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Photos for June 18, 2006
Journal-World entertainment editor Jon Niccum hangs out with his 2-year-old daughter, Lola, on the beach in San Diego, where the Niccums vacationed in March.
This artist rendering provided by the U.S. Mint shows the front and back of the proposed golden buffalo coin. The U.S. Mint will begin taking orders this week for the 24-karat gold coin.
Abby, a 9-month-old Westie, is shown with her favorite binkie. She belongs to Nancy and Paul Stump, of Berryton.
Curriculum Specialist Martin Winchester, left, directs a Teach For America training session last week in Houston. At sites across the country, the 17-year-old nonprofit has begun training about 2,400 recent graduates for two-year teaching stints in disadvantaged schools, nearly triple the figure in 2000.
Alligator wrangler Jay Young, owner of the Colorado Gator Farm and Reptile Park in Mosca, Colo., prepares a large fishing net last August to catch an alligator named Reggie, believed to be 5 feet to 7 feet long and living in Los Angeles' Lake Machado.
A man walks past a house under construction earlier this month in the town of Boye, Mexico. The majority of the new houses being built in Boye are paid for by Mexicans working multiple jobs north of the border and sending money south.
Market sellers clear debris after a mortar shell was fired at the Isterbadi market in the predominantly Shiite suburb of Kazimiyah in Baghdad. The blast killed at least four people and wounded 13. A series of bombings within a span of five hours Saturday killed more than two dozen people.
Farmer Bob Herndon lets calves out of a pen in a corral last month on his farm near Marionville, Mo. Herndon, who lost 25 cattle to thieves last fall, has begun branding his animals and patrolling with other local ranchers at night to watch for suspected cattle rustlers.
USA goalkeeper Kasy Keller makes a save on a shot by Italy's Alessandro Del Piero. The teams tied, 1-1, Saturday in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Also in Group E, Ghana topped the Czech Repulic, 2-0.
Edmonton's Fernando Pisani, right, celebrates with teammates Ryan Smyth, left, and Jaroslav Spacek after scoring a goal. The Oilers defeated Carolina, 4-0, on Saturday in Edmonton, Alberta.
The Kansas City Royals' Emil Brown is tagged out at the plate by Houston Astros catcher Brad Ausmus while trying to score on a ball hit back to the mound by teammate Mark Teahen in the seventh inning. The Astros won Saturday's game, 7-2
Phil Mickelson hits out of the sand on the sixth hole. Mickelson carded a 69 at the U.S. Open on Saturday in Mamaroneck, N.Y.
A plane drops fire retardant on a fire in Cory Canyon in Washoe Valley, Nev. Wildfires burned in recent days in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Alaska, Utah and Texas.
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Terri Brooks, mother of 14-year-old Chelsea Brooks, whose body was found earlier this week, speaks to the media at a news conference in Wichita. Behind her are, from left, a family friend who would not identify herself, Chelsea's half-brother Matthew, Darren Brooks and Evan Brooks, holding Chelsea's photo.
Heide, 3, and Kiersten Knebel, 6, enjoy a photo shoot together. They are the daughters of Rodger Knebel and Debbie Jackson Knebel, Eugene, Ore., and the grandchildren of Dwight and Caroline Jackson, Lawrence. Caroline Jackson submitted the picture.
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