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A rainbow extends over the state capitol as Destiny Caceres, 10, of Albuquerque, New Mexico leaps from the Stunt Jump attraction Saturday 06/05/10 during People's Fair at Civic Center Park in downtown Denver, Colo. Photo by Matt McClain
  
A Los Angeles City Fire Department helicopter makes a water drop on a brush fire near Rocky Peak Rd. in Simi Valley, Calif.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Members of the Virginia Tech marching band rehearse near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. prior to the Presidential inauguration of Barack Obama.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Ashley Winger, 5, leans her head back as she plays at Surfers Point in Ventura, Calif.  during a summer surf contest.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
A protester is urged to come off a ledge by law enforcement at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, WI on February 28, 2011 after finding his way out on a balcony.  The capitol was locked to protesters trying to get back inside to demonstrate.  Several remained inside after being allowed to stay the night. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
  
As  the last light of the day fades away, families skate at the National Gallery Sculpture Garden and Ice Rink on December 21 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain For The Washington Post)
     
  
Mandy Hagler, Platteville, CO, who competed in barrel racing warms up her hores during the PRCA Rodeo at the National Western Stock Show on Sunday 01/17/10. Photo by Matt MClain
  
  Tsega Haile, left, holds her daughter, Tebereh Hadera, 8 months, as they and other members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Denver, Colo. observe and celebrate Holy Thursday on 04/01/10 by prayer and the traditional washing of the feet and hands by Reverend Gebrekiros.  (Photo by Matt McClain/Getty Images)
  
Josh Orrell of Brooklyn, NY tries to convince his son, Benjamin Orrell, 4, to stop playing and come home Saturday 06/27/09 after the Colorado Championship Ranch Rodeo in Hugo, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Staff Sergeant Eric Barb, left, helps push in the coffin of PFC Seth M. Stanton past Zechariah Haile, 14, left to right, Laura Robinson, 16, Alyssa Alvarez, 17, Ashley Haile, 19, Sonja Cook, 19, and Kate Miller, 19, as they display their emotions before a memorial service at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo.  Stanton died while fighting with the U.S. Army in Iraq.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Presidential candidate, Barack Obama addresses a crowd of over 100,000 people  at Civic Center Park in downtown Denver, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Deanna Ramirez, seen in her vehicle's side view mirror, is pictured with husband, Julio Ramirez, and their daughter, Alexandria Ramirez, 4, as they talk Thursday outside their Pueblo trailer home about  Nicole Uribe-Lopez, who is charged with trying to sell her five month old son, Jason Hines to Jose-Juan Lerma and his wife, Irene Lerma.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Lt. Col. Robert Thompson kneels and cries in Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colo. next to the grave of Master Srgt. Robert West, who he served with in Iraq.  Thompson was with West when he was killed by an IED south of Baghdad in 2006.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Tsahayensh Hagos, 72, takes part in prayers at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Denver, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Cholena Jackson, 6, holds hands with other members of the Cleo Parker Robinson Ensemble's production, Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum at the Newman Center in Denver, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Gabrielle Van Winkle, 8, plays on a swing as an oil derrick is seen in the background of park equipment in the Summit View neighborhood of Fredrick Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Michelle Willett is thrown into the air by her dance partner, Raul Rangel as they swing dance to the music of the Big Bad Voodoo Daddiy during the Taste of Colorado at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Nathan Graham video tapes an approaching brush fire on top of the Las Virgenes Townhouses in Calabasas, Calif.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Ayomika Dilini,15, Kalpana, 15, Piumi, 15, and Thilini, 15, take part in morning prayer Wednesday morning at Deevapathiraja School which is located about 10 kilometers outside the village.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
In a morning fog, cattle rancher, Richard Atmore Jr. tries to round up a pony on at his Ventura, Calif. ranch.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Cowboy Jo Jo LeMond practices his roping techniques prior to the evening PRCA Rodeo at the National Western Stock Show on Sunday 01/17/10. Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Cindy Hoang, 17, kisses her boyfriend, Alex Gray, 19, both seniors at Bear Creek High School, take part in a candlelight vigil at the Columbine Memorial at Clement Park in Littleton, Colo. Sunday 04/19/09 in honor of the tenth anniversary of the school shooting which is Monday. Photo by Matt McClain
  
Steam from a cold rainy night surrounds the face of, Ted Pascoe as he prepares to spend another night homeless Tuesday 09/22/09 at an undisclosed Denver, Colo. location as he spends his first week sleeping homeless as a protest to financial cuts made to his non-profit organization, Senior Support Services that helps homeless seniors.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Congressman for the 7th District in Colorado, Ed Perlmutter does two cartwheels on stage as he gave a victory speech at the Marriortt City Center in downtown Denver, Colo. on Tuesday Nov. 2, 2010.  Perlmutter defeated Ryan Frazier in the race.  (Photo by Matt McClain for Getty Images)
     
  
Allyson Webb, 2, watches her mother, Angela Webb vote at the Gilpin County Community Center on Tuesday Nov. 2, 2010 outside of Central City, Colo.  Colorado was the site of a Governor's race as well as a hotly contested Senatorial race between Michael Bennet and Ken Buck.  (Photo by Matt McClain for Getty Images)
  
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, the Dalai Lama, right, playfully chokes the Archbishop Desmond Tutu,left, as they pose for a picture with the serving staff after a private VIP lunch at the Newman Center Friday on the University of Denver in Denver, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Grayson Bennett, 2, left, stands by as his mother, Shannon Bennett, center, tries to juggle pumpkins and keep her eighteen month old son, Sam Bennett from slapping her across the face as they explore the pumpkin patch at Anderson Farms in Erie, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Miss Rodeo Colorado, Audra Dobbs, left, sits on her horse, Sequoia as she suprises Lizeth Saemz at a McDonalds drive thru window  as participants of the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo got in the drive thru line to get shakes after putting on a display for students at Garden Place Academy in Denver, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Two months after a deadly tsunami destroyed the coastal town of Peraliya in Sri Lanka, local  villager, Nilantha, left, plays near the Indian Ocean with a group of Budhist monks.  Mass graves of tsunami victims lie only twenty feet away.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Orion Womack, 26, center greives with others as he was searching for his father, who was a victim in a mudslide in La Conchita, Calif. along the 101 north of Ventura, Calif.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Lana Tran, 16, left, and Mary Van, 15, right, wipe away their tears of grief as friends and family of Nhan Nguyen, 14, mourn his death at Horan Mortuary in Denver, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Emergency workers along with passing motorists try to revive David Lopez, 2, after his mother lost control of her car and crossed the medium of Victoria Ave. in Ventura, Calif.  striking a vehicle head on.  David and a younger sister were pronounced dead shortly after being airlifted to a nearby hospitals.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Binod Prasad prays after placing three flowers in the sand in memory of his son, Anjesh Prasad and nephews, Avinash Prasad and Amit Deo during the sixth anniversary of the fatal crash of Alaska Flight 261 in Port Hueneme, Calif.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
K-Von Rommer, 9, left, and Zechary Gunther, 14, right, work the cattle shoots as participators take part in the Steer Roping Slack competition during the 112th Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyo.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Practicing before the first performance of the evening for Circus H. Vazquez, Nick Hegwood, 16, jumps a rope as Montie Bledsoe, 20, uses a trampoline to sky over him at Seaside Park in Ventura, Calif.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Leaping from hay bales, Erin Mencher, 9, plays in a field near her family's Bloomington, Ind. home on a fall afternoon.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Surfers form a circle during a paddle out in honor of the ten victims of the La Conchita mudslide on the one year anniversary.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Jennifer Hillman , 17, rides in a limousine with her prom date, Andres Moraza, 17,  on their way to Gisella's Italian Restaurant in Santa Barbara, Calif. before attending their Ventura High School prom.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Michelle Park, 17, dressed as lighted clocks and took part in the 9 News Parade of Lights in Denver, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Winetta Davis is carried with the help of David Haas, center and Ed Morlan, right, both of Ventura County Sheriff Search and Rescue as people are evacuated from their homes in Casitas Springs, Calif.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Admist a coastal fog, Cory Johnston, 18, left, tries to get some color as Araceli Robles, 17, embraces Alvaro Figueroa, 22, at San Buenaventura State Beach in Ventura, Calif.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Ivan Stoner, 22, walks the head rig on the tall ship Hawaiian Chieftain as they sailed from Oxnard, Calif. to Ventura, Calif.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Steam hovers around Jolene Taylor as she takes a morning dip at the Hot Springs Lodge and Pool in Glenwood Springs, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
April Rose dances with Paul Jazwiersky off by themselves as Tango Denver holds it's 10th annual Memorial Weekend tango event on Sunday 05/30/10 at Cheesman Park in Denver, Colo.   People travel from all over the country to Denver for the annual event.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
The Dance Hall GirlBurlesque dancer, Annie Medina performs under the name of Fannie Spankings at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret in downtown Denver, Colo.  The burlesque show features dancers, comedians, singers and other types of performances that recall Old West dance hall shows that were the roots of vaudeville.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Alex Soballe, 17, of Chicago, Ill. shoots a 9mm handgun at the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot in West Point, KY on Saturday 10/10/09.  The Supreme Court is currently hearing a portion of last year's Second Amendment case, District of Columbia v. Heller, that found that the amendment protects a person's right that the federal government can not abridge. (Photo by Matt McClain/Getty Images)
  
A Denver firefighter tells spectators to clear the site as a brushfire burns in a field next to Lowry Park Apartments in Denver, Colo.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
A Ventura County firefighter works on a roof of a San Carlos Dr. in Thousand Oaks, Calif.  It was thouht that there might have been victims trapped on the second level when firefighters arrived that it turned out no one was inside.  Photo by Matt McClain
     
  
Brothers, Scott Robinson, left, and Craig Robinson, right, are seen herding cattle through the window of a structure that was originally used as a prop for an episode of "Quantum Leap" at the Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley.  Besides being an acitive ranch the property is also a regular spot for Hollywood productions and television programs.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
A Monte Vista fire truck carrying the coffin of Srgt. Glen Martinez, 31, drives through the Main St. of Monte Vista, Colo. following the Srgt.'s funeral.  Photo by Matt McClain
  
Srgt. Ethan E. Rocke of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego cries while he salutes Ronald Reagan as taps is played at the burial ceremony for the 40th President of the United States at his library in Simi Valley, Calif.  Photo by Matt McClain