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Mike Garrett carts some pumpkins to drier ground at Garrett's Fruit Stand across from the Lawrence Municipal Airport. With Halloween just around the corner, Garrett thinks this year was above average for him. Other area farmers are not so happy about recent weather - heavy rains have prevented some from harvesting their soybean crops.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Kansas City Chiefs safety Jarrad Page (44) celebrates with teammate Tyron Brackenridge after intercepting a pass to seal the Chiefs' victory over the Raiders. Kansas City beat Oakland, 12-10, Sunday in Oakland, Calif.

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Kansas City running back Priest Holmes watches from the sideline in the third quarter. Holmes returned to the Chiefs on Sunday after nearly two years off.

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Subway 500 Nextel cup winner Jimmie Johnson does a burnout as he celebrates on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia.

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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe (82) runs into a referee in the third quarter during a failed two-point conversion against the Oakland Raiders. Regardless, the Chiefs beat the Raiders, 12-10, Sunday in Oakland, Calif.

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Kaw valley soccer player taylor larue, of the red hots, gathers up the ball during a game Saturday at Youth Sports, Inc.

Photo by Nathan Reed

Tennessee kicker Rob Bironas (2) and holder Craig Hentrich celebrate after Bironas' game-winning 29-yard field goal. It was Bironas' eighth field goal of the day, an NFL record.

David J. Phillip/AP Photo

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Arizona tight end Leonard Pope, center, dives for Washington linebacker London Fletcher as he returns an interceptions for a touchdown. The Redskins edged the Cardinals, 21-19, in a wacky game Sunday in Landover, Md.

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Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka, left, gets a champagne shower from Mike Timlin.

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Cleveland manager Eric Wedge, center, walks slowly to the mound to lift pitcher Rafael Betancourt, right, as catcher Victor Martinez approaches. Betancourt gave up six runs in the eighth inning, when the game got away from the Indians.

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Boston's Manny Ramirez, left, and Julian Tavarez congratulate Dustin Pedroia (15) after his two-run home run. The Red Sox won their third straight game to clinch the ALCS on Sunday in Boston.

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Charles Collins of the Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth describes to students what took place at the Battle of Westport 143 years ago in what is today Loose Park in Kansas City, Mo.

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Resident Jim Palmer covers his face in high winds as firefighters battle a blaze on Las Virgenes Canyon Road on Sunday morning in Malibu, Calif. The wind spread nearly a dozen wildfires along the Southern California coast.

Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times Photo

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Riley fullerton, 5, left, and Logan Fullerton, 1, take a break from dancing during this year's Wakarusa music festival at Clinton Lake. Traci Fullerton, Baldwin City, submitted the picture.

"The Hills are Alive," by Debra Clemente

"The Air is Crisp But the Sun is Warm." by Debra Clemente

"River Rocks," by Debra Clemente

"Quiet Times," by Debra Clemente

"Peaceful Pasture," by Debra Clemente

"June 16th," by Debra Clemente

"In Your Face," by Debra Clemente

"Field Patterns," by Debra Clemente

"Evening Chores," by Debra Clemente

"Deep in the Woods," by Debra Clemente

"Crimson Path," by Debra Clemente

"Any Day Now," by Debra Clemente

"All That Glitters," by Debra Clemente

Congressman John Lewis, D-Ga., right, answers questions during an interview with Jonathan Earle at the Lied Center. Lewis, an activist in the civil rights movement, received the Dole Leadership Prize on Sunday.

Photo by John Henry

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Bicyclists pedal around the 400 block of East Ninth Street outside David Loewenstein's studio during Eric Farnsworth's "Bikes or Art?" show. The manipulated bikes are Farnsworth's creations. About 200 people attended the show and bike ride. Lawrence resident Jack Frost said he happened upon the show and was impressed. "I'm a recycler," he said. "I saw the recycling sign, then I saw this and thought, 'Now that's recycling.' This is such a novel way of doing it."

Photo by John Henry

Kansas fans wave the wheat following a field goal by Scott Webb in the first half of the Jayhawks' 19-14 victory over Colorado. KU improved to 7-0 with the victory Saturday in Boulder, Colo.

Photo by Nick Krug

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The Lawrence High School football team huddles up after the Friday, October 19, 2007, game against Free State High School at Haskell Stadium. School board members will consider options for improving high school athletic facilities without a tax increase or bond issue at their 7 p.m. Monday meeting at district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive.

Photo by John Henry

Debra Clemente, Lawrence, has an art show at the Phoenix Gallery in Topeka through the end of the month. At one point, Clemente had given up painting because of rheumatoid arthritis. Since then she has found a new method of painting that makes it possible for her to paint with less pain. Clemente is shown in front of one of her paintings at Stone Creek Restaurant, 3801 W. Sixth St., which she owns.

Photo by Mike Yoder