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Photos for July 11, 2006
Warren Buffett, left, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, signs a pledge to give 10 million shares of his company to charitable groups, the majority going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Gateses look on during the signing June 26 in New York.
French soccer player Zinedine Zidane, left, headbutts Italy's Marco Materazzi. Zidane was ejected from the World Cup final Sunday in Berlin.
Kim Gordon, left, of rock band Sonic Youth, and her first cousin Molly Coplen have lunch on the porch of Free State Brewing Co., 636 Mass., on June 26. Later that evening, Sonic Youth performed to a sold-out crowd at Liberty Hall, 642 Mass.
Edris Moore, 36, of St. Louis, right, tries to talk with members of the media Monday about the death of four of her children who drowned Sunday during a church outing along the Meramec River in Ballwin, Mo. Standing next to her is Jeff Allensworth, senior pastor at the St. Louis Dream Center, which sponsored the outing.
An Iraqi man on Monday mourns the loss of his two brothers killed in Sunday's double car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq. Two car bombs exploded Sunday evening near a Shiite mosque in the city's north, killing 17 people and wounding 38 in what appeared to be a reprisal attack, police said.
Police officers look at the wreckage of a truck and cars blown up at the site where Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev and other rebels were killed in the Ingush village of Ekazhevo. Basayev was killed Monday when a dynamite-laden truck in his convoy exploded.
Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce, right, drives past Phoenix Suns' Shawn Marion. Pierce, a former Kansas University All-American and five-time NBA All-Star, is in no rush to sign a contract extension with Boston.
The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez walks onto the field before the Home Run Derby. The contest was Monday at Pittsburgh's well regarded but somewhat unknown PNC Park, which tonight will serve as site for the All-Star game.
Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson responds to a reporter's question in this file photo from April 29, 2005, at his hometown of LIttle Rock, Ark. Robinson recalls when the American League was getting thumped in the All-Star game - instead of doing the thumping, as it has lately.
National League manager Phil Garner, second from left, and American League manager Ozzie Guillen, second from right, pose with their starting pitchers, Brad Penny of the Los Angeles Dodgers, left, and Kenny Rogers of the Detroit Tigers. The starters were named Monday in Pittsburgh
The Mets' David Wright, left, and Philadelphia's Ryan Howard hug during the Home Run Derby. Howard won the event Monday in Pittsburgh.
The Phillies' Ryan Howard connects during the Home Run Derby. Howard won the event Monday in Pittsburgh.
Allyson and Stewart, right, who performed together in "The Stratton Story" and "The Glenn Miller Story" pose together in Cap d'Antibes, France, during the Cannes Film Festival in May 1985.
the space shuttle Discovery's nose and the International Space Station can be seen during the second spacewalk Monday in this image made from NASA TV.
New York City firefighters direct water on the remains of a collapsed building on Manhattan's Upper East Side. An explosion rocked the four-story building Monday, causing a fire and eventually a collapse, injuring at least five civilians and 10 firefighters.
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