All-Star MVP Melky Cabrera, right, of the San Francisco Giants, celebrates his two-run, fourth-inning home run with the Cardinals’ Matt Holliday. Cabrera helped the NL to an 8-0 rout of the AL in the All-Star game on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo.

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Brynn McCracken, of Desoto, ties up her boot before riding.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Kaitlyn Combs, of Louisburg, works her horse, DeeDee.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Stephanie Slivers, left, of Linn County, and Emily Davenport, of Osage City, exit the arena after finishing their competition.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Hidden Pictures, from left: Cameron Hawk, Corey Vitt, Michelle Gaume Sanders, Nate Holt, (a cat), and Richard Gintowt.

It has been almost three years since Lawrence resident Joel Hernandez, while driving drunk, struck and killed Rachel Leek, 20, as she was riding her bicycle near 10th and Tennessee streets on Oct. 16, 2009. Hernandez, who is preparing for his senior year at Haskell Indian Nations University, says he is comforted by knowing he has been forgiven by some members of the Leek family.

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Teresa Williams, acting commissioner of the Juvenile Justice Authority, speaks Tuesday to members of the Legislative Post Audit Committee about a report that showed problems at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex in Topeka. Williams acknowledged serious problems at the facility and said she was committed to fixing them.

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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will speak at 4 p.m. July 26 at the Dole Institute of Politics. The event is free, open to the public and will include a book sale and signing.

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Six road blocks that mark the end of the roadway at the South Lawrence Trafficway stand on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. The Kansas Department of Transportation is planning to go ahead with a six-mile, four-lane extension to Kansas Highway 10 next year.

Photo by Nick Krug

Strands of grass arch over a marsh at the Baker Wetlands on Tuesday, with 31st Street seen in the background. On Tuesday, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the state's approved route of the South Lawrence Trafficway plan through the Baker Wetlands.

Photo by Nick Krug

Garold Minns will serve as the dean of the Kansas University School of Medicine-Wichita effective Aug. 1.

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Journal-World staff picks for best golf scramble partners with Kansas University ties.

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Preschool children at First United Methodist Church tell their Kansas version of the good Samaritan during a presentation. Buffaloes, meadowlarks, Jayhawks and box turtles pose near a cottonwood tree. Stephanie Struble submitted the photo.