All the Good Stuff

Soldiers of Afghanistan warlord Kamal Khan occupy and hide inside the governor's mansion in Khost, Afghanistan. warlords
  
Up to two million people attended and got a slight glimpse President Barack Obama's Inauguration.
  
Kerry Zavagnin (left) of the Kansas City Wizards nearly took a kick to the face from Carlos Llamosa of D.C. United.
     
  
Eleven-year-old Cody Solomon of Grain Valley splashes down in a puddle of mud during a mud volleyball tournament.
   
Simplicity prevails in a Amish community in Stanberry, MO.
   
The demolition derby at the Miami County Fair is the number one draw compared to the rodeo which last two days.
     
  
Five year old Muhammed was caught in the middle of crossfire where he suffered burns along with gunshot wounds near Nasiriyah. Out of a family of 15, only Muhammed along with his younger sister and father survived.
   
A policeman at a checkpoint suspends a flower from his AK-47 outside the entrance of a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan.
   
Jason Rowe of Chicago performed a motorcycle stunt in the Flat Out freestyle show in downtown Kansas City.
     
  
Portrait of Vernon Williams, Vice President/group account director at Bernstein-Rein
  
Portrait of Nadia Iozzo of the Kansas City Ballet.
   
Fall Fashion tab for The Kansas City Star.
     
  
Fall Fashion Tab for The Kansas City Star.
   
Portrait of miners from the Lafarge Sugar Creek Cement Plant
   
Monique Maes participates at Studio 150, a job training program to teach job skills using art as a medium.
     
  
Kansas City Art Institute sculpture students Bri Chesler (left to right) and Joel Mersmann take a break from mid-term critiques in front of an untitled mechanical sculpture by fellow sculpture student Jake Wiens in October, 2009. Wiens sculpture was based on his thesis project "real but not real."
  
Two Afghan men take a nap at the Hagi Yaqub crossroad in the Shahar-e-naw district of Kabul, Afghanistan.
  
Iraq war vet Zachary Bagby joined the Army after 911. Tragically for him he killed 3 teenagers wiring roadside bombs. He has been haunted by it ever since and has severe PTSD.
     
  
A few thousand Afghans surrounded resigned province mayor, Mullah Taj Mohammad as he tries to rally them for their support of province representative in Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga.
   
Fall Fashion Tab for The Kansas City Star.
   
Spring Fashion tab for The Kansas CIty Star.
     
  
Portrait of musical artist Tech N9ne
   
A large bullfrog sits camouflaged in a wet-dewy grass in a North Kansas Cityfront lawn.
  
Emmy Panzica puts on make-up during a Cats Broadway workshop.
     
  
Portrait of fashion designer, Nataliya Meyer
  
Portrait of high school senior Cary Yates.
   
Photo of the staircase inside the Brandmeyer Great Hall at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts.
     
  
   
Brian Carroll (left) of D.C. United holds onto Kurt Morsink of the Kansas City Wizards.
   
Aleks Maric (left) of Nebraska plays battleball with Sasha Kaun (right) of Kansas.
     
  
Penn State played against California in the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship in Kansas City. Penn State teammates Deja McClendon (left to right) Katie Slay and Kristen Carpenter celebrate after winning the championship.
   
An Iraqi woman in Ad Diwaniyah walks past a former Iraqi military complex in April, 2003.
   
Over 200 soldiers who fought against the Taliban voluntarily disarmed themselves at the request of the Afghan Ministry of Defense in 2002.
     
  
Marines of the 1st Marine Division joined soldiers from the 82nd Airborne for Easter mass in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq.
   
Hiromi Baldwin (left) looks upon TBI survivor Tammie Drake as she struggles with vertigo.
   
The Wyandotte County Fair hosted one night of demolition on July 29th. A driver can invest anywhere from 500 to $10,000 on a car. It's not a total loss on a junked car when if a driver can save the parts on one car and use it on another. "Anybody that thinks they're making any money is probably mistaken," according to Jack Teegarden who's been derbian for nearly 30 years and isn't sure how many derby cars he presently owns.
     
  
Portrait Jan Green who owns PPS Inc., a custom printing company in Olathe, KS. She took over the business when her husband died.
   
  
Portrait of nude art model, Kent Van Dusseldorp for The Kansas City Star.
     
  
Feature on "Sexy Construction Workers" for The Kansas City Star.
   
A partly completed Mongolian yurt offered refuge for an outdoor class for students at the Kansas City Art Institute.
   
Spring Fashion tab for The Kansas CIty Star.
     
  
Fall Fashion tab for The Kansas City Star.
   
  
Kevin Kane (45) of Kansas gets a face full from Kansas State lineman Greg Wafford (top) while trying to tackle Kansas State QB Allan Evridge.
     
  
Missouri running back Tony Temple takes a shot from Byron Garvin of Kansas State during a rain soaked gameday.
   
Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals dodges a pitch close to his head in the 9th inning with bases loaded.
   
Tremaine Townsend of Northridge (center) is surrounded by Memphis teammates Shawn Taggart (left to right) Robert Dozier during the NCAA Tournament.
     
  
Mary Golden of brought her flag to a counter rally in favor of enforcing immigration laws.
   
  
Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne looks for possible direct fire targets against paramilitaries in the city Samawah. The city contains pro Saddam paramilitary forces that have been attacking coalition supply lines in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
     
  
Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne run for skud bunkers at Champion Main Kuwait during a missile attack in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  
A broken marker illustrates Bahgdad is 354 miles away for soldiers of the 82nd airborne. While the place they call home is several thousand.
   
Portrait Kimberly Cowen (left) and Christopher Barksdale (right) of the Kansas City Ballet in front of their future new home next to Union Station.
     
  
Portrait of Last Comic Standing comedian Chris Porter who grew up in Shawnee, KS.
   
Girls prepare for auditions at the Westport Ballet School.
   
Missouri safety William Moore talks to the media during Big 12 Conference Football Media Days.
     
  
Tour of Missouri speeds down the streets in Columbia, MO.
   
Tour of Missouri race bicycles pause Clinton, MO.
   
Ninety six year old musician Carl Bolte performs at The Kansas City Club in downtown Kansas City.
     
  
   
Iraqis wave to soldiers of the 82nd Airborne during a sandstorm en route to Baghdad.
   
     
  
Spring Fashion tab for The Kansas City Star.
   
Spring Fashion tab for The Kansas City Star.
   
Indulge fashion section for The Kansas City Star.
     
  
Spring Fashion tab for The Kansas City Star.
   
Spc. Brad Hall pauses to find words as he writes a letter home to his fiancee from Kuwait. "I've been waiting for her third letter" adding "it must be stuck somewhere."
  
Spring Fashion tab for The Kansas City Star.
     
  
Missouri QB Chase Daniel gerts tackled by Oklahoma teammates Auston English (left) and Quinton Carter (right) during the Big 12 Championship.
   
Joe O'Connor plays basketball inside a bubble dome.
   
Bryan Berg puts together a house of cards sculpture at Wyandotte County fair.
     
  
Walkers pass through the Brush Creek walkway during Kansas City Heart Walk.
   
Troy Green, who two years ago broke his leg in a game and has since battled his way back to the football team. Green said he nearly got hooked on pain medication and took out his anger on his parents. Portrait of Troy Green holding his mother, Kim and his father Mark.
   
IRL driver Sam Hornish Jr. relaxes inside his team bus at The Kansas Speedway.
     
  
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama share a dance at the The Midwestern Ball during his inauguration.
   
Life goes on as normal in Islamabad, Pakistan although the threat of war against neighboring India.
   
Thirteen-year-old Rachel Lindberg of Lenexa, KS., found more than one way to paint her face for the Fourth of July. "She's just being random," a friend said.
     
  
An Afghan woman bearing a burka walks through the bombed out village of Shorbazar, which is the old city of Kabul. Although the city is mostly unliveable, Afghans reside in the old village that was bombed as recently in 1998.
  
Joshua Moore of Kansas State deflects a possible a touchdown reception from Kenny Britt (top) of Rutgers in the Texas Bowl
   
Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing (5) tries to escape from John Houlik (bottom left) and the rest of The Kansas State defense.
     
  
Martin Rucker (top right) of Missouri makes a touchdown reception against Kyle Williams of Kansas State.
   
Ayo Saba of Kansas State shows his emotions on Senior Day.
   
Chase Coffman of Missouri makes a fingertip reception.
     
  
Jeron Mastrud (top) of Kansas State gets sandwiched between Louisville teammates Nate Harris (left) and Gavin Smart
  
James Johnson of Kansas State runs through Demetrius Jones of San Jose State.
   
Chris Harris of Kansas tackles Kenny Lewis Jr. of Virginia Tech in the 2008 Orange Bowl.
     
  
Portrait of Nascar driver Clint Bowyer at the Kansas Speedway.
   
Terrence Oglesby (right) of Clemson gets mugged by Michigan teammates C.J. Lee (left) and Manny Harris (right) during the mens NCAA Tournament.
   
Jermaine "Itchy" Bolden (left) Morgan State tries to keep the ball away from Oklahoma teammates Blake Griffin (center) and Omar Leary during the NCAA Tournament.
     
  
An Afghan father shares ice cream with his two children from a ice cream parlor in Kabul, Afghanistan.
   
School children and pedestrians walk through the bombed out district of Kart-e-seh in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  
Afghan women walk past a bike rental stand as daily life continues in the Cinema Pamee area of Kabul, Afghanistan.
     
  
Missouri wide receiver Jeremy Maclin (left) is slowed down by Justin Thornton of Kansas.
   
Marcus Henry of Kansas completes a 42 yard pass reception against Andre Jones (left) of Nebraska.
   
     
  
Two young boys exhibit their fabric to potential customers at the Mandai Street bizarre in Kabul, Afghanistan.
   
Portrait of Trisha Tataryn on her Weston, MO., farm.
   
A soldier of Afghan warlord Mohammed Mustafa sits on guard for Mustafa from inside his compound in Khost, Afghanistan.
     
  
Lara Remingtonmoments before Crosstown Station's Rock 'N Fashion Show.
   
Zanghul Pacha, a commander for Khost, Afghanistan warlord Kamal Khan who occupies the governor's mansion, hams it up for the camera.