Photos for August 2008

Russell Gore shows off the tattoo he got in honor of his wife, Cynthia, who, he said, died three years ago when Katrina struck New Orleans.

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Cameras (right) record everything that happens in Magnet Cove High School's hallways and classrooms.

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Harry Barrett, of Barrett Aviation, describes how an April tornado approached the North Little Rock airport. The city is helping the airport recover from the storm that damaged many structures, including a flight planning center (left).

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Don Ernst is the new Central Arkansas Library System's children's initiative coordinator.

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Cars travel east Thursday on Little Rock's Pebble Beach Drive, where residents are upset about traffic from Rahling Road.

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A worker takes samples at a Sasol Ltd. coal-to-liquid fuel plant in South Africa in this 2006 file photo provided by the company.

Published August 31, 2008

The sun sets on the Arkansas River near downtown North Little Rock as eight members of the Arkansas Boathouse Club drop their oars in unison.

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Keith Metoyer of New Orleans reacts as he arrives with other Hurricane Gustav evacuees at the regional airport in Fort Smith on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008.

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Kayla Holland carries a flag during the opening ceremony at the National Championship Chuckwagon Race in Clinton Saturday afternoon.

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Arkansas running back De'Anthony Curtis carries the ball against Western Illinois during the second quarter Saturday at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville.

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Jeremy Gipson

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James Jordan III

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Ayla Soularie, 15, is "a new kid" thanks to daily treatment with the atypical anti-psychotic drug Risperdal to control her bipolar disorder, her grandmother Joyce Soularie says.

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"I had no intentions of being a restoration individual. I didn't have any idea of buying any other property. I just knew I needed an office." - Richard Harper Mason.

Published August 30, 2008

Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus performs during her "Best of Both Worlds" tour at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock.

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Claiborne Deming

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Jeffrey Gardner

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Richard Bond

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H. Lee Scott Jr.

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Steve Weiman, general manager of the Good Earth Garden Center & Nurseries in Little Rock, says membership in the Southern Barter Exchange has allowed the nursery to buy equipment in Mississippi and Louisiana through trades.

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Michael Smith

Published August 29, 2008

A photo from November 2005 shows damage to Shell's Mars platform and an attached oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina hit.

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Frank Williams Jr.

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The Ritz movie theater in Malvern closed Thursday after years of dropping attendance.

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Gary George, owner of Southwest Lawnmower Parts & Service in North Little Rock, points out the new automatic choke that lessens emissions on recent model lawn mowers.

Published August 29, 2008

This image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Gustav over Jamaica and Tropical Storm Hanna further east over the Atlantic. The image was collected at 2:15 a.m. CDT Friday Aug. 29, 2008.

Published August 29, 2008

Gary George with Southwest Lawnmower Parts and Service checks on the addition to the choke of a lawnmower engine. The automatic choke is meant to lessen emissions and may save gas.

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Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to reporters in her Capitol office in Juneau, Alaska, in this July 2008 file photo.

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Sarah Palin

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Mary Hardin looks at her husband Lu Hardin's eye as they wait backstage for him to address a faculty meeting on campus after he had announced his resignation earlier in the day. Lance Grahn, UCA Provost, left, introduced him.

Published August 28, 2008

Bryant Preserving's pickled watermelon rinds.

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Water flows through sculpture outside the Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse in Little Rock on Thursday.

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Brenda Westberry, right, who relocated from New Orleans to Little Rock after Hurricane Katrina, talks with fellow transplants Tammy Miles and her husband, Michael, while watching a New Orleans Saints preseason game.

Published August 28, 2008

UCA president Lu Hardin, second from left, pauses as he reads from a statement as he resigns during a board of trustees meeting on campus Thursday afternoon.

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A car was found charred near the entrance of the Cummins and Varner prison units.

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Melvin Maples

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Tom Courtway

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John McDonnell of Biloxi, Miss., stocks up on gasoline Wednesday in anticipation of Tropical Storm Gustav becoming a hurricane and affecting southern Mississippi.

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UCA President Lu Hardin speaks during a Trustees meeting last week in Wingo Hall on the university campus.

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Russell Johnson (far left), 7, of Little Rock tries to win a stuffed animal from a grabber game at Playtime Pizza.

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Betul Gundogdu (right) and her son Emin, 2, of Little Rock take on Playtime Pizza's miniature bowling game.

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Saving Jane's lead singer, Marti Dodson

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The Spin Doctors are Aaron Comess (from left) on drums, Chris Barron on vocals, Eric Schenkman on guitar and vocals and Mark White on bass.

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Going green: The Hulk roll at Koto in Little Rock

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Koto's bistro menu includes Lemon Grass Grilled Rack of Lamb.

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Guitar Shorty

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Eddie Griffin

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Kelley Ponder (seated), Roger M. Eaves (from left), Kyle Lovett and Devin Robertson sing up a storm as the gospel singing Sanders family in Smoke on the Mountain - Homecoming at Murry's Dinner Playhouse. The production continues through Oct. 5.

Published August 28, 2008

Through Monday, visitors 12 and younger are free at The Little Rock Zoo.

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The Bluebirds are Jimmy Wooten on guitar and vocals, Cody Lowery on drums and Bruce Flett on bass and vocals.

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Megan Krizmanich is one of several high school seniors under observation in American Teen.

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Jake Tusing stars in Nanette Burstein's American Teen.

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Enchanted Princess (Nicole Parker) in DISASTER MOVIE. Photo credit: Jon Barren Farmer

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Amy Winehouse (Nicole Parker) in DISASTER MOVIE. Photo credit: Jon Barren Farmer

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(Top to bottom) Andrew Caldwell (as Carter Scott), Drake Bell (as Kevin Brewer) and Kevin Covais (as Mooris Hooper) star in College.

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Kevin Covais (as Mooris Hooper, left), Andrew Caldwell (as Carter Scott) and Drake Bell (as Kevin Brewer) star in College.

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Drake Bell stars in College.

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Russian Mafia kingpin Gorsky (Gerard Depardieu) explains the dangers of a mission to the mercenary Toorop (Vin Diesel) in Babylon A.D..

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In Babylon, A.D., Vin Diesel stars as a mercenary hired to deliver a "package" from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a destination in the teeming megalopolis of New York City.

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Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh, left), Aurora (Melanie Thierry) and Toorop (Vin Diesel) battle impossible odds in their epic journey that could change the world in Babylon A.D

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Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) tries to stop Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) from making a mistake in Traitor.

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Hannah Bailey (right) is an artistic, exuberant rebel in American Teen.

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Football coach Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube) discovers a secret weapon in his athletic niece (Keke Palmer) in The Longshots.

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CIA agents Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) and Max Archer (Neal McDonough) suspect that a top operative has gone to the other side.

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Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) is showing all the signs of dissatisfaction with the direction his country is taking in Traitor.

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Neal Barlow, Pulaski Academy

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Pulaski Academy football player Neal Barlow catches a pass during practice at the Little Rock school in this Aug. 2008 file photo.

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Pine Bluff police officers Charles Inman and Lt. Donna Fratesi secure an area around a home where an elderly couple was found dead after an early Wednesday fire.

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Michelle Obama listens to former President Clinton's speech Wednesday night that gave unambiguous support for her husband.

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Former President Clinton addresses the convention in a speech that was funny, nostalgic and a bit wonkish.

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Joe Biden and Barack Obama stand before Democratic delegates Wednesday in Denver after Obama was officially nominated.

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Hillary Clinton, a Democratic senator from New York, right, and Senator Charles "Chuck" Schumer of New York, second from the right, make their way to the New York roll call station on day three of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Published August 27, 2008

Two copper downspouts are missing at Curran Hall, 615 E. Capitol Ave., Little Rock. A thief or thieves removed the drainage pipes that were on westside of the building hidden by two rows of Crepe Myrtle trees. Several copper drainage pieces were stolen in early July and one person has been arrested.

Published August 27, 2008

Students and guests of imagine, a Paul Mitchell Partner School in North Little Rock, participate in the grand opening celebration.

Published August 27, 2008

Dustin Milligan, AnnaLynne McCord, Jessica Walter, Shenae Grimes, Tristan Wilds, Lori Loughlin, Ryan Eggold, Jessica Stroup and Michael Steger star in 90210 on The CW.

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Kennon Perry

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Students walk to the school gymnasium at Joe T. Robinson Middle School west of Little Rock after a minor electrical fire earlier Wednesday.

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The Dillard's headquarters in Little Rock can be seen in this 2003 file photo.

Published August 27, 2008

Humanitarian aid is unloaded from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Dallas, at Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi, Wednesday.

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The U.S. Coast Guard cutter, Dallas at Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi, Wednesday.

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This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Gustav about 130 miles southeast of Guantanamo, Cuba.

Published August 27, 2008

Byron Rodas works on the roof of a modular home at Westchester Modular Homes in Wingdale, N.Y., earlier this month. Sales of new homes posted an unexpected gain in July, the government reported.

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Greg Smith

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Alan Simmons

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Sen. Blanche Lincoln takes the podium Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Published August 26, 2008

Henry Garcia (left) and John Georgiou handle baggage from a Southwest Airlines flight at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., earlier this year. Southwest announced Tuesday it will eliminate nearly 200 flights beginning in January 2009.

Published August 26, 2008

Carrol Duvall opens the bullet-shattered storm door on the front of his home in Jacksonville across the street from 200 Foxwood Drive, where Steven Smith was shot and killed by police after several exchanges of gunfire Monday evening. Smith's father, Walter Smith, sought refuge with Duvall before the shooting began.

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A University of Arkansas student parks his scooter near several others on a grass strip on Ozark Avenue next to Kimpel Hall on campus Tuesday afternoon. New rules on campus parking will require students to park their scooters in designated areas.

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Steve Smith

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A paramilitary soldier from Pakistan stands guard outside the residence of Lynne Tracy, a U.S. diplomat, Tuesday in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Published August 26, 2008

A separatist fighter prepares to fire his Kalashnikov, while another hangs a Russian, left, and South Ossetian separatists' flags, in Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's separatist-controlled territory of South Ossetia, Tuesday.

Published August 26, 2008

Gary William Dunn

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Little Rock Police Academy cadets fire at close range during target practice Monday morning at the Police Department training facility. Police say that even after these 12 cadets graduate on Friday the department will still be short several positions.

Published August 25, 2008

Michelle Obama inspects the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Monday morning in Denver with her brother, Craig Robinson, and her daughter, Sasha, 7.

Published August 25, 2008

Traders watch their monitors Monday while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks fell for the first time in four days on concerns about credit writedowns.

Published August 25, 2008

Pupils head for their classrooms Monday at Pulaski County Special School District's Chenal Elementary School at 21201 Denny Road.

Published August 25, 2008

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke leaves the Saturday morning meeting of the annual Fed symposium near Jackson Hole, Wyo. Participants explored ways to avert global financial crises.

Published August 25, 2008

Kay Oursler shows baskets and other items she received as gifts from the people of Uhekule, Tanzania, at a farewell party.

Published August 25, 2008

Sen. Joe Biden and wife Jill greet passengers during a brief campaign stop Monday morning at the Amtrak station in Wilmington, Del., before leaving for the Democratic Convention in Denver.

Published August 25, 2008

A sign notes a new price for a house in Portland, Ore., Tuesday.

Published August 25, 2008

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gestures during a news conference in Islamabad on Monday.

Published August 25, 2008

Bryant's Dijon Benton (middle) is brought down by Cabot players Jordan Carlisle (#11) and Michael James (#14) in this 2007 file photo.

Published August 25, 2008

Dijon Benton of Bryant

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University of Arkansas receiver Carlton Salters (center) watches the special teams run drills during afternoons practice in Fayetteville last week.

Published August 25, 2008

Arkansas's Carlton Salters runs after a catch during the Razorbacks' football practice last week.

Published August 25, 2008

A protester and a police officer clash Sunday in Denver as the city prepares for the Democratic National Convention.

Published August 25, 2008

Kathy Wells with the Downtown Neighborhood Association talks with Little Rock Police Capt. Dustin Robertson about crime in downtown. The association was one of the first neighborhood groups in the city to establish an e-mail group to share information about happenings including crime.

Published August 25, 2008

Sean Anderson of Longmont, Colo., secures the North Carolina delegation sign at the site of the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Sunday. The convention begins today.

Published August 24, 2008

Dancers perform at the closing ceremonies Sunday for the 2008 Olympics inside Beijing's National Stadium.

Published August 24, 2008

Little Rock Animal Village veterinarian Dr. Stacy Spells (right) examines a beagle picked up by Out of the Woods Rescue volunteer Lori Sattler (left). Little Rock Animal Services agreed to let the city vet examine the animal who that roaming a highway in Mayflower. The dog has since been fostered by Out of the Woods Rescue.

Published August 24, 2008

Charles Goss (left), retiring chairman of the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee, and Little Rock Wastewater Director Reggie Corbitt talk about working together for the past 12 years.

Published August 24, 2008

Bryan Day (left) assistant city manager, talks with Mayor Mark Stodola about area crime during a Neighborhood Association meeting at Curran Hall. At right are Kathy Wells and Capt. Dustin Robertson. Neighborhood e-mail groups are popular for sharing information that doesn't appear in the newspaper or come from official sources, though some top officials use them, too.

Published August 24, 2008

U.S. sailors unload boxes of aid on the deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul anchored in the harbor of Batumi, western Georgia, on Sunday.

Published August 24, 2008

Curator Greg Stitz talks about recent additions to the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum while onboard the USS Razorback submarine that is part of the museum's complex in North Little Rock.

Published August 24, 2008

Fireworks burst above the National Stadium on Sunday during the closing ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Published August 24, 2008

A television photographer shoots the podium at the site of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Published August 23, 2008

Loyd Stanley of Stanley Jewelers, 3422 JFK Blvd., North Little Rock.

Published August 23, 2008

University of Arkansas Chancellor David Gearhart (bottom) speaks to university employees Aug. 1 at the New and Not-So-New Employee Ice Cream Social inside the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House in Fayetteville.

Published August 23, 2008

UAMS genetics department assistant professor Dr. Kent D. McKelvey talks with patient Jennifer Cox.

Published August 23, 2008

Western Illinois head football Coach Don Patterson

Published August 23, 2008

Ryan Schutt works on a Boeing 767 at the company's Everett, Wash., plant in June. Boeing Co. is considering dropping out of the bidding for a $35 billion contract to build tankers for the Air Force.

Published August 23, 2008

Ouachita Baptist Coach Todd Knight is planning on the Tigers being more of a passing team this season behind quarterback Lance Parker.

Published August 23, 2008

Cornerback Jerell Norton is still rehabbing his injuries, contributing to the uncertainty about who will get playing time at the position.

Published August 23, 2008

Lonoke County sheriff's deputies arrest a man authorities said hid in a wooded area on South Kerr Road after fleeing from North Little Rock police.

Published August 23, 2008

A convoy of Russian troops near Khobi, Georgia, drives toward the Abkhazian border Friday as Russia began withdrawing its forces from Georgia.

Published August 23, 2008

Vince Ballard tries to get an arm bone out without setting off a buzzer at the Grossology exhibit.

Published August 22, 2008

Crystal Gordon, an art teacher at Eastside Elementary in Greenbrier, has her art supply closet well-stocked with supplies from the THEA Foundation.

Published August 22, 2008

Former jockey Gary Telford of Bald Knob stands with Behringer, a 9-year-old Arabian stallion owned by Craig and Cathy Christiansen.

Published August 22, 2008

Ruling party leader Asif Ali Zardari, left, speaks during the party's central executive meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday in this handout photo released by Pakistan People's Party.

Published August 22, 2008

Stan Kasyanov surveys flood waters surrounding his house left by Tropical Storm Fay in the Lamplighter Village in Melbourne, Fla. Friday

Published August 22, 2008

A convoy of Russian troops drives towards the Abkhazian border at the edge of Khobi, western Georgia, Friday.

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Freddie Mac and Treasury officials meet Wednesday inside the Treasury building in Washington, D.C.

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Freshman defensive lineman Lavunce Askew, fighting for a backup spot this year, received some words of praise from Coach Bobby Petrino, but some improvement is still needed.

Published August 22, 2008

American Carli Lloyd celebrates the winning goal early in a 1-0 victory over Brazil in the gold medal game Thursday. Details on Page 6C.

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Kathleen McQueen and Rob Hammons with the secretary of state's office count pages of signatures Thursday on a petition to get a proposed initiated act on adoptions on the November ballot.

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Iraqi soldiers raid a house Thursday in western Baghdad during a 24-hour security sweep.

Published August 22, 2008

Cynthia and Tom Coughlin (right) leave the Benton County Courthouse with attorney Tim Brooks on Thursday.

Published August 22, 2008

Kurt Boniecki, (left) president of the University of Central Arkansas faculty senate, and Lance Grahn, dean of faculty, talk Thursday about President Lu Hardin.

Published August 22, 2008

Sean West, the dapper don of Little Rock R&B, performs with Solfude on Saturday at Crush Wine Bar.

Published August 21, 2008

Boy Scouts Evan Skaggs and Chance McMahon learn about the forest during a hike at Pinnacle Mountain State Park. The park has regularly scheduled hikes and educational programs. Guests can tour a fire engine this Saturday as part of the "Firefighters' World" program.

Published August 21, 2008

Barbeque Shrimp ring a rice cake and a roasted lime is an appetizer at Vieux Carre in Hillcrest.

Published August 21, 2008

The annual National Championship Chuckwagon Races.

Published August 21, 2008

Morris Day entertains a crowd at Robinson Center Music Hall as part of The Tom Joyner Show, which was broadcast from there in January 2000.

Published August 21, 2008

10 Years is Jesse Haske (from left), Brian Vodinh , Lewis Cosby , Matt Wantland and Ryan "Tater" Johnson.

Published August 21, 2008

Joshua Miller (from left), Ryan Whitfield, William Moon and Caleb Bahr rehearse a scene from Del Shores' Southern Baptist Sissies, opening tonight at The Weekend Theater.

Published August 21, 2008

Philippe Petit steps onto a cable strung between the roofs of the World Trade Center's twin towers in the documentary Man on Wire.

Published August 21, 2008

Drummer Robert Fishman (Rainn Wilson) joins his nephew's band in The Rocker.

Published August 21, 2008

Cyrus (Dash Mihok) and Curtis (Ice Cube) are determined to turn Jasmine (Keke Palmer ) into a star quarterback.

Published August 21, 2008

Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson), Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) and Coach (Ian Mc- Shane) consider their options for survival.

Published August 21, 2008

Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) and his navigator, Case (Natalie Martinez), lurk outside Frankenstein's Monster in Death Race.

Published August 21, 2008

Former actor turned drama coach Dana Marschz (Steve Coogan, with long hair) and star student Rand (Skylar Astin) take on a high school production of Marschz's original musical in Hamlet 2.

Published August 21, 2008

Anna Faris stars in Columbia Pictures' comedy The House Bunny.

Published August 21, 2008

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified on Capitol Hill in July about the nation's financial crisis and will likely face tough questions at a conference that begins in Wyoming today.

Published August 21, 2008

Passengers enter the North Terminal at Gatwick airport in Crawley, Sussex, England, on Wednesday. Britain's antitrust regulators recommended Wednesday that BAA Ltd., which owns seven U.K. airports, sell Gatwick and Stansted airports and one airport in Scotland.

Published August 21, 2008

Churandy Martina of Netherlands Antilles (1003) and American Wallace Spearmon finished second and third, respectively, but later were disqualified for running out of their lanes.

Published August 21, 2008

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski wait Wednesday in Warsaw to formally sign a missile defense agreement. Hours later, Russia vowed "to react."

Published August 21, 2008

Evan Bayh

Published August 20, 2008

Joe Biden

Published August 20, 2008

Tim Kaine

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Kathleen Sebelius

Published August 20, 2008

Tyler Wilson drops back to pass during a summer practice at the University of Arkansas practice field in Fayetteville.

Published August 20, 2008

Oxford American

Published August 20, 2008

Chane "Epiphany" Morrow explains the principles behind IAmTheLife.net, a project of the Little Rock label Conduit Entertainment.

Published August 20, 2008

Martha Teresa Lamas is seen in this undated file photo. Her remains were found Nov. 26, 2007, by a jogger in Hot Springs National Park.

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Brandon Barnett

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London Crawford

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Casey Dick

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Nathan Dick

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Reggie Fish

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A Russian tank is camouflaged in the Georgian village of Kekhvi, 6.25 miles north of the,capital of the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, Wednesday.

Published August 20, 2008

Smoke is seen at a the scene of a plane crash in Madrid Wednesday in this photo rendered from video and provided by TVE Spain.

Published August 20, 2008

Water runs off the road near the Ãntersection of Kavanaugh and North Lookout St. in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Little Rock.

Published August 20, 2008

Wholesale Prices

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Market index chart for Aug. 19

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Housing starts ending in July 2008

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Little Rock National Airport Plan

Published August 20, 2008

Georgia and Russia conflict area

Published August 20, 2008

Customers shop at a Home Depot store in Chicago on Aug. 8. The company on Tuesday projected a 24 percent drop in earnings for the year.

Published August 19, 2008

Bars cover the windows of the house where a Pine Bluff man died and his parents were injured early Tuesday.

Published August 19, 2008

Pan-seared scallops with black grapes and almonds provides a tasty contrast in texture, flavor.

Published August 19, 2008

Rebecca Jones helps son Eli, 7 months, stand while Sharon Long lends support at a meeting of the New Moms Support Group.

Published August 19, 2008

Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Jim Gunter

Published August 19, 2008

An armored vehicle of French troops heads toward the scene of a gun battle in Surobi, Afghanistan, Tuesday

Published August 19, 2008

Fields

Published August 18, 2008

Former President Clinton (left) hugs Gov. Mike Beebe before the funeral Monday for Bill Gwatney. U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York is to the right.

Published August 18, 2008

A Lexus IS-F sport sedan is shown in Point Mugu, Calif., in February. Lexus leads the latest consumer satisfaction survey among American auto buyers.

Published August 18, 2008

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, speaks during a meeting with Russian militaries, as Gen. Vladimir Boldyrev, right, looks on, in the city of Vladikavkaz, Russia.

Published August 18, 2008

Outgoing President Pervez Musharraf is surrounded by top military officers as he leaves the Presidential House in Islamabad, Pakistan Monday.

Published August 18, 2008

Mexican Consul Andres Chao Ebergenyi (left) talks to listeners on a radio show Friday inside the KSEC-FM 95.7 studio in Springdale while host Silvana "Piba" Pagliuca monitors the soundboard. Chao has the hour-long call-in show every Friday at 5 p.m.

Published August 17, 2008

Members of the Rogers Heritage High School marching band head back to the band room after Sunday's dedication ceremony in the gymnasium of the new school.

Published August 17, 2008

Patrick Beverley

Published August 17, 2008

Rick Wagoner, chief executive of General Motors Corp., stands by a prototype of the Chevrolet Volt electric car in Detroit earlier this year.

Published August 17, 2008

Dancers consider flexibility exercises an essential part of their craft. Allison Stearns (top) and Julia Aronson stretch during an Arkansas Festival Ballet workshop in 2005.

Published August 17, 2008

Noses and smiles protected by full-face grills, Kristen Miles (left) of Sherwood and Amy Morrow of Jacksonville joke between drills.

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Snow Lake, isolated from the rest of Desha County by rivers with no nearby bridges, sits at the end of Arkansas 85.

Published August 16, 2008

Jerri and Kevin Gillespie of Bentonville haul some of daughter Brittany's belongings into Yokum Hall on Saturday at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Brittany Gillespie will be a freshman at UA.

Published August 16, 2008

Passengers exit Terminal D at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport last week in Grapevine, Texas.

Published August 16, 2008

Alan Greenspan

Published August 16, 2008

A Bosch technician works on a gasoline direct-injection engine at a Robert Bosch GmbH plant in France.

Published August 16, 2008

Laura Stanley weighs piles of gold and platinum items earlier this month at Stanley Jewelers in North Little Rock.

Published August 16, 2008

Bodybuilding contestants compete Saturday in the preliminary judging of the Novice Men's Middleweight Division during the Arkansas State Bodybuilding Championships in Little Rock.

Published August 16, 2008

Jamaica's Usain Bolt (right) easily wins the gold medal in the 100-meter final at Beijing's National Stadium on Saturday, setting a world record of 9.69 seconds. Bolt, who held the previous record, trimmed 0.03 seconds off that mark. Richard Thompson of Trinidad (second from right) was second and American Walter Dix (third from right) was third.

Published August 16, 2008

Ben Cleveland

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Little Rock National Airport Executive Director Ron Mathieu

Published August 16, 2008

The telegram that Hank Williams' mother sent to family members to inform them of his death.

Published August 16, 2008

Kirby Martin

Published August 15, 2008

Brett Favre

Published August 15, 2008

Jonathan Singer sports a new suit in a slimmed-down style on a business trip to Oregon last week.

Published August 15, 2008

Charity DeLuca of LiveFuels in San Carlos, Calif., works with algae samples last month in her laboratory. The company is part of a drive to develop homegrown alternatives to petroleum-based jet fuel.

Published August 15, 2008

Georgia Sells checks her calendar during a recent open house.

Published August 15, 2008

Displaced Georgians receive bread on the outskirts of Gori on Friday.

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Proceeds from Restaurant Week will go to benefit Arkansas Hospice.

Published August 14, 2008

Max Farrell will perform at the Downtown Music Hall.

Published August 14, 2008

Rackensackers' 45th anniversary will be celebrated this weekend.

Published August 14, 2008

Scooter (voiced by David Gore) in Fly Me to the Moon.

Published August 14, 2008

Ahsoka Tano bravely engages in battle with a fearsome enemy in STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS.

Published August 14, 2008

Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) has trouble with his emotions in The Wackness.

Published August 14, 2008

Jack Chen (Chow Yun Fat, left) and George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) come up with a daring plan to save the occupants of an orphanage in The Children of Huang Shi.

Published August 14, 2008

Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem) attracts the attention of Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Published August 14, 2008

Henry (Luke Wilson) chats about his newly purchased house with real estate agent Meg (Cheryl Hines) in Henry Poole is Here.

Published August 14, 2008

Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) puts on his best action-hero face to star in a blockbuster- style war film he hopes will revitalize his career in Tropic Thunder.

Published August 14, 2008

Russian soldiers point their guns to the Georgian troops on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday.

Published August 14, 2008

Gwatney shooting maps

Published August 14, 2008

Bomb explodes near bus in Lebanon

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Proposed Rock Quarry map

Published August 14, 2008

Residential Units Sold by county

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Retail Sales

Published August 14, 2008

Teenagers shop Tuesday at a mall in San Jose, Calif. Retail sales fell in July, the weakest performance in five months, the government reported Wednesday.

Published August 14, 2008

Curtis Treece of Williams Heat and Air installs duct work Wednesday morning in a house being built at 13 Crestview Court in Maumelle.

Published August 14, 2008

Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino said he saw some progress from the defense in Wednesday's scrimmage, but the offense had most of the highlights.

Published August 14, 2008

American swimmer Michael Phelps, with five of his eight races in the books, is the defending Olympic champion in his three remaining races.

Published August 14, 2008

Dale Nicholson (right), general manager of KATV, Channel 7, in Little Rock, talks about Arkansas' new agreement with ISP Sports as Ben Sutton, ISP's chief executive officer, listens.

Published August 14, 2008

House and Senate chairmen Rep. Mike Kenney (right) and Sen. Jim Argue (second from right) huddle with other legislators - Rep. Janet Johnson (from left), Rep. Rick Saunders, Rep. Betty Pickett, and Rep. Bill Abernathy - before the joint meeting of the Senate and House Interim Committee on Education on Wednesday.

Published August 14, 2008

In Georgia, Russian soldiers ride atop military vehicles in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia.

Published August 14, 2008

Police work Wednesday in Grant County around a Dodge pickup driven by Timothy Dale Johnson, who police say shot and killed Bill Gwatney.

Published August 14, 2008

Timothy Johnson

Published August 13, 2008

Officials and emergency personnel gather around a wounded man who shot state Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney before leading authorities on a chase that ended near Sheridan when gunfire was exchanged and the suspect was hit. Both Gwatney and the gunman later died from their injuries.

Published August 13, 2008

Published August 13, 2008

People standing outside of the Arkansas Democratic Headquarters in Little Rock after a shooting Wednesday.

Published August 13, 2008

People stand outside of the Arkansas Democratic Headquarters in Little Rock after a shooting Wednesday.

Published August 13, 2008

Bill Gwatney, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Arkansas, in a Feb. 2008 file photo.

Published August 13, 2008

South Ossetians who were driven from their homes by fighting, wait to be registered at a refugee camp in the town of Alagir in the Russian province of North Ossetia, Wednesday.

Published August 13, 2008

A man looks at the shell of a Georgian military vehicle Tuesday outside the city of Gori in central Georgia.

Published August 12, 2008

Arkansas kicker Alex Tejada, who dislocated a knee cap in May, said he will be ready when the Razorbacks open their season against Western Illinois later this month in Fayetteville.

Published August 12, 2008

A crane loads cargo containers onto a ship at the Port of Miami in this January 2007 photo. The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly fell in June, as exports rose 4 percent, the government reported Tuesday.

Published August 12, 2008

Tropical cocktail-inspired Pina Colada Ice Pops for adults are the next best thing to lounging on the beach sipping a drink from a coconut shell.

Published August 12, 2008

Holly Crain helps Britany McDowell and 8-month-old Jayden Howell make a selection from the menu on the side of Crain's ice-cream truck.

Published August 12, 2008

Russian soldiers sit atop a military vehicle on a road to Tskhinvali, the capital of the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia, on Monday.

Published August 12, 2008

Bodyguards escort Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to shelter under the threat of a Russian air attack Monday in Gori, Georgia.

Published August 11, 2008

Willy Robinson

Published August 11, 2008

Michael Phelps of the United States floats after winning a heat of the men's 200-meter butterfly during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics on Monday.

Published August 11, 2008

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Stocks advanced, but gave back some gains, with the Dow Jones industrial average ending the day up 48.03.

Published August 11, 2008

A Waste Management worker picks up trash in Spring, Texas, last fall.

Published August 11, 2008

Here's what happens when a cheese souffle falls- in the car. It slid off the dashboard and burned Ron Wolfe's fingers when he tried to catch the dish.

Published August 11, 2008

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones enters Judge Ray Reynolds' courtroom in the Washington County Jail in Fayetteville Monday morning.

Published August 11, 2008

A column of Russian armored vehicles and trucks passes a heavily loaded car with a license plate of the separatist Georgian province of South Ossetia near the town of Dzhava, South Ossetia, on Sunday.

Published August 10, 2008

Jeff Ma (left) and Mike Kerns, who run Citizen Sports Inc. in San Francisco, hope to introduce a younger generation of players to fantasy football.

Published August 10, 2008

Olympian Kate Ziegler works out with her local Virginia team. Her advice: Don't goof off. Make your workout as productive as possible.

Published August 10, 2008

Squinting into the rising sun, participants in the 2008 Little Rock Marathon begin their 26.2 mile journey on President Clinton Ave.

Published August 10, 2008

Michael Smith runs drills during practice Friday evening in Fayetteville.

Published August 9, 2008

Gov. Mike Beebe checks out his competition, Rep. Mike Ross, during a watermelon-eating contest at Hope on Saturday. Both lost to the four-time defending champion, the vice mayor of Hope.

Published August 9, 2008

Published August 9, 2008

Anthony Rogers

Published August 9, 2008

In a undated family photo released by Bachman's Inc., a Minneapolis company, CEO Todd Bachman, right, is shown with his wife Barbara, left, and daughter, former Oympian Elisabeth, center. Todd Bachman died on opening day of the Olympics after he and his wife were attacked by a knife-wielding man as they visited the 13th century Drum Tower while at the Olympics in Beijing. Barbara Bachman is in serious condition. Their daughter Elisabeth is married to U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Head coach Hugh McCutcheon.

Published August 9, 2008

University of Arkansas tailback Dennis Johnson runs the ball during practice Friday afternoon in Fayetteville.

Published August 9, 2008

Theresa Goade looks at products in a back-to-school display at a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Rogers. A survey suggests shoppers have cut their budget for 2008 school supplies.

Published August 9, 2008

Bob Ragsdale, an employee of the Argenta Downtown Council, waters a basket of pink and purple petunias in front of 116 Main St. in downtown North Little Rock.

Published August 9, 2008

Garbo Hearne of Hearne Fine Art started out selling prints but now sells work you can't find at J.C. Penney.

Published August 9, 2008

Conservator Ryszard Wojtowicz works on the colossal Cyclorama painting, which is 377 feet in circumference and 42 feet tall. The restoration took seven years and cost $15 million.

Published August 9, 2008

Phone books are stacked in Omaha, Neb., on Wednesday. The phone-book industry is facing challenges in 2008, including legislators who want to limit how books are distributed.

Published August 9, 2008

J.B. Holmes followed a first-round 71 with a 2-under-par 68 to take a 1-stroke lead over Charlie Wi, Justin Rose and Ben Curtis in the PGA Championship. Holmes is the only golfer under par for the tournament.

Published August 9, 2008

Christal Ransom

Published August 9, 2008

Bobby Petrino's offensive scheme was one reason Dennis Johnson (33) chose Arkansas.

Published August 9, 2008

Arkansas' Patrick Beverley, who would have been the team's top returning scorer, will not play this season, according to a UA news release.

Published August 9, 2008

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Published August 8, 2008

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Published August 8, 2008

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain speaks during a news conference Friday at the Embassy Suites in Rogers. McCain was in town for a fundraiser later in the evening.

Published August 8, 2008

Emergency officials walk around a wrecked bus, righted after a deadly crash Friday into a guardrail on U.S. 75 in Sherman, Texas, about 65 miles north of Dallas.

Published August 8, 2008

A stuffed male ivory-billed woodpecker, on display in the New York State Museum in Albany, is shown in a 2005 photo.

Published August 8, 2008

The Olympic cauldron shines above National Stadium in Beijing after Friday's opening ceremony.

Published August 8, 2008

Beth Eggers clips zinnias at her family flower farm near Wye Mountain early Friday morning. The Eggerses sell most of their flowers at Little Rock's River Market Farmers Market.

Published August 8, 2008

Michael Garrison

Published August 8, 2008

In this image made from television, a convoy of Russian tanks moves towards Tskhinvali in the South Ossetian Georgian enclave on Friday.

Published August 8, 2008

Brad Hufhines with the Beaver Water District gives a demonstration on how to build a rain barrel on a recent Saturday morning at the Fayetteville Farmers Market.

Published August 8, 2008

Samantha Setian, left, and her identical twin sister, Nikki, are in the middle of recording their first country album. They have been traveling between Los Angeles and Nashville, Tenn., to record.

Published August 8, 2008

Disco Kokie, middle row, left, and Nico Katulo, middle row, right, both of Namibia, Africa, spent the summer living with the Seibert family in the Salem Community of Benton. Also pictured are Karl and Mary Anne Seibert, front row, and David and Emily Rosenthal and their son, Gideon. Emily is a daughter of Karl and Mary Anne.

Published August 8, 2008

Anna Floyd, 70, manages Brockwell Gospel Music School. She first attended the school, which her father helped found, as a preteen in the 1950s.

Published August 8, 2008

An illuminated globe appears on the floor of the National Stadium during the opening ceremonies for the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday.

Published August 8, 2008

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Published August 8, 2008

Published August 8, 2008

Kip Cullers talks to farmers visiting his farm near Stark City, Mo., on Wednesday. More than 2,000 traveled from all over the U.S. and other countries to learn his secrets for growing soybeans.

Published August 8, 2008

Robert Ward, 7, and his mother, Lynn, shop at the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Pleasant Crossing Boulevard in Rogers on Tuesday.

Published August 8, 2008

Andres Romero of Argentina was the only late starter under par when play was suspended Thursday. Romero was 2 under through 16 holes, the same as first-round leaders Jeev Milkha Singh and Robert Karlsson.

Published August 8, 2008

Defensive backs Ryan Powers (left) and Jermain Love initiate some contact during practice this week. More hitting and contact work is what Coach Bobby Petrino is looking for as the Hogs prepare for the season opener.

Published August 8, 2008

Music teacher Jan Adcock (left); Marsha Masters, assistant principal; and curriculum specialist Becky Tolson prepare Thursday for a dedication ceremony at the new Chenal Elementary School.

Published August 8, 2008

Dr. Shirolyn Ruth Moffett (left) listens as a patient testifies on her behalf at an Arkansas State Medical Board hearing Thursday in Little Rock.

Published August 8, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigns July 31 for Barack Obama at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees convention in San Francisco.

Published August 8, 2008

Assessment Coordination Department officials regarding Benton County property values during a Legislative Council meeting Thursday at the Capitol in Little Rock.

Published August 8, 2008

Published August 8, 2008

Published August 8, 2008

Bob Helton looks through an assortment of wooden handles to be used as replacements for hammers, axes and other tools while hitting the sales in Kenwood during the 2007 Bargains Galore on 64 event.

Published August 8, 2008

Blend

Published August 8, 2008

Cow skulls, saddle tack and puppies are shown for sale during Bargains Galore on 64 near Coal Hill in 2007. The ninth annual event, which cranked up on Thursday, continues alongside Arkansas 64 from Fort Smith, past Conway to Beebe.

Published August 8, 2008

Susan Kerr and Freddy Hunter have lunch at The Purple Cow's Chenal Parkway location.

Published August 8, 2008

A purple vanilla shake complements the BBQ Bacon Cheddar Burger at The Purple Cow.

Published August 8, 2008

Jon McLaughlin

Published August 8, 2008

The XXzotic identity was once spread throughout Little Rock via the rapper's hit radio single "Caught Up" and in the Chevrolet Tahoe she drove emblazoned with her own face and name. Now, the performer, in concert today at Downtown Music, has morphed into the more demure Nina James.

Published August 8, 2008

Steven Curtis Chapman

Published August 8, 2008

"Strats and Friends" - (from left) Marquis Hunt, Tawanna Campbell, Stratsimir Pavlov, Kristina Marinova-Pavlov and Bryan LaRue - will perform tonight at Wildwood Park for the Arts. Proceeds from the concert will go toward Pavlov's "pilgrimage" to his native Bulgaria.

Published August 8, 2008

President George W. Bush, center, his wife First Lady Laura Bush, right, and daughter Barbara Bush, left, arrive in Beijing, China, on Thursday.

Published August 7, 2008

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick attends a hearing in 36th District Court Thursday in Detroit, Mich.

Published August 7, 2008

Nim (Abigail Breslin) in Nim's Island

Published August 7, 2008

The late Heath Ledger delivered an amazing and memorable performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight.

Published August 7, 2008

Rack (Toby Keith) takes a break from enforcing the law in Beer for My Horses.

Published August 7, 2008

Dale Denton (Seth Rogen, left) and Saul Silver (James Franco) have to abandon their laid-back ways by stealing a police car to save themselves in Pineapple Express.

Published August 7, 2008

Bridget (Blake Lively) shares more than a unique pair of trousers with her friends in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

Published August 7, 2008

Lena (Alexis Bledel) has second thoughts about getting away in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

Published August 7, 2008

Lena (Alexis Bledel, from left), Carmen (America Ferrera), Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) and Bridget (Blake Lively) reunite in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

Published August 7, 2008

Dale Denton (Seth Rogen, from left), Saul Silver (James Franco) and Red (Danny McBride) are lucky to be alive after a violent encounter with murderous thugs that costs Dale his pants in Pineapple Express.

Published August 7, 2008

Alex Gibney

Published August 7, 2008

The career of a unique journalist is explored in Gonzo: The Life & Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.

Published August 7, 2008

Jeremy C. Lasiter, Arkansas Department of Education general counsel

Published August 7, 2008

Stock Indexes graphic for Aug. 7

Published August 7, 2008

Paul Eells Drive location

Published August 7, 2008

Fishing map for Aug. 7

Published August 7, 2008

Army stages Coup is Mauritania

Published August 7, 2008

Freddie at a Loss

Published August 7, 2008

Going in circles: Alltel advertising

Published August 7, 2008

Jonathan Fox, 27, of Baton Rouge carries his ski after competing in the slalom event. It was Fox's first time to enter a regional competition. This was the first time the regional event has been held in Arkansas since 1978.

Published August 7, 2008

Science fiction writer Frederik Pohl, working on a laptop computer at his Palatine, Ill., home, collaborated with Arthur C. Clarke to finish his final work, The Last Theorem. Clarke died in March at age 90.

Published August 7, 2008

A worker sorts threads at a textile factory in Hefei, in eastern China's Anhui province, in this file photo. From clothing exports to auto sales, China's economy is weakening.

Published August 7, 2008

Taxation of produce sold at the River Market Farmers Market in Little Rock (shown above in a file photo) and elsewhere could have a chilling effect on business, some observers say.

Published August 7, 2008

Wide receiver Chris Denney led the Arkansas Twisters with 1,505 receiving yards and 107 catches.

Published August 7, 2008

Arkansas senior quarterback Casey Dick, who has started at least one game in each of his three previous seasons, is the presumptive starter for the Razorbacks this season, but four others are lined up behind him and a fifth is ineligible this season.

Published August 7, 2008

Former Arkansas State pole vaulter Jeff Hartwig will become the oldest Olympic vaulter when the competition begins Aug. 20 in Beijing.

Published August 7, 2008

I. Dodd Wilson, chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, addresses questions in Little Rock about a report released Wednesday by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General.

Published August 7, 2008

Richard Wilson (left) of the state Bureau of Legislative Research fields a question Wednesday from state Sen. Dave Bisbee, R-Rogers (far right), about additional funding for transportation needs in state public education. State Sen. Jim Argue, D-Little Rock, is seated at center.

Published August 7, 2008

The new Razorbacks football jersey features tusk-like stripes running down the sides.

Published August 5, 2008

Margaux Isaksen

Published August 5, 2008

Rep. Sharon Dobbins, D-North Little Rock, leaves the Capitol on Tuesday after legislation was approved barring her husband from being seated in the Legislature.

Published August 5, 2008

Arkansas players sit for interviews Tuesday.

Published August 5, 2008

Oreo, a pygmy goat, tries to sneek a bite of bread during a birthday party at the home of Amanda and Joey Brock in Damascas.

Published August 5, 2008

Nathan Simmons and a seining crew for Alice-Sidney Farms LP near Lake Village collect catfish for market. Skyrocketing feed costs are forcing many catfish farmers to cut their production or get out of the business completely.

Published August 5, 2008

Linda Orms (left) and her daughter, Luanne Whitlock, both from Diana, Texas, shield themselves from blowing rain from Tropical Storm Edouard on Tuesday on the Seawall in Galveston, Texas.

Published August 5, 2008

The Girl Scout Council of Crowley's Ridge wants to take the state Highway and Transportation Department's only camelback truss bridge off its hands when the agency widens Arkansas 226 in Craighead County.

Published August 4, 2008

Frank Williams Jr.

Published August 4, 2008

Paul Spence is hugged by his sons after speaking to the Parole Board in the clemency case of Frank Williams Jr., who was sentenced to death for the 1992 murder of Spence's father, Clyde Spence.

Published August 4, 2008

Alexander Solzhenitsyn speaks Oct. 28, 1994, in the Duma, the Russian parliament's lower house, in Moscow, with the state flag as a backdrop, in his first official address after a 20-year exile ended.

Published August 4, 2008

Alistair Cragg

Published August 4, 2008

Jeff Long

Published August 4, 2008

Pedestrians walk outside the headquarters of ImClone Systems Inc. in New York on Monday, as haggling over Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s $4.5 billion buyout offer for the company continued.

Published August 4, 2008

The Piper PA-38 Tomahawk with Barrett Aviation instructor Bill Phillips and former Democrat-Gazette reporter Kate Schuman flies over North Little Rock Municipal Airport. Phillips says co-piloting with an amateur "is not as scary as you would think."

Published August 4, 2008

Students shop for school supplies at Office Depot in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday.

Published August 4, 2008

Olen Thomas operates a forklift at his building materials business in North Little Rock on Friday. The North Little Rock alderman will not seek re-election.

Published August 3, 2008

Billy Taylor relaxes at Maumelle Park where he and his wife, Sharon, are staying in a travel trailer while he undergoes cancer treatment at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Published August 3, 2008

Harrison Martin takes a jet pack for a test flight last week at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual fly-in at Oshkosh, Wis.

Published August 3, 2008

Brett Favre

Published August 3, 2008

Nikita Glushik, 19, visits Russian Web site Vkontakte, a Facebook competitor with 14 million users, at an Internet cafe in Moscow.

Published August 3, 2008

Every woman interprets belly dance in her own way, but first she has to learn the moves. Jennifer Steinauer (center) leads Ali Blalock (left) and Suguna Madaiah (right) in a tribal-style dancing class at Fayetteville Athletic Club.

Published August 3, 2008

The Interstate 30 bridge over the Arkansas River, which carries 107,000 cars a day, turns 50 this year.

Published August 2, 2008

Danny Ball gives blood at a blood drive and birthday party for his grandson Hunter Wilson on Saturday at the Arkansas School for the Deaf.

Published August 2, 2008

Wenzel Wochos walks Thursday afternoon along the dry bed of Kelly Creek on his land near Royal.

Published August 2, 2008

Paul Suskie

Published August 2, 2008

Jacques Rogge

Published August 2, 2008

Amy Begley (left) Shalane Flanagan and Kara Goucher (right) celebrate after the women's 10,000 meter final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., on June 27.

Published August 2, 2008

Arkansas Travelers first baseman Mark Trumbo, promoted from Class A Rancho Cucamonga on Monday, wasted no time in making a contribution, finishing 7 for 9 with 2 home runs, a double and 4 RBI singles in his first two games.

Published August 2, 2008

New Jeep sport utility vehicles are parked on the lot of the Adzam Chrysler Jeep dealership recently in Bedford Hills, N.Y.

Published August 2, 2008

Cammack Village's Mayor Harry Light is a highly skilled multitasking lawyer. He also is a dog person.

Published August 2, 2008

A tractor-trailer carrying Anheuser-Busch products backs up between two parked trailers at the company's St. Louis brewery in July.

Published August 2, 2008

Culture samples are checked at the Cobb-Vantress lab for salmonella. The one on the left tested positive.

Published August 2, 2008

Small, glossy handbills help hip-hop artists get their names out.

Published August 2, 2008

At John's Hot Tamales drive-thru in Cleveland, Miss., and throughout the Delta, tamales are hand-rolled by the dozens.

Published August 2, 2008

A hazardous-materials unit worker is hosed down in October 2001 after inspecting Capitol Hill buildings for anthrax.

Published August 1, 2008

Shelly Measel, a secretary at the Sol Alman Co., shows how the company tracks scrap metal sales on Thursday afternoon.

Published August 1, 2008

State Sen. Tracy Steele greets Ellen Carpenter at the announcement Friday of a $115,000 scholarship program, named in her honor, for students at historically black colleges in Arkansas.

Published August 1, 2008

David Lindsay prepares to jab while training at the Westside Kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gym. For a feature on the growing popularity of mixed martial arts in Arkansas.

Published August 1, 2008

University of Arkansas basketball coach John Pelphrey talks during a news conference Thursday afternoon at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.

Published August 1, 2008

Unemployed Donte Walker reads an employment newspaper at the employment training facility, JobTrain, in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday

Published August 1, 2008

Unemployment brochures are seen on display at the employment training facility, JobTrain, in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday.

Published August 1, 2008

An unsold 2008 Acadias sits at a GMC Truck dealership in Littleton, Englewood Colo. in this July 2008 file photo.

Published August 1, 2008

The Frederick, Md. home of Bruce E. Ivins, 62, who died Tuesday of an apparent overdose of prescription Tylenol mixed with codeine, is shown in this photograph taken Friday.

Published August 1, 2008

Sylvia Yeager of Batesville had to fly to Tulsa, Okla., the nearest Smart dealership, to pick up her new Smart car.

Published August 1, 2008

Gina Norman sits in front of the donated house at 303 River St. that will be moved to a new location and renovated for Angel House.

Published August 1, 2008

Greenbrier Superintendent Scott Spainhour, former superintendent in Sheridan, will be one of many new faces on campus when school starts Monday, Aug. 18.

Published August 1, 2008

Henry Paulson, U.S. treasury secretary, tells the Exchequer Club in Washington, D.C., that he expects the government's fiscal stimulus plan to pep up economic growth in the second half of the year.

Published August 1, 2008

Taylor Fisher of Hot Springs consoles her opponent, Summar Roachell (right) of Conway, after winning the Arkansas Golf Association Junior Stroke Play at Pine Bluff on the sixth hole of their sudden-death playoff.

Published August 1, 2008

Auburn Coach Tommy Tuberville will have new offensive and defensive coordinators and change to a wide-open offense this season.

Published August 1, 2008

Blake Perry, 13, pokes the pinto beans on a food tray prepared by and for inmates at the Pulaski County jail in Little Rock during the Junior Deputy Academy program Thursday.

Published August 1, 2008

Former Decatur School District Board President Michael Wilkins (left), state Sen. Dave Bisbee (center), R-Rogers, and consultant LeRoy Ortman hear the outcome for the financially troubled district Thursday at a special meeting of the state Board of Education in Little Rock.

Published August 1, 2008

President Bush makes a statement at the White House on Thursday before leaving to spend the weekend in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Published August 1, 2008