The day in photos, February 26, 2011

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photo by: Mark Fagan

Mariela Martinez, Bella Decker and Olivia Percich — all students at Cordley School — took their smarts up to Kansas University on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, for the Engineering Expo, where they ran a car made from recycled materials. They also sported hard hats they'd decorated for the occasion.

photo by: AP Photo | John Milburn

Union members wait for Kansas House members to enter the House chamber, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. They're protesting a bill prohibiting labor organizations from deducting money from members' paychecks for political action committee dues. The protesters cheered the bill's opponents and shouted at supporters to vote "no" instead.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Luke Ulrich checks out some of his wheat, which he said “looks pretty decent.”

photo by: Mike Yoder

From left, Baldwin City sixth-graders Caitlin Jacques, Jenna Flory and Riese Wismer prepare to test their Rube Goldberg machine Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, at the KU Engineering Expo.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Slipping away with his prize, a robin takes off with a Hawthorn berry on Friday.

photo by: Jeff Immer

"Rings" by Jeff Immer, BiKlops Design. Immer's piece uses simplicity and color in this piece, one of many on display at Teller's, 746 Mass.

photo by: Hussein Malla/AP Photo

A Libyan gunman flashes a V sign Thursday as he stands on a military truck filled with rocket launchers at Al-Katiba military base after it fell to anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi protesters few days ago in Benghazi, Libya.

photo by: Chris O’Meara/AP Photo

Space shuttle Discovery lifts off Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery, the world’s most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey that marks the beginning of the end of the shuttle era.