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Photos for August 29, 2007
KU football head coach Mark Mangino announced Todd Reesing as the Jayhawks' first-string quarterback after a Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007 practice.
Lawrence's main Post Office at 645 Vermont.
Kansas City's Brian Bannister throws against Detroit. K.C. won, 6-3, Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo. Story on page 5B.
Lawrence High's Matt Shipley (10) works the ball past Junction City goalkeeper David Cha en route to a goal as LHS' Tor Fornelli (4) looks on. Lawrence High won, 5-0, Tuesday at Youth Sports Inc.
Vada Christella Schwada
Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans in this Aug. 30, 2005, file photo. Despite billions of dollars in aid, recovery programs with catchy names and an outpouring of volunteer effort, New Orleans is barely recovering from Hurricane Katrina two years later.
Jerrold Hoffman looks over a memorial to victims of the 1952 tornado that destroyed the town of Udall in this photo taken Thursday in the town's park. Hoffman is leading an effort to provide tree to residents of Greensburg, which was largely destroyed by a tornado May. 4.
A Korean representative talks with media along with Taliban representative Qari Bashir at the Afghan Red Crescent Society of Ghazni province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Taliban militants agreed Tuesday to free 19 South Korean church volunteers held hostage for more than a month after Seoul agreed to end all missionary work and keep a promise to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year.
The Rev. Kontos Panagiotis walks through the remains of the burned Church of Agia Paraskevi on Tuesday in Greka village in the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece. Several villages in the area were evacuated as massive wildfires, fanned by strong winds, swept through swaths of southern Greece, leaving more than 64 people dead since Friday. The fires are dominating political debate ahead of parliamentary elections set for Sept. 16. Criticism that the government failed to respond quickly enough - and its suggestions that the fires resulted from an organized attack - could hurt Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis.
The moon is seen being covered by a shadow over the Angel Moroni statue as the earth passes between the sun and the moon during a full lunar eclipse early Tuesday seen from Bogota, Colombia. The event was widely visible from the United States and Canada as well as South America, the Pacific Ocean, western Asia and Australia.
Irma Eagleton, center, of Bushton, formerly of Lawrence, celebrates her 95th birthday in July with her granddaughters Susie Whitaker, left, of Perry, and Susie Rippel, of Belle Plaine, along with other family and friends in Wichita.
New England Patriots cornerback Asante Samuel talks to the media in front of his locker Tuesday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Samuel signed a one-year contract worth $7.79 million, ending a contract dispute that had kept him out of training camp for a month.
Kansas City's Alex Gordon rips a three-run double against Detroit. The Royals defeated the Tigers, 6-3, on Tuesday night in Kansas City, Mo.
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen bows his head during the national anthem before a game against Tampa Bay on Monday in Chicago. Two years after winning the World Series, the White Sox have plummeted to the bottom of the AL Central.
Maria Sharapova returns a shot during the first round of the U.S. Open. Sharapova defeated Roberta Vinci, 6-0, 6-1, on Tuesday night in New York.
Smoke from burning cars rises after clashes broke out Tuesday in the streets of Shiite holy city of Karbala, Iraq, 50 miles south of Baghdad. Police ordered a curfew Tuesday in Shiite holy city of Karbala and told more than 1 million pilgrims to leave after two days of violence claimed at least 27 lives during a Shiite religious festival.
Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., a Republican presidential hopeful, speaks during the Livestrong Presidential Cancer Forum as seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong listens Tuesday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
A study published late last year by Christine Bruhn, director for the Center for Consumer Research at the University of California-Davis, and two colleagues, challenges the idea that fruits and vegetables lose their nutritional value when they're canned or frozen.
Haskell Indian Nations University senior Brittany Denny, a Cherokee from Colcord, Okla., feeds watermelon to her niece, Harlee Bullard, 5 months, on Tuesday. Haskell welcomed hundreds of new students to campus during convocation and followed the event with a watermelon feed.
Free State junior midfielder Parker Liebl passes the ball around Spring Hill junior defender Bennett Dunham in the first half Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at Free State High School.
Free State freshman forward Diego Gonzalez makes a move around Spring Hill sophomore defender Alex Cline in the first half Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at Free State High School.
Free State junior midfielder Dale Shillington and Spring Hill senior defender Andrew Cline fight for control in the first half Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at Free State High School.
Free State senior forward Erik Slan breaks upfield past Spring Hill senior defender Jimmy Reed in the first half Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at Free State High School.
The Free State defense clears the ball against Spring Hill. The Firebirds dominated, 10-0, Tuesday at Free State.
Free State High senior Andrew Heck breaks around Spring Hill's Jimmy Reed. Free State pummeled Spring Hill, 10-0, in its opener Tuesday at Free State.
Free State freshman forward Diego Gonzalez pulls back for a shot on goal against Spring Hill in the first half Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at Free State High School. Right is Spring Hill senior midfielder Stephen Alexander.
Haskell Indian Nations University freshman Dylan Ware, Fort Washakie, Wyo., Shoshone Tribe, right, works through a set of sit-ups with his classmates during a class called Body Weight Control on Tuesday in the Coffin Sports Complex gymnasium. Steadying his feet is Haskell freshman Chance Allensworth, of Valliant, Okla., and the Mississippi Choctaw Tribe.
Mintoy Tolbert, Lawrence, gets her mail from her post office box at the city's main post office, 645 Vt. City commissioners are looking at a new proposal to move the downtown post office and redevelop downtown's west side.
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