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By Courtesy of the Columbia Police Department  ¦   O'Day

By STEVE BARTEL/Missourian  ¦   Snipers take position on top of the Sixth and Elm Street parking garage after the Islamic Center of Central Missouri received a suspicious package.

By AMY RYMER/Missourian  ¦   Dan Hedgecock, second from left, practices with his teammates.

By Amy Rymer/Missourian  ¦   Kaitlyn Sadowski, left, an employee at The Candy Factory, helps Kristy Long make a purchase after Long's sister-in-law Tabby Rider and niece Leah Rider make a purchase.

By Amy Rymer/Missourian  ¦   Board members of the Deutschheim Association, which preserves German heritage in Hermann, sell handmade holiday items from Germany at a booth at the King's Daughters Holiday Festival on Nov. 10. These wooden crafts burn incense from their hollow insides and release the smoke through the hole in their mouths.

By J.J. GILMORE/Missourian  ¦   MUtant Kyle Johnson, left, wins a disc against Northwestern's Brian Kelsh.

By Photo courtesy of Khaki Westerfield  ¦   Howard Lang (center) and council members at a city council meeting while Lang was mayor, sometime between 1953 and 1957.

By NICK BONEY/Missourian  ¦   Katie Krawczak( concentrates as she plays the bass for Handel's "Messiah" on Nov. 12, 2007. This is the first time the MU Philharmonic has performed the "Messiah."

By J.J. GILMORE/Missourian  ¦   Missouri's Weiwen Wang, left, and Na Yang attempt to block Iowa State's Lauren Cummings.

By NICK BONEY/Missourian  ¦   Kyle Stegall follows the along the score of Handel's Messiah on Nov. 12, 2007.

By NICK BONEY/Missourian  ¦   Dr. Paul Crabb directs the MU Philharmonic during a rehersal of Handel's "Messiah" on Nov. 12, 2007.

By TYSON ANDERSON/Missourian  ¦   Becky Showmaker fills up her car with gas at the Phillips 66 station on Providence and Locust on Wednesday. She said the recent rise in gas prices will make traveling to see two families for Thanksgiving difficult.

By RYAN GLADSTONE/Missourian  ¦   Sophomore guard Keon Lawrence grabbed six rebounds despite shooting just 2-for-8 from the field.

By Laura Latzko  ¦   Justin Guerrant, a worker for Allied Sawing and Services, uses a concrete saw to cut into Boone Industrial Boulevard. This road is located in an industrial park in the northern part of Boone County. Through saw cutting, Guerrant is breaking up pavement so that Southern Ditching and Excavating, the company that was awarded the contract, can remove the pavement and put in new concrete.

By Laura Latzko  ¦   Boone Industrial Boulevard is a road in the northern part of Boone County that is used mainly by tractor-trailer and delivery trucks. It was built in the 1970s. Recently, the county began work to replace pavement that has become rough and cracked. The county uses numbers on construction projects to mark the areas of a road where it will be doing work.

By Amy Conn Gutierrez The Associated Press  ¦   Chris Wyatt, founder of GodTube.com, talks about his Christian Web site at his office in Plano, Texas, on Oct. 23. In the future, GodTube.com, a video-sharing site with Christian content, plans to produce entertainment programs.

By Amy Conn Gutierrez/The Associated Press  ¦   Chris Wyatt, founder of GodTube.com, talks about his Christian Web site at his office in Plano, Texas, on Oct. 23. In the future, GodTube.com, a video-sharing site with Christian content, plans to produce entertainment programs.

By MARY ELLEN POFF/ Missourian  ¦   Stephens freshman Lauren Holman, center, talks with teammates during a break in practice at Stephens Natatorium last week. The team recently moved from Division III to the NAIA under the leadership of coach Laura Wacker.

By MARY ELLEN POFF/ Missourian  ¦   Stephens freshmen Lauren Holman, front, and Gabrielle Newton, back, take their goggles off to get mid-lane feedback from coach Laura Wacker during a practice at Stephens Natatorium.

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