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John McCain greets supporters after a town meeting as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination.
   
Mary and Joseph El-Kareh celebrate 60 years of hair styling at their Vogue 2 Salon.
  
Popcorn Sutton has spent his life making moonshine somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
     
  
Marilyn Hoffman, (right), of Londonderry, NH, peers back at Janet Reno (left) while attendees hold up a banner “No More Hanging Chads In Florida!” at the Democratic National Convention in the Fleet Center.
   
Nick Latham, 68, quenches his thirst after lightning struck his family's barn, which burns behind him. Latham was jolted several feet into a balle of hay but was not injured.
   
Jazelle Martinez, 16, of Lawrence, Mass., dodges a maze ball, or “ball and chain.” Martinez is aspiring to compete in the Golden Gloves tournament this season.
     
  
Salem High’s Aaron Kalil raises his hand in victory after defeating Timberlane’s Joey O’Connor in the 103-pound wrestling class. This match was the only win that scored points for Salem.
   
Students anxiously gather around the final band audition results for the 2002 national Youth Jazz Festival.
   
For 51 years, Bradford “Fuzzy” Leland, 54, has lived at the Fernald Development Center, a state institution for the mentally disabled. Gov. Mitt Romney plans to close the school by 2006 despite opposition from residents’ relatives.
     
  
Co-captain Ulises Espinal (center) leads the victory song after they beat Central Catholic High School to win the 30th Greater Lawrence Christmas Basketball Tournament.One year later, Ulises is accidentally shot in the neck in a drive-by shooting in Lawrence, Mass. and is now paralyzed.
   
Mary MacLean, of Andover, watches parishers rejoice after the prayer service at St. Roberts Bellarmine church in Andover, Mass., one of the churches that was spared closure by the Boston Catholic Archdiocese.
  
Navy officer Miguel Saez raises the national flag every morning at the Espiritu Santo Lighthouse, situated on a remote tip of Patagonia, Chile.
     
  
Students pretend to be scared during the audition for a play at Sanborn Elementary School.
   
Jack the pet goat mistakes five-year-old Wyllie Boughton’s hair for food as her sister, Baily, 9, laughs.
   
Evan Williams, 13, cradles his younger brother, Hunter Drelick, 6, who suffers from autism. Williams won an essay contest about his relationship with Hunter.
     
  
A young girl walks across the lawn of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch.