Photos for February 1, 2013
Ryan Fredrich, left, assistant pastor at Calvary Chapel, offers words of comfort to friends of Doug Combs'.
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Photographs of Doug Combs were placed with flowers on a table during a vigil Friday in memory of the 16-year-old who was shot and killed by police a week earlier. The florist that donated the flowers reported an unexpected backlash of angry email as a result.
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Friends of Doug Combs' hold a candlelight vigil Friday evening on 20th Street in Uptown Village, near where the teen was shot and killed by police a week earlier. At top, photographs of Combs were placed with flowers on a table.
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Duane Sevarns, 17, hugs Venesa Dixon, 16. "He was like my brother," Dixon said of Doug Combs. "He was there for everybody," Sevarns said.
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Police investigate a fatal shooting involving undercover police officers on Jan. 18 at the Addison Apartments in Vancouver.
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Police secure the scene where a suspect in an attempted murder and two robberies was shot and killed by police as they tried to arrest him in the Arnada neighborhood in Vancouver on Friday.
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Associated Press files Dancing male sage grouse compete for the attention of hens southwest of Rawlins, Wyo., in May 2008.
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FILE - This undated image provided the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service show a wild sage grouse. Hoping to keep the bird off the endangered species list, the Oregon Cattlemen's Association is working with federal agencies on voluntary steps ranchers can take to protect sage grouse on federal grazing lands in Oregon. The U.S. Fish and Wilkdlife Service has decided the bird deserves protection, but it can't consider a listing until 2015. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gary Kramer, File)
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Don't worry about ban
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Political siberia
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Pathway to citizenship
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Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors, right, looks to grab a rebound against Portland Trail Blazers forward Jared Jeffries (1) in the first half Friday.
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A full house of community members and leaders learns about a county initiative aimed at creating alternatives to juvenile detention.
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Skyview junior Madison Crockett shows off her championship medal and ceremonial pin from the state bowling meet.
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Nina Regor Camas city administrator
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More dirty laundry piling up.
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Shrimp and Shiitake Noodle Stir-fry.
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Chevy trucks line the lot of a dealer Jan. 9 in Murrysville, Pa. Ford, Chrysler and General Motors all reported double-digit gains for January as last year's momentum in U.S. auto sales continued into 2013, according to reports Friday.
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Ted Burpee demonstrates six-count burpee.
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Ted Schatz demonstrates the single-leg bench squat.
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Ted Burpee demonstrates the single-leg bench squat.
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Personal trainer Ted Schatz demonstrates the six-count burpee.
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Ted Burpee demonstrates the six-count burpee.
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This pustulovesicular rash represents a generalized herpes simplex outbreak due to the Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) pathogen. The VZV pathogen may lay dormant in the spinal nerve roots through a chickenpox infected individualís life, only manifesting its presence through outbreaks as Shingles, or herpes zoster. It is caused by the Herpesviridae chickenpoxvirus.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This pustulovesicular rash represents a generalized herpes outbreak due to the varicella-zoster virus pathogen. The VZV pathogen may lay dormant in the spinal nerve roots through a chickenpox-infected person's life, only manifesting its presence through outbreaks as shingles, or herpes zoster.
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To go along with the news tip I just submitted about Northwest Masters soccer team.
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Bryan makes a key for a customer at Curly's Lock & Key Inc.
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Photos by Steven Lane/The Columbian Kevin Bryan, owner of Curly's Lock & Key Inc., helps customer Bert Girod.
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Kevin Bryan, owner of Curly's Lock & Key Inc., makes a key for a customer. (Steven Lane/The Columbian)
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Kevin Bryan Owner of Curly's Lock & Key Inc.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks in May 2012 in Bethesda, Md. Facing a wave of lawsuits over what government can tell religious groups to do, the Obama administration on Friday proposed a compromise for faith-based nonprofits that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans. Sebelius said in a statement that the compromise would provide "women across the nation with coverage of recommended preventive care at no cost, while respecting religious concerns."
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Firefighters contained a fire at a floating residence in Ridgefield Friday morning. No one was reportedly home at the time of the fire, but firefighters rescued one cat and found two dogs deceased inside.
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Stevn Lane/The Columbian Victor Frye, 73, from his first appearance Nov. 14. Frye was sentenced Friday to more than 23 years in prison for murdering his wife over a monetary dispute related to their pending divorce.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, smiles as she bids farewell to State Department employees at the State Department lobby in Washington, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, before departing the State Department for the final time as secretary of state. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Belva Jean Griffin, 85, from left, Kenneth Smith, 66, and Haurleen Bane, 66, rehearse their own recollections of growing up black "In White America."
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Mrs. Tutsono, portrayed by actress Rubi Williams, describes for the court her assault and whipping by the Ku Klux Klan, while a lawyer, portrayed by Tony Broom, listens in shock. It's one of many monologues drawn directly from American history and included in "In White America," presented this month by Serendipity Players.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, smiles as she bids farewell to State Department employees at the State Department lobby in Washington, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, before departing the State Department for the final time as secretary of state. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Mark Cline, right, captain of Tidewater's tugboat Chief, says he's focused on the safety of his crew, which includes Mike Ellsworth, the Chief's pilot. Carol Bua, communications manager for Tidewater, stands to the left of Ellsworth.
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Dennis McVicker, president and CEO of Tidewater Barge Lines, says the company is part of a larger transportation network that feeds global growth.
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Former New York Mayor Ed Koch listens during the ninth annual National Action Network convention in New York on April 18, 2007. Koch, the combative politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during three City Hall terms, has died at age 88. Spokesman George Arzt says Koch died Friday morning, Feb. 1, of congestive heart failure.
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Emergency personnel are seen in front of a side entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device, Friday, Feb. 1. The bomb appeared to have exploded inside the security checkpoint at the entrance of the visa section of the embassy. A police official said at least two people are dead.
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Job-seekers fill a room at the job fair in Sunrise, Fla. on Jan. 22. U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January, and hiring was much stronger at the end of 2012 than previously thought, providing reassurance that the job market held steady even as economic growth stalled, according to Labor Department reports released Friday, Feb. 1.
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