Photo gallery: The day in photos, Feb. 16, 2012

photo by: Nick Krug

Hannah Cooper, Lawrence, warms up for a full tortoise pose as she sweats it out in the 105-degree heat of a morning bikram yoga class at the Yoga College of India, 711 W. 23rd Street. Cooper will be competing in the National Yoga Asana championships in New York in early March.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A welder works atop steel girders that are forming the outlines of the new Dillons store Tuesday at 1740 Mass.

photo by: AP Photo/The Topeka Capital Journal, Phil Anderson

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a bomb threat, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 in Topeka, Kan. Police say a man is being questioned in Topeka after allegedly phoning in a threat against the Kansas governor's office. Capitol police spokesman Patrick Saleh says another man is being questioned Wednesday afternoon about a suspicious vehicle parked near the Statehouse. The Topeka Capital-Journal report the two events don't appear to be related.

photo by: Scott Rothschild

After a protest outside Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office, more than 300 people rallied near the south steps of the Statehouse on Wednesday.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Sarah Tansely, the manager of Chicago's Humboldt Park Branch Library and one of three finalists for the Lawrence Public Library director's job, visits with Lawrence residents after she spoke Wednesday, Feb. 15, at City Hall.