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Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo.Kansas University graduate student Jason Palikij, Lawrence, tags several honey bees with a green, water-based paint while they cluster around a jar of sugar water in an effort to keep track of the bees for an experiment, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 in a field on West Campus. Palikij and other students are investigating the navigational abilities of bees within the periphery of the hive.

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Ursa Major, or the Great Bear, is home to the Big Dipper, which is not a constellation, but an asterism, or a distinctive group of stars. Ursa Major can be viewed in the Northern Hemisphere all year long.

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Also known as the Seven Sisters or Messier 45, the Pleiades is a star cluster. It is in the constellation Taurus.

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Orion, "the hunter," is a very prominent constellation because it is on the celestial equator and therefore can be seen from anywhere in the world.

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This spiral galaxy, named IC342, is about 11 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Camelopardalis.

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The Iris Nebula, a nebula 1,400 light-years away from earth, is what is called a reflection nebula, meaning it shines by the light it reflects from the brightest star in its center. It is located in the constellation Cepheus.

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The Big Dipper is made up of the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa Major.

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The Andromeda Galaxy is also known as Messier 31 is a spiral galaxy about 2.5 million light-years away. It is the nearest spiral galaxy to our home galaxy, the Milky Way.

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David Horton of Kenosha, Wisconsin an owner of a 1934 417 W (Hupp) looks into a perfict hubcap of one of the several Hupps meeting in Topeka, that came ot Lawrence, to get a view of the city and show off their rare cars, Tuesday July 2nd, 2008.

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Don Smarker, of Topeka a Hupmobile fan signals some of the antique Hupmobile's that in in Topeka for a convention of the one of a kinds autos. Some of the cars came to Lawrence for a tour of the city Tuesday July 2nd, 2008.

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Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo.Jim Myers, bus driver for First Student Transportation, fills up with diesel gas before picking up students for summer school Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Skyrocketing gas prices has the school district dealing with new budget concerns.

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Workers from the Kansas Turnpike Authority erect a road sign announcing the exit for Kansas University two miles east of the East Lawrence exit on I-70. The new sign, which lays claim to Kansas' status as an international research university, 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions and 2008 Orange Bowl Champions, was installed on Wednesday at mile marker 207.

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Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo.A towing company truck prepares to separate two vehicles that were involved in a five-car pileup around 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2008, near the intersection of 6th Street and Tennessee. Rain slicked streets may have contributed to the accident that led to one vehicle sliding under the rear end of the car in front.

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Don Smarker, a Hupmobile fan from Topeka, waves to drivers of some of the antique vehicles Tuesday that came to Lawrence for a tour of the city.

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David Horton, of Kenosha, Wis., an owner of a 1934 417-W Hupmobile, looks into a hubcap of one of several Hupmobiles that arrived in Lawrence on Tuesday so their drivers could get a view of the city and show off their cars.

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Kansas University graduate student Jason Palikij, Lawrence, tags several bees Tuesday with a green, water-based paint while they cluster around a jar of sugar water. The paint is used to keep track of the insects for an experiment at KU’s West Campus. Palikij and other students are investigating the navigational abilities of bees.

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Artist Jacob Allsbrooks, Lawrence, paints with acrylics Monday evening at Sanders Mound Vista overlooking Clinton Lake. Allsbrooks was painting a cartoonish interpretation of a scene he had witnessed between a bird and a fish. The lake is expected to thrive this three-day weekend with Independence Day activities, including Friday’s city fireworks display at Sesquicentennial Point.

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Lawrence High athletes Dorian Green, left, and Mallory West earned the Journal-World’s 2007-08 Male and Female Athlete of the Year honors for their accomplishments with the Lions last school year. Between them, Green and West made four state tournament appearances, including West’s individual gymnastics title.

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Female Athlete of the year Mallory West.

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Male Athlete of the year Dorian Green.

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Royals catcher Miguel Olivo talks to starting pitcher Luke Hochevar during the third inning of Tuesday’s loss in Baltimore.

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Sasha Kaun, left, and Darnell Jackson congratulate each other after KU’s victory against Villanova in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in Detroit. Both former KU post men were selected in the second round of the NBA Draft last week in New York. After a few trades, Kaun and Jackson will have the chance to be teammates again in Cleveland.

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Venus Williams returns the ball to Tamarine Tanasugarn during Williams’ victory in the quarterfinals Tuesday at Wimbledon, England.

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Serena Williams reacts after winning her quarterfinal match against Agnieszka Radwanska.

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Beau Waters jumps off a diving board at the new Tonganoxie Water Park. The park officially opened Tuesday. The water park cost the city nearly $3 million and took construction crews about 10 months to complete. Tuesday’s opening was chosen after the pool’s completion was delayed twice because weather had slowed construction.

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Palestinians wait to leave the Gaza Strip to Egypt, through the Rafah border crossing Tuesday. Egypt on Tuesday opened the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s main gateway to the outside world, for two days to allow hundreds of people stranded on both sides to cross.

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Earl Huyser, left, Danny Drury and Barbara Huyser visit while listening to the Junk Yard Jazz Band at the Lawrence Presbyterian Annual Friends and Family picnic. Ken Blair, Lawrence, submitted the picture.

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Men play chess over a cup of Starbucks coffee Tuesday in Alameda, Calif. Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it would close 600 company-operated U.S. stores in the next nine months.

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The best composite decking, such as Veranda, kept its color in Consumer Reports’ tests without the restaining real wood typically requires.

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The abandoned bus where Christopher McCandless starved to death in 1992 stands on the Stampede Road near Healy, Alaska, in this March 21, 2006, file photo. McCandless, who hiked into the Alaska wilderness in April 1992 and died there in late August 1992, was apparently poisoned by wild seeds that left him unable to fully metabolize what little food he had. Jon Krakauer’s book “Into the Wild” and Sean Penn’s movie of the same name are causing people from all over the world to retrace McCandless’ steps to the 1940s-era International Harvester bus.

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An order for a bowl of ramen noodles is filled, right, at Ippudo, a Japanese ramen noodle brasserie in New York.

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Rena Ohashi, right, tends bar at Ippudo, a Japanese ramen noodle brasserie in New York.

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Ramen Noodle Sushi, served with wasabi dipping sauce, is both fun to make and eat.

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Crispy, pan fried noodles make this Ramen Noodle Salad a hit in the dorm or at home.

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Watermelon shares the plate with prosciutto in this Watermelon Salad with Mint and Crispy Prosciutto from Real Simple magazine.

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