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By JOSHUA A. BICKEL  ¦   Missouri's RaeShara Brown goes in for a layup against Kansas' Nicollette Smith during the first half of the Tiger's 62-59 victory against the Jayhawks on Feb. 23.

By ALEX LEWIS  ¦   MU Junior DeMarre Carroll takes a spill while driving to the net during Mizzou's game against OSU on Tuesday. MU lost to the Cowboys 75-73.

By CATALIN ABAGIU  ¦   Oklahoma State guard Marcus Dove, left, and MU Tigers forward Justin Stafford fight for the ball during the second half of the game between MU and OSU on Tuesday.

By JOHN HOOK  ¦   Carroll ZuBolton, family services organizer for Columbia's Moving Ahead program, watches as Tremonte' Johnson, dressed as Miles Davis, tries to remember his lines during his speech at the Great African American Achievers presentation at MU's Gains/Oldham Black Culture Center Thursday.

By JOHN HOOK  ¦   JoShawn Jackson, left, dressed as author Julius Thopson, and Ameera Hayes pose for pictures before the start of the Great African American Achievers presentation. The event was organized by Columbia's Moving Ahead program and featured dozens of Columbia youths giving biographical speeches about influential African Americans.

By NATE BILLINGS/The Associated Press  ¦   Baylor's Aaron Bruce and the Bears have become a surprising obstacle to many Big 12 teams this season.

By TARA BALLENGER/Missourian  ¦   Katie Dunham, left, and Sofie Ayala are doubles partners for the MU women's team. This is their first season as doubles partners.

By HEATHER MCGUIRE/Missourian  ¦   The MU women’s basketball program will play its 1000th game on Saturday. A banner honoring the school’s first official women’s team is displayed at Tiger Terrace in Mizzou Arena.

By STEPHANIE HINKLE/Missourian  ¦   Coach Bob Burchard has been coaching the Cougars since 1989.

By John Hook  ¦   Diane Booth address the Hillary Clinton supporters at the 2008 Missouri Democratic Party Delegate Selection Mass Meeting for Boone County Voters at Rock Bridge High School on Thursday. The meeting was held to elect delegates to represent Boone County at the district nominating convention.

By ROB CARR/The Associated Press  ¦   Scott Spiezio, a utilityman for the St. Louis Cardinals, is shown during spring training baseball practice on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, in Jupiter, Fla. The Irvine Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for Spiezio on six charges stemming from a Dec. 30 incident police said involved the crash of a car registered to him.

By BEN DILLON  ¦   Sheron Wray, a jazz dance choreographer and performer, responds to a question from a student during a presentation at Stephens College's Stamper Commons on Wednesday. Wray discussed her range of work and shared video clips from her experimental films and improvisational performances.

By Ben DILLON  ¦   Sheron Wray, a jazz dance choreographer and performer, discusses her range of work in dance during a presentation to students at Stephens College's Stamper Commons on Wednesday. Wray shared a variety of video clips displaying her work, including experimental films and improvisational performances.

By TARA BALLENGER/Missourian  ¦   From left, Clayton Campbell, Abbey Upton and Christian Rivers discuss a book during independent reading time in Upton's kindergarten class at West Boulevard Elementary School. Upton asks the students questions about the books to keep them engaged in the reading.

By TARA BALLENGER/Missourian  ¦   Students in Abbey Upton's kindergarten class at West Boulevard Elementary School share their predictions about the outcome of a book being read aloud during story time. West Boulevard is a public school and is known for its innovative teaching methods.

By ALEX LEWIS/Missourian  ¦   MU gymnast Julie Abaray, a senior, works on her beam routine during the team's practice Tuesday. Abaray has missed all of this season due to a knee injury but is rehabilitating to compete in the last few meets.

By JULIE SMITH/NEWS TRIBUNE/AP FILE  ¦   Firefighter Mike Schultz sprays foam onto fuel on the highway after a tanker truck crashed into the rock wall in Nov. 27, 2007, in Jefferson City. On impact, the truck burst into flames and the load of ethanol fuel ran down the highway and through a drainage ditch, causing several fires. The nation's drive toward alternative fuels carries a danger many communities have been to slow to recognize: Ethanol fires are harder to put out than gasoline ones and require a special type of firefighting foam.

By JULIE SMITH/NEWS TRIBUNE/AP FILE  ¦   A firefighter sprays foam onto a burning truck Nov. 27, 2007, in Jefferson City. Fire departments are finding it increasingly difficult to fight these types of fires with the materials on hand. The foam needed to extinguish is more expensive than the standard foam and some smaller departments can't afford to keep it on hand.

By KELLEY McCALL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  ¦   Firefighter Mike Schultz talks at a station in Jefferson City on Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. A tanker truck carrying several thousand gallons of ethanol and gasoline recently crashed on a highway near the state Capitol. Schultz helped apply a special alcohol-resistant foam to smother the fire. Some fire departments do not stock the special foam because it costs about 30 percent more.

By Courtesy of Carla Helmreich  ¦