City of Lawrence street crews use a new machine Wednesday that repairs potholes with a method called spray injection patching. The method, which also is used by the Kansas Department of Transportation, allows the city to make lasting fixes to potholes during winter.

Photo by Kevin Anderson

Lawrence Memorial Hospital cook Robert Wagner places a tray of chicken into an oven that has been in use since the mid-1980s. On Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, the hospital's board approved a $3.2 million renovation of the hospital's kitchen. The renovation is among $9 million in capital improvements included in the 2011 budget.

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A barking dog makes its presence known as walkers Devin Stewart, front, and Derek Battiest, back, make their way past on Tuesday.

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From left in foreground, Therese Edgecomb, her husband Mark Edgecomb, Sunset Hill School principal Chris Bay, and Rebecca Peronteaux, an ESL/MTSS specialist with the school district, visit during a Friends of Education reception Wednesday at Lawrence school district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive. Mark Edgecomb was one of the recognized honorees for his assistance at Sunset Hill with school and community projects including coordinating assistance for families in need and coaching a baseball team. Twenty-five volunteers and one business were recognized at the event.

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Dishwasher Albert Crane uses a sink area that has been in Lawrence Memorial Hospital's kitchen since it was built in 1977. The kitchen will get a much-needed $3.2 million upgrade next year. The renovation project was approved by the board on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010.

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The Dow Jones ticker in New York’s Times Square displays news about General Motors stock Wednesday in New York. GM will be reborn as a public company today with a stock offering, ending the government’s role as majority stakeholder and closing a remarkable chapter in American corporate history.

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Kansas University forward Carolyn Davis, center, puts up a shot over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defenders Brandi Huff (23) and Zoey Vega-Vega. Davis scored 22 points in the Jayhawks’ 85-44 victory on Wednesday in Allen Fieldhouse.

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Free State senior baseball players Cody Kukuk, left, and Colin Toalson chatted about their decisions to attend Kansas University on Wednesday at FSHS.

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Baylor’s Torri Campbell (7) blocks Kansas’ Jenna Kaiser’s (12) spike during the Jayhawks’ loss on Wednesday at Horejsi Center.

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Miami’s Dwyane Wade, left, LeBron James, center, and Chris Bosh yuk it up on the bench in the fourth quarter. The Heat beat the Suns, 123-96, Wednesday in Miami.

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Oklahoma State guard Ray Penn (14) puts up a shot against Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s Garland Judkins. OSU won, 68-58, Wednesday in Stillwater, Okla.

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Bristol Palin performs during the celebrity dance competition series, “Dancing with the Stars” on Monday in Los Angeles in this publicity image released by ABC. Her dance on the show enraged a Wisconsin man to the point where he shot his TV.

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