president, including the 2009 bicentennial of his birth. Smith previously was director of the Dole Institute of Politics at Kansas University.
After the funeral ceremony for their father, Prince Rainier III, from left, Princess Caroline, Prince Albert and Princess Stephanie leave the cathedral. Prince Rainier III, who died April 6 at the age of 81, was celebrated at a funeral ceremony Friday.
U.S. Cardinals Bernard Francis Law, left, and Michael Roger Mahony arrive for a Mass on Friday at the Vatican. They will participate in the conclave to elect a new pope that begins Monday.
Hakim Gul Wardak holds his son Qudratullah Wardak after a news conference Wednesday at a U.S. base near Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan toddler -- sent to Indianapolis for surgery to fix a life-threatening heart condition -- died in his father's arms Friday, two days after his joyful return home.
Lawrence High's Kendal Forio brings the ball upfield against Washburn Rural. The Lions lost, 6-1, Friday at the Youth Sports Inc. fields.
Asia, a 9,000-pound Asian elephant with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Circus, stretches her trunk after mailing the circus' taxes. Asia put the tax return in a special box set up for her Friday -- tax deadline day -- in State College, Pa., outside the Bryce Jordan Center where the circus is performing. Standing right is Asia's handler, Sacha Houke.
Brooklyn Rodriguez, 1, left, and Noah Mitchell, 2, chill out in the refrigerator. Brooklyn is the daughter of Keri Davenport and Phillip Rodriguez, and Noah is the son of Katie and Jeremy Mitchell, all of Lawrence. Keri Davenport submitted the picture.
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