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Photos for July 31, 2007
Partners and Lawrence residents Kelly Barth, left, and Lisa Grossman have been together for ten years and are strong supporters of the city's domestic partnership registry program that begins today.
Jayhawk diving club member logan kline captured two national championships at the AAU junior national championships July 24-29 in Orlando, Fla. Kline finished first in both the preliminary and final rounds of the one- and three-meter dives. She will travel Aug. 6-11 to the U.S. Diving junior nationals in Mission Viejo, Calif.
Shana Schuelein, along with two teammates from the Jayhawk Diving Club, traveled to Orlando, Fla., for the AAU junior national championships. Schuelein took second place in the 14-and-under one-meter dive competition.
San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh, right, and quarterback Joe Montana smile for photographers during the closing moments of their playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings in this Jan. 4, 1989, file photo at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Walsh, the man who became known as the father of the West Coast offense, died early Monday.
Minnesota's Joe Mauer watches his two-run double off Kansas City starter Gil Meche in first inning. The Twins beat the Royals, 3-1, Monday in Minneapolis.
Kansas City Chiefs running back Michael Bennett, center, is tackled by linebacker Derrick Johnson, left, and safety Bernard Pollard, right, during training camp. The Chiefs worked out Monday in River Falls, Wis.
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A sand artist waterproofs the sculpture "Octobush" Monday at the Sandfestival Ruhr at the Kemnade lake in Bochum, Germany. German artist Urlich Baentsch shows U.S. President George W. Bush as an octopus who holds corn, oil, a cross, the World Trade Center and a gun in his tentacles. Eleven different giant sand sculptures will be shown until Sept. 9 in the heart of the Ruhr area in western Germany.
The Phoenix Mars Lander will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard a Delta II rocket on a 423-million-mile trip. The three-week launch window begins Friday.
An Iraqi soldier passes the wreckage of a minibus that exploded Monday at a busy transit point in the Tayaran Square area of central Baghdad. The blast, which struck at about 1 p.m., killed at least six people and wounded 31, officials said.
Tom Snyder, whose smoke-filled interviews were a staple of late night television, has died after a struggle with leukemia. He was 71.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown shakes hands with President Bush Monday at Camp David, Md., after the two leaders spent time discussing the Iraq war, Darfur and other topics.
Shane Sadler, a Checkers employee, stocks up the dairy case Monday at Checkers, 2300 La. Dairy prices have increased, but most people buying milk have no idea why the prices have risen.
Randy Flory milks some of his 100 cows on his family farm south of Lone Star Lake on Friday afternoon. Flory remembers when there used to be 53 dairy farms in Douglas County; now there are only seven.
Nancy Bryant Davis, Lawrence, returned to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., for her 55th reunion. From left are Faustina Cummings Mahaffey and June Roberts, both of Charleston, S.C., Barbara Marino Weaver, Mount Pleasant, S.C., Nancy Davis, Lawrence, and Betty Craven Kelchner, Bluffton, S.C.
Raymond Russell stands next to the statue of a dragon that was recently taken from the yard of his daughter-in-law, Jeannie Russell. The dragon was to be a birthday gift to Randy Russell, Jeannie's husband and Raymond's son, in 2001. Randy Russell died in a car accident two weeks before his birthday.
College can be an ideal time for budding entrepreneurs to get their start, advises Randal Pinkett, below, author of "Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur's Guide To Launching A Multimillion-Dollar Business."
A Parisian rat named Remy becomes a respected chef in the Disney summer blockbuster "Ratatouille." Lawrence pet store owners say the rodents make good pets.
Heath Peterson, from left, greets incoming Kansas University freshman Elise Sechler while her mother, Chris Sechler, is greeted by David Ochoa during the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic. The event on Monday at the Adams Alumni Center on campus welcomed about 100 new and returning Jayhawks.
Fifteen-year-old Leslie Queen, right, listens as Karen Blakesee poses a question about her marble chiffon cake Monday at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds. Taeghan Sharpe, 7, center, and Annette Larson, left, were assisting in the judging. Blakesee asked Queen what a chiffon cake has that a sponge cake doesn't; the answer is that chiffon cakes contain oil, while sponge cakes do not.
Lily Allen, 10, Lawrence, is the owner of Vanessa, a hairless rat. Lily got Vanessa in February 2006, before the popular movie "Ratatouille." That film and others featuring the rodents in prominent pet roles have stirred up a new respectability for rats among Lawrence pet owners.
Lily Allen, 10, Lawrence, is the owner of Vanessa, a hairless rat. Lily got Vanessa in February 2006, before the popular movie "Ratatouille."
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