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Photos for June 21, 2007
Kansas Department of Transportation information specialist Stan Whitley, left, and KDOT area engineer Hugh Bogle, right, review a map of the planned four-lane U.S. 59 freeway to rural Ottawa residents Mike Bealmer, left of center and Robert Smith, right of center. Representatives from KDOT, Franklin and Douglas counties held a ground-breaking ceremony north of Ottawa Wednesday to recognize work beginning on the construction of the four-lane U.S. 59 freeway between Ottawa and Lawrence. The estimated completion date is 2011 and the cost at $185.4 million..
Cynthia Dennis, a 1962 graduate of Kansas University, has written a memoir called "The Sunflower Sinner" that chronicles her childhood in Kansas with a politically ambitious father who blueprinted a bribe to spring an abortion murderess from prison.
Nancy Stump carries Jack while walking Abby in the Lawrence Humane Society's Mutt & Strutt fundraiser. Paul Stump, Berryton, submitted the picture.
St. Louis' Scott Spiezio, right, gets forced out at second by Kansas City's Fernando Cortez. The Royals lost, 7-6 in 14 innings, Wednesday in St. Louis.
Springfield, Vt. residents shoot a scene Tuesday with Marge and Lisa Simpson props. The Vermont town joins 13 other Springfields from across the nation in a contest, with the winner hosting the big-screen premiere of "The Simpsons Movie" on July 26. The public will choose the winner in a USA Today online poll.
Hamas supporters burn a poster of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a protest against a speech made by Abbas condemning Hamas. The protesters were in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
Children in an orphanage in Baghdad are shown in this television image from CBS News. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers recently found 24 severely malnourished children in the orphanage, all boys between the ages of 3 and 15.
Police guard the Khulani mosque in central Baghdad a day after it was targeted by a truck bomber. The death toll from Tuesday's bombing of the Shiite mosque rose to 87 on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry reported. Three Sunni mosques were attacked on Wednesday in apparent retaliation.
Construction of the Anderson family football complex at Memorial Stadium is cutting into the base of Campanile Hill - and making tons of clay available to area work sites. This pile is part of the clay being excavated by King's Construction Co. Inc. in Oskaloosa.
President Bush speaks about embryonic stem cell research in the East Room at the White House. Joining him Wednesday at left was Kaitlyne McNamara of Middletown, Conn., who was born with spina bifida, along with her parents, Mike and Tracy.
Katie Mills, from the Hope Mills Fire Department in North Carolina, salutes at a memorial outside the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C. A fire at the store and warehouse left nine firefighters dead Monday night. Mills said that she came to Charleston to pay respects to the firefighters who lost their lives.
Truck driver Nate Henry watches as Tyson Zunkel, from South Africa, dumps a load of wheat as they work for a custom cutting crew harvesting wheat in a field west of Mullinville Tuesday. Increased regulation of foreign workers has made it more difficult for custom cutters to hire crews for the annual harvest.
With six wins, Ricky Rudd is tied for second place in all-time NASCAR Cup road course victories and has 26 top-five road course finishes.
Lawrence's Joe Kornbrust slides into home to score one of the Raiders' 23 runs in a 23-13 rout of Oklahoma Spivey's Stars. Lawrence run-ruled the Oklahoma team Wednesday at Free State High.
Lawrence's Adam Emerson slides safely back into first ahead of the throw to the Oklahoma Spiveys Stars' Zach Loshon. The Raiders outslugged the All-Stars, 23-13, Wednesday at Free State High.
Andrew Hanzel of Lee's Summit, Mo., eyes a size-18 autographed basketball shoe from former Jayhawk and NBA basketball player Greg Ostertag, center, following a scrimmage at the Bill Self basketball camp. At right is Liz Haywood of Greenwood, Mo. Ostertag participated in a scrimmage Wednesday at Horejsi Center.
Kansas junior guard Mario Chalmers, left, dribbles around former Jayhawk Michael Lee during a scrimmage at the Bill Self Basketball Camp. Current and ex-Jayhawks scrimmaged Wednesday at Horejsi Center.
Jim Ryun and State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins are battling for the GOP nomination in the 2nd Congressional District.
Lawrence resident James Combest sits in his kitchen eating dinner Tuesday evening after a long day spent in court. A jury will deliberate today on whether to award Combest nearly half a million dollars in a civil suit against Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Combest claimed that the hospital was responsible for negligence that led to the amputation of his left leg in 2001.
Ham radio operator Ken Olson operates his radio station, which is inside a converted garage. Olson and several other area amateur radio operators will exhibit their radio stations and equipment on Saturday and Sunday at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds. Olson communicated with listeners on Wednesday in his garage.
The Dole Institute of Politics honored 128 recent high school graduates Wednesday for their volunteer work. Among the scholarship winners are, from left, Jessie Furnish, Paola; Aaron Kadavy, Munden; Monica O'Hanlon, Dodge City; and Kristin Gleason, St. John.
Employee Chris Rexroad trims up plants in a garden at Water's Edge, 847 Ind. With no weeding, watering, mulching or composting, water gardens take much less time than perennial, vegetable or annual plots. Below: Water lilies, with their picturesque blooms and floating foliage, are a staple in any water garden.
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