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Photos for October 19, 2007
Haskell Indian Nations University inaugurates Linda Warner as its fifth president during a ceremony on October 19, 2007. Warner says she has big ideas for the university.
Sunflower Electric Power Corp. and its partners plan to construct two 700-megawatt coal-burning electric power plants near Sunflower's current 360-megawatt facility near Holcomb, shown in this rendering. Developers of the proposed plants said Tuesday that if the Legislature doesn't approve the project by June 1, it may not go forward.
Cocaine is stacked after a traffic stop turned into a drug bust of 500 pounds of the drug in Franklin County.
Alexander Conejo, front, center, 34, from Wheeling, Ill., receives water from Sanja Pantic, not pictured, who brought out her garden hose to assist marathon runners during the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. Record heat and humidity forced hundreds of runners in the Oct. 7 race to seek medical attention during and after the event.
Runners begin the Chicago Marathon. In all, 35,867 runners started the race; close to 11,000 did not finish.
Southwest freshman Justin McCandless raises his helmet in victory after the Bulldogs defeated the South Junior High Cougars, 34-28, in overtime for the city championship Thursday at Lawrence High. It was the third consecutive year the Bulldogs have taken home the title.
Rutgers running back Ray Rice (27) runs through the tackle of South Florida's Carlton Williams (32). Rutgers stunned No. 2 South Florida, 30-27, Thursday in Piscataway, N.J.
Kentucky football coach Rich Brooks adjusts his headset during a September game in Louisville, Ky.
Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the sidelines during a September game against Denver. Manning needs three touchdown passes to break John Unitas' franchise record of 287.
Boston's Josh Beckett pitches to Cleveland's Travis Hafner. Beckett kept the Indians at bay in Boston's 7-1 victory over Cleveland. Beckett struck out 11 in eight innings to earn the win Thursday in Cleveland.
Cleveland pitcher C.C. Sabathia, second from right, hands the baseball to manager Eric Wedge, right, as he leaves the mound. Sabathia gave up four earned runs in six-plus innings Thursday in Cleveland.
The female lion cub who was born at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk, Va., in August 2007 to Zola and Mramba is seen Thursday peering out of a box. She and her brother were 61 days old Thursday.
The Southwest and South freshman football teams line up in the fourth quarter of Thursday city championship game at Lawrence High.
Rescue personnel inspect the remains of a home destroyed by a tornado Thursday in Pensacola, Fla. The tornado touched down in Pensacola, damaging the city's major shopping mall as a line of violent thunderstorms made their way across the western Florida Panhandle on Thursday.
People assist an injured man at the scene of devastation caused by a bomb explosion Thursday at a procession of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi, Pakistan. Two explosions went off near the vehicle carrying Bhutto, killing or wounding hundreds of people. Party workers and police said Bhutto was unhurt.
Land marked with a for sale sign stands among an area of orange trees in Bartow, Fla. Across Florida's citrus belt, farmers are replanting fewer trees than at any point since the 1970s, and crop land is rapidly disappearing. Previously high land prices, diseases like citrus canker and greening, and even the rising cost of trees are hurting farmers and driving orange juice prices to record levels.
A man hitchhikes while another rides his bicycle Thursday in Paris. A public transport strike billed as France's biggest in years was in full swing, with commuters forced to walk, pedal or drive to work in large numbers, and many are thought to have stayed home.
Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia are shown in this July 14, 2004, file photo. The couple are separating by mutual consent after 11 years of marriage, the French president's office said Thursday. News of the couple's divorce overshadowed that of a 24-hour French transportation strike.
Linda Warner, president of Haskell Indian Nations University, rides in the annual Comanche Fair parade in Lawton, Okla., where she was honored by the tribe as this year's Outstanding Comanche. Devon Mihesuah, Baldwin City, submitted the picture.
The Ahn Trio: Lucia, Maria and Angella Ahn.
Seventh-graders Chealsey Walker, center, jokes with friend Tabitha Pobjoy as she welcomes her at the finish line of Thursday's Fun Run at Central Junior High School. Students ran more than two miles in the run, which is a school fundraiser that has brought in more than $11,000. The 25-year-old event raises money for a variety of school activities, including field trips, band and choir. The school hopes to raise $18,000 by Monday's deadline.
A rush of blue catfish flow from a tanker operated by Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks fish culturist Dan Mosier II on Thursday at Clinton Lake. Mosier stocked Clinton Lake with about 14,000 blue catfish. Lake Henry also was stocked with about 500 trout at the end of the first week of trout season.
A custodial worker scrubs paint off the north side of Free State High School on Thursday morning.
Producer and writer Jeff Sorrels, left, confers with artistic director Honey D. Hallock to try and make some of the scenes in E.M.U. Theatre's "Horrorshow" more realistic.
"Horrorshow" cast members Shawn Franklin, left, Diana Plas, Shelly Rhorer and Roan McKinney play monsters while they attack Jay Maus. The E.M.U. Theatre production offers four short tales that examine different aspects of fear.
Free State fans Brooke Abney, center, and Jenna Brantley, left, celebrate last season's 49-15 victory against Lawrence High. The Firebirds and Lions will renew their rivalry tonight.
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