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Rachel Colbath, 10, of Gilford, NH hugs a sled dog before her uncle's race in the World Championship Sled Dog Derby in Laconia, NH. Rachel has been racing dogs for four years and proudly wore the hat she recently won after finishing third place.
   
Fifth formers (juniors) at St. Paul's School in Concord, NH congregate in their own section of the Coit Hall common room while taking a break during a school dance. St. Paul's (founded in Concord in 1856) is one of the oldest boarding schools in the country.
     
  
Lorenzo Tenorio, 64, stands in his room at the 11th Avenue Hotel in Denver, Colo., on Monday, December 29, 2008. A bullet entered his room during a shooting outside Club Vinyl early Saturday morning. Tenorio was sleeping at the time. "When I heard the first two, I hit the deck," he said. "This must've been his last shot, I guess."
  
Former and current gang members, friends and family gather at New Covenant Christian Church for the funeral of Michael "Sike" Asberry in East Denver, Colo. Asberry was one of the founders of the Denver Crips.
  
Jake, 11, and Cody Schwartz, 15, watch the news at their grandmother's house in Fowler, Colo. Their father, volunteer fire fighter John Schwartz, was killed the day before when the bridge he was driving on collapsed underneath him as he rushed to fight a fire in Ordway.
     
  
Tom Watson makes sausage gravy for the group before the cowboys head out for the Cheyenne Frontier Days cattle drive. Cowboys moved about 500 head of long-horned steers along I-25 to Frontier Park in Cheyenne, Wyo.
   
Kristin Mills leans down to pick up a crayon under her desk in Debbie Dyer-Quinn's second-grade class at Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School in Hillsboro, NH.
   
Friends of Stevie Burns, 19, talk about him outside his home in Littleton, Colo. From left is: Kristen Kroonenberg, Aaron Ingels, Bailey Roberts and Scott Munson. Stevie drowned at "the potholes" in Glade Park two days prior. He and five of his friends were there swimming and he had jumped in to help Kristen Kroonenberg when he got caught in the current.
     
  
John Stark High students (from left) Hanna Glennon, Holly Seddon, and Eric Jackson (holding bunny head) park their car before heading to the Friends Emergency Housing Shelter in Concord. The students were delivering spring baskets to the residents.
  
Ben Morin, 14, (center) skates with friends outside of the pulp mill in Berlin, NH the day after Fraser Papers announced it would be closing the facility. Two hundred and fifty workers, including Morin's father, will lose their jobs.
   
     
  
The dome of the State House sticks out above snow covered tree and roof tops on April 5, 2007 in Concord.
  
  
Wranglers Tim Hastings (left) and CJ Groves joke around while waiting for breakfast at the Colorado Cattle Company dude ranch in New Raymer, Colo.
     
  
A tourist reaches up to touch the glass of the lion habitat in the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The animals are separated from visitors by a glass tunnel that visitors can walk through on their way to the gift shop.
   
Sandi Salas gets a kiss from Jimmy Monroe while demonstrating in support of American troops in Iraq in Santa Fe, NM shortly after the war began. Salas recently enlisted in the services and plans to leave for basic training in a few weeks.
  
Kids play in the grass outside a fenced-in swimming pool at the Cavalier Manor Recreation Center in Portsmouth, Va. Portsmouth's only city pool will be closed this summer due to budget cuts.
     
  
Ashley Roser makes a face at her son Jay, 18 months, while third-year resident Kasey Henderson examines his infected cut. He was one of the first patients at the newly opened Denver Emergency Center for Children at Denver Health Hospital.
   
Juliana Brien walks through the fog in East Concord with her sons, Caden, 2, and Dylan, 11 months. They often walk around the new housing complex because Caden loves to look at the construction equipment.