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Photos for May 31, 2006
Bandit Alec Wroten gets ready to throw a hard slilder. Wroten took over in the fourth inning on the mound as he was trying to stop the 88's from increasing their lead. The 88s went on to win 17-7.
Mark Parkinson speaks to supporters after being named as running mate with Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, left, during a stop today in Overland Park. Parkinson is the former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party. Sebelius is a Democrat.
Halie Rachelle Gray, a fourth-grader at Eugene Ware Elementary School in Kansas City, Kan., receives a bike from Dr. Daniel Ranjbar, Lawrence, district chairman for the Kansas Dental Assn. Halie was the district winner of the annual drawing contest for National Children's Dental Health Month. Ranjbar Orthodontics submitted the picture.
African pompano swim at the New England Aquarium on Tuesday in Boston. The fish, which usually range as far north as the Carolinas, were caught last autumn by a fisherman in Rhode Island. Aquarium biologists attribute their appearance in Rhode Island waters to rising ocean temperatures.
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Union Pacific steam Locomotive No. 844 heads west past the Lawrence Visitors Center Tuesday. Steam Locomotive No. 844 is the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad. It was delivered in 1944. The historic engine is on a 35-day, 10-state tour to celebrate the railroad's history and heritage.
Lawrence landowner Rex Youngquist, 86, is in the middle of a dispute with county officials about concrete, waste and debris from the old Kansas River bridge that he says was dumped years ago on his property in North Lawrence.
Vandals smashed eight windows and one door during the weekend at Kennedy School, 1605 Davis Road, causing more than $8,000 worth of damage. According to head custodian Rudy Rocha, pictured through the broken safety glass in the school's courtyard Tuesday, the suspects climbed a drainpipe to the roof of the school and then threw rocks into the windows. Only the outside of the double-paned glass was broken. The windows, which were installed less than a year ago, will be replaced this week.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tour the Immaculate Conception School in Port au Prince, Haiti, in this Jan. 13, 2006, photo. Jolie and Pitt have named their new daughter Shiloh Nouvel. Shiloh is a Hebrew word that can be translated as Messiah, and Nouvel is a French word meaning new.
An earthquake victim stands outside his destroyed home Tuesday near Bantul, Indonesia. Nearly 5,700 people were killed and thousands more injured in Saturday's quake that struck central Java.
Joey Ryan paddles through the yard of his friend's home Tuesday near Fannett, Texas. Ryan, who lives nearby, was checking the area flooded by Monday's heavy rains, which dumped more than 13 inches on the area.
President Bush nominated Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr. as Treasury secretary on Tuesday. The two spoke in the Rose Garden at the White House. If approved by the Senate, Paulson would succeed John Snow.
Buying a bicycle can be a difficult task with the hundreds of models and styles. Shay Brown, sales associate at Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Shop, 804 Mass., displays a Cannondale Synapse 4, which is rated a Consumer Reports "Best Buy" among road bicycles.
After missing 18 games this season with a serious injury, Kansas University left fielder Matt Baty was named the most outstanding player at this year's Big 12 tournament in Oklahoma City. Baty and the Jayhawks will leave this morning for Corvallis, Ore., for NCAA Tournament regional play.
Free State High's Brett Lisher speaks with Firebirds coach Mike Hill during a game against Lawrence High. Lisher is one of eight players from this year's Class 6A state championship team who will suit up for the Lawrence Raiders this summer.
Members of the Orioles Lawrence Girls Fast Pitch Assn. 10-and-under team have a meeting while they wait out a delay in their game because of rain. After 15 minutes the Orioles took the field again against the Baldwin Bulldogs only to have the game called in the fourth inning. The two teams played Tuesday at Lawrence High School.
The Oakland Athletics' Mark Ellis, right, forces out the Kansas City Royals' Tony Graffanino at second base while turning a double play. The Royals won, 8-7, Tuesday in Oakland.
Jockey Edgar Prado greets Barbaro as Dr. Dean Richardson, right, watches at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa. Prado paid his first visit Tuesday to Barbaro since pulling up the colt early in the the Preakness.
The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, top, goes up for a shot over the Detroit Pistons' Antonio McDyess. Wade scored and drew a foul on the play during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday in Miami.
Phoenix Suns guard Raja Bell (19) shoots over Dallas Mavericks defender Devin Harris. Bell, playing for the first time since Game 1 of the series, scored nine points to help the Suns win, 106-86, and tie the Western Conference finals at two games apiece.
Andy Roddick of the U.S. holds his injured ankle while resting during his match against Spain's Alberto Martin on Tuesday at the French Open. Roddick retired while trailing, 6-4, 7-5, 1-0.
Ruff Riders starting pitcher Brandon Bell fires a pitch against the Titans. Bell recorded six strikeouts in two innings as the 10U Ruff Riders defeated the Titans 16-1 on May 23.
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