1st Lt. William D. Mandle, who participated in a heroic mission in the Netherlands in 1944, died after World War II at age 41.

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Associated Press President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley testifies Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on government secrecy.

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Residents survey the damage caused by a Wednesday earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The powerful earthquake with magnitude of 7.6 rocked western Indonesia on Wednesday, and a second followed this morning with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8.

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the fishing boat “Gogosina” rests on a road Tuesday in Pago Pago, American Samoa. A magnitude 8.0 quake struck early Tuesday and sent giant waves crashing into the islands.

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People march past Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking China’s 60th anniversary today in Beijing. China celebrated its rise to a world power over 60 years of Communist rule today, staging its biggest-ever parade of military hardware with more than a hundred thousand marching masses in a display that stirred patriotism — and some unease. The Chinese words read “National celebration 1949-2009.” See story, page 7A.

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Students of Skolkovo School of Management work in this Sept. 22 photo during a class in the five-star Baltschug Kempinski hotel where the school is temporarily based, just across the Moskva River from the Kremlin. Some of Russia’s wealthiest magnates in 2006 founded a different kind of business school: one that would prepare managers for the bruising world of emerging economies, where companies may confront weak laws, corrupt courts and predatory bureaucrats.

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The Yankees’ Hideki Matsui strikes out swinging in the bottom of the ninth inning. Matsui went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in the Yankees’ 4-3 loss to the Royals on Wednesday in New York.

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New York Yankees Managing General Partner Hal Steinbrenner, right, receives a football and helmet from Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe, left, as Big East Commissioner John Marinatto looks on at a news conference on Wednesday in New York. It was announced that in 2010 a college bowl football game between the Big East and Big 12 will be played at Yankee Stadium.

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel, center, is tackled by Philadelphia Eagles defensive ends, clockwise from lower left, Trent Cole, Darren Howard and Chris Clemons in the second quarter Sunday in Philadelphia. The Chiefs lost, 34-14, the latest setback in another season where the losses are piling up.

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Tom Kurata, Lawrence, from left, along with older brothers Phil, Washington, D.C., and Doug, Port Townsend, Wash., and family friend Robert E. Reed, Lawrence, recently attended the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament in New York City. Tom submitted the picture.

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(L to R) Emily Boullear, Tiffanie Reed, Lauren Pearce, and Victoria Partridge will be zombie models at "Fashion Monsters 3: Adorn of the Dead."