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August 16, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Athens mixes football and music
Athens, Ga., home to the University of Georgia, is the place where football and music harmonize.
PHOTO GALLERY: Lexington is basketball country
In Lexington, Ky., horses and basketball reign.
August 15, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: In Baton Rouge, everything is LSU purple
In Baton Rouge, home to Louisiana State University, the town is filled with purple. Of course, mudbugs and garden produce also abound.
PHOTO GALLERY: Starkville moves beyond boring
Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss., is rumored to be the most boring of the cities with SEC schools. But a visit to this town, 563 miles from Columbia, shows something different.
PHOTO GALLERY: Stormwater drain murals across Columbia
Mike Sleadd and eight other Missouri artists, as part of a public art project sponsored by the Roots 'N' Blues 'N' BBQ art festival, decorated nine sewer covers downtown in an effort to raise awareness about litter that winds up in the city's creeks and streams.
August 14, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Weekends in Oxford mean football, Faulkner
On Saturdays in the fall, the quiet Southern city of Oxford, Miss., turns into at football frenzy as Ole Miss fans descend on the town.
PHOTO GALLERY: Justin Conyers in his last year as a Rock Bridge football assistant coach
Although he will be leaving Rock Bridge for Battle High School at the end of the year, defensive coordinator Justin Conyers is putting all of his focus in to his last year with Bruins.
August 13, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Work begins on largest solar array in Missouri
Work on Missouri's largest solar array started Monday in northeast Columbia.
PHOTO GALLERY: Missouri entrepreneurs advance their businesses
MU researchers have found an increase in entrepreneurship among Americans in recent years, a trend they think could be related to the high unemployment rates.
PHOTO GALLERY: Razorbacks fan frenzy permeates Arkansas
Fayetteville is home to the University of Arkansas Razorbacks but the fan frenzy about the football team permeates all of Arkansas.
August 12, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: London Olympics Closing Ceremony
Athletes and spectators enjoyed British musical acts Sunday at the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.
PHOTO GALLERY: Sunday at the London Olympics
At Sunday's Olympics, the U.S. men's basketball team narrowly defeated Spain and American Jake Varner won gold in men's wrestling.
August 11, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Missouri football team holds first preseason scrimmage
The Missouri football team held it's first scrimmage of the preseason Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The defense won 16-12.
PHOTO GALLERY: Saturday at the London Olympics
Usain Bolt and the Jamaican relay team and the U.S. women's basketball team won gold medals Saturday at the Olympics, but the U.S. women's volleyball team was upset by Brazil.
PHOTO GALLERY: Punt, Pass & Kick competition
Children participated Saturday in the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition at Cosmopolitan Park in Columbia.
PHOTO GALLERY: Volunteers clean up East Campus neighborhood
Volunteers picked up trash Saturday in Columbia's East Campus neighborhood.
August 10, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: U.S. men's basketball team defeats Argentina
In Friday's Olympic Games, the men's U.S. basketball team defeated Argentina 109-83.
August 9, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Dogs sniff out treats to learn tracking
The Columbia Canine Sports Center trains dogs to track scents in a nose work class. According to Virginia Huxley, an owner of the center, this training starts with teaching dogs to find treats from a few boxes, and the dogs will then begin to learn how to find hidden scents.
PHOTO GALLERY: Thursday's highlights of the London Olympics
The U.S. women's soccer team wins its third straight gold; Ashton Eaton claims the decathlon title; Usain Bolt leads the Jamaican sweep of the 200 meter; and the U.S. women's basketball team advances to the gold game.
PHOTO GALLERY: Summer views with wind and flowers
Scenes of summer could be found throughout Columbia on Thursday, whether it was the wind shipping flags in the air or a gentle visit by a butterfly to a grass leaf.
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