Under the watchful gaze of their elders, several goslings soak up the sun and swim during the cool weather Wednesday morning at the Lawrence Rotary Arboretum, 5100 W. 27th St. Today’s forecast calls for a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, with gusty winds and a high of 78.

Photo by Richard Gwin

From left to right, Marissa Mayer, vice president of Google Inc.’s search products and user experience; Steve Coll, former managing editor of the Washington Post; Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post; Alberto Ibarguen, president and Chief Executive Officer of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; James M. Moroney, publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas Morning News; and David Simon, TV producer and former newspaperman, testify Wednesday before a hearing on the future of journalism before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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A young girl holds a copy of the Quran as men pray Wednesday at the graves of their family members in the village of Bilge, near the city of Mardin in southeastern Turkey. Masked assailants with automatic weapons attacked a celebration Monday night, killing 44 people and injuring six others in what appeared to be the result of a family feud, according to Turkish authorities. Hasan Duruer, the governor of Mardin province, said Wednesday a court has charged eight suspects accused of killing 44 people in an assault on an engagement ceremony in Bilge.

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Members of the Federation of Indian Service Employees at Haskell Indian Nations University participated in union-sanctioned picketing Wednesday at 23rd Street and Barker Avenue.

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Haskell staff members from left, Ron Brave, Charlie Hawkins and Benny Smith prepare wood-smoke incense for use in the tree-blessing ceremony Wednesday morning at Haskell.

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Free State sophomore shortstop Colin Toalson throws to first during the seventh inning against Shawnee Heights Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Free State.

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Brandon white and his wife, Jody, are shown in the sanctuary of Heartland Community Church, 619 Vt., in this July 8, 2008, file photo. Brandon White, 29, who was the youth pastor at the church, died Wednesday morning at Kansas University Hospital after a battle with bone cancer.

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Sen. Lawrence Bliss, D- South Portland, pounds the gavel in the Senate chamber giving final approval to a gay rights marriage bill at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Maine's Gov. John Baldacci later signed the bill.

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Under the watchful gaze of their elders, several goslings soak up the sun and swim during the cool weather Wednesday morning at the Lawrence Rotary Arboretum, 5100 W. 27th St. Today’s forecast calls for a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, with gusty winds and a high of 78.

Photo by Richard Gwin

From left, Jerry Mitchell, Chelsey Haden and Travis Berkley rehearse a scene from “There’s an Eyeball in My Soup.” The new children's play, written by Ric Averill with help from his niece, Sierra Cydrus, opens at 7 p.m. Friday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Members of the Kansas Pork Association on Wednesday provided free pork sandwiches on the southside of the Capitol to emphasize that the new strain of influenza — H1N1 — cannot be transmitted by food, and that eating pork is safe. Officials have confirmed seven cases of swine flu in Kansas.

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Members of the Haskell Indian Nations University community participate in a tree-blessing ceremony Wednesday at the campus. Elder Benny Smith, in black hat, conducted the ceremony.

Photo by Philip Heying