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Photos for April 6, 2007
Maple Hill is located between Interstate Highway 70 and the Kansas River, about two miles from each. The town stretches five blocks from east to west and seven blocks from north to south.
Maple Hill's post office is one of the few shops in the town's downtown. The post office, no more than 40 feet wide and 10 feet deep, closes for lunch from 11:30 to 1:30.
Maple Hill Grade School opened in 1952. The town's only school serves children in Kindergarten through fourth grade. The school's principal splits time between this school and another in Alma.
Maple Hill, population 492, is about an hour's drive from Lawrence. Residents were surprised that Kansas House Speaker Melvin Neufeld would compare their "clean" town with no crime to Lawrence.
Beth Ruhl, a Kansas University sophomore from Lawrence, marches March 16 in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. The banner is the same one used during vigils every Monday through April at KU's Danforth Chapel.
BOSTON's DAISUKE MATSUZAKA throws to Kansas City's Tony Pena Jr. Matsuzaka threw seven strong innings Thursday in a 4-1 victory at Kauffman Stadium.
Florida coach Billy Donovan speaks at a news conference. Donovan announced Thursday he would stay at Florida.
Honorary starter Arnold Palmer acknowledges the crowd after hitting the ceremonial tee shot for the first round of the Masters on Thursday in Augusta, Ga.
Phil Mickelson chips to the seventh green during the first round of the Masters. Mickelson, the defending champion, shot a 4-over-par 76 on Thursday in Augusta, Ga., that left him seven shots out of the lead.
Former New England Patriot Darryl Stingley, paralyzed from a game injury, appears in this 1992 photo. Stingley died Thursday at age 55.
Iraqis examine a crater after a roadside bomb struck a British patrol Thursday in Basra, Iraq. The patrol struck a roadside bomb and was hit by small-arms fire, British military spokeswoman Capt. Katie Brown said.
Gibson, a Great Dane, right, and Zoie, a Chihuahua, are shown in Grass Valley, Calif., in this undated photo provided by the journal Science. Dogs have the largest variation in body size of any land animal.
Kaily Madorin, 10, Perry, back, Mariah Young, 10, Perry, middle, and Lauren McHardie, 10, Topeka, take part in the Maples wedding, Sept. 2, 2006. Kaily is the daughter of Aaron and JoAnna Maples, Mariah is the daughter of Penny McHardie and Chris Young and Lauren is the daughter of Eric and Angela McHardie. Got a shot for Friends & Neighbors? Send it, along with your name, phone number, residence, and children'ÂÂs ages, to Friends & Neighbors, P.O. Box 888, Lawrence 66044, or go online at www.ljworld.com.
Pope Benedict XVI washes the foot of an unidentified layman Thursday in St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome. The pontiff bathed the feet of 12 laymen, a tradition symbolizing humility, during a busy week of several public appearances.
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., greets supporters during a campaign luncheon Thursday at the Drake Restaurant in Burlington, Iowa.
An entry in Anna Nicole Smith's diary is shown Thursday in Dallas. The starlet's two journals are among several pieces of Smith memorabilia going up for public auction in a few weeks. Two handwritten diaries penned in the early 1990s reveal a troubled young woman who was deeply in love with oil tycoon J. Howard Marshal but often depressed and concerned about her eating habits.
Anna Nicole Smith's Texas ID card is among the items that will be auctioned in a few weeks.
FBI agents walk in a line in a snow squall as they look for evidence Thursday in Readington, N.J., near a PNC bank where an FBI agent was killed Thursday in a confrontation with suspected bank robbers. The FBI later said the agent may have been killed accidentally by a colleague.
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