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Emma Grob, front left, 6, celebrates the 100th day of school at Mize Elementary School bringing her 100-year-old grandmother, Edna Zillner, to share with her first-grade class. In back are her mother, Janice Grob, left, and great-aunt, Joyce Halderman. She is also the daughter of Michael French. Janice Grob, De Soto, submitted the picture.

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Myanmar volunteers serve a free breakfast to children at a temple on the outskirts of the capital, Yangon. Ordinary people in Myanmar are stepping in to provide food and supplies to victims of the May 3 Cyclone Nargis. Several of the children and adults are wearing traditional makeup on their faces.

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A woman cries as the body of her husband is found under the rubble of a collapsed apartment house in Mianyang, in China’s Sichuan Province. Three days after a massive earthquake hit the area, China warned Thursday that the death toll could soar to 50,000.

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A groundcrew member at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, walks past an engine on the 555-seat Airbus A380 as it rests on the tarmac in this Nov. 29, 2006, file photo. Plane maker Airbus and diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. said Thursday that they are developing a biofuel that by 2030 could satisfy nearly a third of the worldwide demand from commercial aircraft, without affecting food supplies. The project will focus on converting biofeedstocks, including algae that does not compete with food or water resources, into fuels for airplanes. “Biofuels hold tremendous potential to meet growing fuel demand while reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions,” said Jennifer Holmgren, director of the Renewable Energy and Chemicals business for UOP LLC, a Honeywell company.

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Pinckney School kindergartner Jesse Oxley, front, works for control of the rope as his father Don Oxley, back, steps in Thursday to help the kindergarten boys during a game of tug of war against the kindergarten girls. Pinckney students took a break from the books Thursday to participate in the school’s field day.

Sally Trujillo, left, special education paraeducator at South Junior High School, studies a piece of limestone for fossils Thursday with seventh-graders, from left, Cailin Caldwell, Catherine Norwood and Caroline Gish. Southwest seventh-graders explored limestone and shale formations just east of Clinton Lake during a fossil field trip.

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Kansas University senior Thor Nystrom, of Baxter, Minn., has gone from being sucked into the mental health system and attempting suicide to working his way back to health and graduating from KU since prescription drugs started wreaking havoc on his life in 2003. He will walk down the hill Sunday after earning a degree in journalism and plans to work as an intern for MLB.com.

Dimitry Grygoryivsky, of Ukraine, runs down Sixth Street on Thursday morning. Grygoryivsky was one of several runners passing through Lawrence carrying a torch for the World Harmony Run, which is a four-month, 48-state, 10,000-mile run. The group’s next stop will be Oklahoma City.

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McLouth Elementary School students Katie Gill, left, and Dimitri Tullis and third-grade teacher Brandi Wright watch a video about mucopolysaccharidosis, or MPS, Thursday in the school cafeteria. Seth Van Nostrand, an MES third-grader, has Hunter syndrome, a type of MPS. Thursday was Crazy Dress Day at the school, which is done to raise awareness about MPS and show support for Seth and his parents.

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Billowing clouds of smoke are seen in Ijegun village on the distant outskirts of Nigeria’s main city, Lagos. A road-grader accidentally tore open a fuel pipeline Thursday and the fuel caught fire, sending an inferno raging over houses and a school. As blazing fuel flowed toward the school compound, some of the students were killed during a stampede to escape the grounds. About 100 people in all were killed, the Red Cross said.

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Cleveland second baseman Jamey Carroll, left, throws over Oakland’s Rob Bowen. The Indians failed to complete the double play but won, 4-2, Thursday in Cleveland.

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New Orleans’ Chris Paul, left, collides with San Antonio’s Robert Horry. The Spurs defeated the Hornets, 99-80, on Thursday night in San Antonio to even the series, 3-3.

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Marshall Greene, right, defending champion of the men’s elite division of the U.S. Bank Pole, Pedal, Paddle, trains with elite women’s runner-up Sarah Max on the course at the Mount Bachelor Nordic Ski Center outside Bend, Ore.

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Competitors in the 2007 U.S. Bank Pole, Pedal, Paddle race to get a good spot for their boats along the banks of the Deschutes River in Bend, Ore.

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Sarah Max, who hopes to move up from second to first in the elite women’s division of the U.S. Bank Pole, Pedal, Paddle, poses with some of the race gear filling her garage in Bend, Ore. The race includes skiing, cycling, running and kayaking and draws nearly 3,000 competitors.

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Marshall Greene, two-time winner of the men's elite division of the U.S. Bank Pole, Pedal, Paddle, stands Tuessday, May 6, 2008, along the Deschutes River portion of the race course in Bend, Ore. The race tends to favor cross country racers like Greene, who competes with XC Oregon.

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Free State’s Hunter Scheib throws to first for an out. Scheib hit .050 last season but has rebounded nicely, batting .403 this year. He went 1-for-4 in two games Thursday.

Deborah McVey, a weightlifting referee and Lawrence resident, will travel to the Beijing Olympics in August to officiate.

Free State’s Adam Rock snags a fly ball in the regional championship against O-Northwest.

Free State pitcher Caleb Gress delivers to the plate. Gress pitched five perfect innings against Leavenworth and later earned the save against Olathe Northwest on Thursday at Free State High.

Free State batter Alex Hardmann gets a hold of a pitch in the fifth inning against Leavenworth during 6A regionals Thursday, May 15, 2008 at Free State High School.

Free State runner Nick Hassig ducks under a tag by Leavenworth first baseman Tyler Harper in the fourth inning against Leavenworth during 6A regionals Thursday, May 15, 2008 at Free State High School.

Free State's Adam Rock bumps fists with his teammates in the dugout after scoring in the fourth inning against Leavenworth during 6A regionals Thursday, May 15, 2008 at Free State High School.

Washburn Rural pressures the Lawrence High goal. LHS lost, 1-0 in double overtime, Thursday in Topeka.

Lawrence High sophomore Regan Keller, right, and a Washburn Rural opponent fight for a possession during the Lions’ 1-0, double-overtime loss. The second-round Class 6A state-playoff setback Thursday at Rural ended the Lions’ season.

LHS junior Stef Stuever tries to beat a Washburn Rural High School opponent to a loose ball Thursday, May 15, 2008 during the Lions' 1-0 regional loss in double overtime at WRHS.