Photos for January 28, 2013
Kasey Norris with Vancouver Glass replaces glass doors at an office building where 16-year-old Douglas Combs was shot and killed by police Friday night.
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A small memorial marks the area where Douglas Combs, 16, was fatally shot late Friday by Vancouver police Cpl. Marshall Henderson.
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Douglas E. Combs, Facebook photo of the Vancouver teen
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Facebook photo of Vancouver teen Douglas E. Combs.
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A fraction of the 716 guns obtained by Seattle during Saturday's gun buyback, seen during a news conference Monday in Seattle. Seattle police worked with Army officials to track down the history of the nonfunctional missile launcher that showed up at a weapons buyback program and determine whether it was legal or possibly stolen from the military.
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Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, right, addresses a news conference Monday in Seattle. A missile launcher, front center, was found during a weapons buyback event Saturday. Police are trying to determine its history.
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Kaine Horman stands Monday in front of an age-progression photo of what his missing son, Kyron, could look like now during an unveiling for media at a trucking yard in Pacific.
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Steven Lane/The Columbian Riley Campbell, 14, rides Molly with help from volunteer Tessa Liebman, left, and fellow student Ellie Oliver, 14, at Silver Buckle Ranch.
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Riley Campbell, 14, meets quarterhorse Molly for the first time with supervision from volunteer Rachel Unger, right, at Silver Buckle Ranch.
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Josh Farmer, 12, leads Cowboy for the first time at Silver Buckle Ranch. The ranch's core program is intended to build confidence through interactions with horses.
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Photos by Steven Lane/The Columbian Josh Farmer, 12, rides Cowboy for the first time at Silver Buckle Ranch. The ranch's core program is intended to build confidence through interactions with horses.
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Jesse Wolff, a Type I diabetic who works as a security guard, makes his rounds at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center on Jan. 21. Community members and hospital staff donated money and services to get Wolff insulin and medical treatment to manage his diabetes after reading a story about Wolff in Monday's Columbian.
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Handball uses the same court as racquetball, and one of the primary skills is hitting the ball with either hand.
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Jordan Taylor, a senior at Columbia River High School who is one of the nation's best handball players in his age group, practices with coach Jarrad Krueger at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland.
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Roasted chicken pizza at 360 Pizzeria.
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Lamb ragu and antipasti salad at 360 Pizzeria.
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Roasted chicken pizza at 360 Pizzeria.
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Former Washington State coach Paul Wulff has spent this last season as an assistant offensive coach with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Rob Sculley, who works at the help and advice counter, and Lily the cat, who doesn't have a day job, hang out at Shorty's Nursery. February might look bleak and cold, but there are several things that gardeners can do this month to get a head start on spring, Sculley said.
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A Camellia plant at Shorty's Nursery.
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Helleborus flower at Shorty's Nursery.
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Helleborus flower at Shorty's Nursery.
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Helleborus flower at Shorty's Nursery.
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Helleborus flower at Shorty's Nursery, Thursday, January 24, 2013. Photos for garden Weekend cover.
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Rob Sculley, who works at the help and advice counter, and Lily the cat, who doesn't have a day job, hang out at Shorty's Nursery. February might look bleak and cold, but there are several things that gardeners can do this month to get a head start on spring, Sculley said.
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Vancouver Police Cpl. Marshall Henderson
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Vancouver teen Douglas E. Combs
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A statue of a Boy Scout stands in front of the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas. The Boy Scouts of America announced it is considering a dramatic retreat from its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members.
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Lanny Cawley Port of Kalama
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, takes a reporter's question as a bipartisan group of leading senators announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on Monday. From left are Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. The deal covers border security, guest workers and employer verification, as well as a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country.
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Cynthia Powers, chairwoman of the Maplewood Neighborhood Association, visits My Park Neighborhood Park in July. Maplewood residents have voiced concerns to Powers about the number of registered sex offenders living in the neighborhood.
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Relatives and friends carry the coffins of two brothers, Pedro and Marcelo Salla, who died in a nightclub fire, as they prepare to bury them at a cemetery in Santa Maria, Brazil, on Monday. A fast-moving fire roared through the crowded, windowless Kiss nightclub in this southern Brazilian city early Sunday, killing 231 people.
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Women in Combat
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Nehemiah Rudner-Singleton, 16, pleaded guilty today in Clark County Juvenile Court on unlawful possession of a firearm and attempted second-degree assault charges. He was with Douglas E. Combs, 16, just before Combs was shot by Vancouver police.
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