Photos from 08-07-2008

Lead vocalist and bassist Sting, left, guitarist Andy Summers, right, and drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police perform their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Lead vocalist and bassist Sting, left, and his band The Police are joined by the New York City Police Drum Corps. during their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Lead vocalist and bassist Sting, right, and his band The Police are joined by the New York City Police Drum Corps. during their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Lead vocalist and bassist Sting, left, guitarist Andy Summers, right, and drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police perform their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Lead vocalist and bassist Sting, center, and his band The Police are joined by the New York City Police Drum Corps. during their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Lead vocalist and bassist Sting, center, and his band The Police are joined by the New York City Police Drum Corps. during their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Lead vocalist and bassist Sting and his band The Police perform their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Lead vocalist and bassist Sting, left, guitarist Andy Summers, right, and drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police perform their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Mmmmmmm! This lion seems to think tourists in Tanzania might make a good snack. ( Photo submitted by peter reist )
Lead vocalist and bassist Sting, right, and his band The Police are joined by the New York City Police Drum Corps. during their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Guitarist Andy Summers and The Police perform their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Lead vocalist and bassist Sting, center, and his band The Police are joined by the New York City Police Drum Corps. during their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Country music performer Taylor Swift performs at WE Fest on Thursday, Aug. 7 in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Swift is touring with Rascal Flatts, which performed later Thursday evening. The four-day music festival continues through Sunday. (AP Photo/The Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Jeffrey Hage)
Drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police performs during their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Guitarist Andy Summers and The Police perform their farewell concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Five Indianapolis and Carmel dance students recently attended the KAR ALL STAR KIDS National Dance Convention in New York City. They were selected to participate in the convention when they performed routines at the Kids Artistic Revue Dance Competition in Lousville, KY last March. They are students at the Carmel Dance Arts/ Indy Latin Dance Center and Members of Indiana Dance Ambassadors located in Carmel. The five-day convention included a dance workshop and a "mock audition" taught by the World Famous Radio City Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. They also attended classes at two of New York's premier dance studios, The Broadway Dance Center and Steps On Broadway. The convention is coordinated by Artistic Adventures of California. The photo was taken at Tavern On The Green Restaurant in New York's Central Park. The girls were attending the closing night ceremony on July 27, 2008. In photo, from left: Chloe Delumpa, Lainey Pahud, Noah "Rick" Lands (KAR Director), Eleanor Surina, Hannah Knickrehm, and Leah Vadas (center). ( Photo submitted by Ann Surina )
Camouflage: Two female lions blend in to their surroundings in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania ( Photo submitted by peter reist )
Nap Time on the Serengeti ( Photo submitted by peter reist )
Daily Lesson: A student reviews the months of the year in a Maasai village school, near the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania ( Photo submitted by karen reist )
Another ending to a perfect day on Mackinac Island as the sun sets over the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan. ( Photo submitted by Laurie Herbst )
Dotting Michigan's coast like soldiers, this lighthouse welcomes you to take a stroll. ( Photo submitted by Laurie Herbst )
Remembering the Slave Trade: A monument to the end of slavery in Stone Town on the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania. (The chain is an original slave collar) ( Photo submitted by karen reist )
Taking a break to cool down in Lake Michigan, Lyndsay enjoys her first trip to Mackinaw Island. ( Photo submitted by Laurie Herbst )
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White on black, or black on white? Zebras grazing in Tanzania ( Photo submitted by karen reist )
Dirty Job: A worker moves stones at an excavation site in Oldivai Gorge, Tanzania ( Photo submitted by karen reist )
Friends ( Photo submitted by Scott Anderson )
Great Day ( Photo submitted by Scott Anderson )
Jessica Simpson performs Thursday.
watering station ( Photo submitted by Scott Anderson )
Group meeting ( Photo submitted by Scott Anderson )
Jessica Simpson, Thursday, August 7, 2008 at the Indiana State Fair.
Jessica Simpson looks over the crowd as she performs Thursday at the fair.
Jessica Simpson opens her act on the Hoosier Lottery Grandstand stage.
Pendleton, Ind.-based vocalist Casey Jamerson opened for Jessica Simpson Thursday, August 7, 2008 at the Indiana State Fair.
Casey Jamerson performs at the Indiana State Fair.
Ashley Warner, 20, and Dustin Bland, 21, both of Pendleton sing along with Casey Jamerson as she opens for Jessica Simpson Thursday, August 7, 2008 at the Indiana State Fair.
Casey Jamerson.
Casey Jamerson
Fans react to Jessica Simpson taking the stage Thursday, August 7, 2008 at the Indiana State Fair.
Jessica Simpson.
Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Laura Moos ( right) talks to Noah Rabus, 5, and his parents Jon and Angela Rabus, in Mrs. Moos classroom at the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School during the ice cream social and orientation night. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
Students and parents gathered in the cafeteria at the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School on 126th Street in Fishers during the ice cream social and orientation night at the school Thursday August 7. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
School spirit shirts were already available at the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School during the ice cream social and orientation. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
The Simmonds family, dad Matt reads with Luke, 5, going into Kindergarten, with sister Rachel, 8, going into third grade, and mom Liz, sit in the library at the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School on 126th Street in Fishers during the ice cream social and orientation. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
Brian Baehl and first grade dauighter Brianna, 6, and 3rd grde son Nicholas, 8, meet in front of the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School before the ice cream social and orientation. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
Parents and students at the entry to the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School on 126th Street in Fishers before the ice cream social and orientation night. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
Parents and students in front of the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School on 126th Street in Fishers for the ice cream social and orientation night. 505 students in grades K-4 return to school August 11. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
Twins Tate and Trey Medcalfe, age 5, show dad Luke Medcalfe how to get to their kindergarten classroom at the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
PTO mom Kristie Leech and sons Tyler, 8, a third grader, and Evan 6, in Kindergarten, man the ice cream table in the cafeteria at the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School during the ice cream social and orientation. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
Madilyn Smith 7, in the first grade (left), and sister Mallory , 4, enjoy their ice cream in the cafeteria at the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
Attendance secretary Janet Witman ( foreground, left) and nurse Linda Brown (left) manned the table inside the front door to help parents and students find their rooms at the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
Mitchell Harper, 4, plays with a piece of construction material as dad Andy Harper puts pieces back in the bag in Mrs. Jamie Ailes first grade classroom at the new Thorpe Creek Elementary School. Mitchell's brother Dylan is in Mrs. Ailes class, one of five first grade classes at the school. (Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star)
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A young boy waits along a street in Beijing on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008 in hopes of seeing the Olympic torch pass by. The torch was carried through Tiananmen Square on Wednesday, celebrating the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games which open on Friday. (Gannett News Service, Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis Star)
Bicycle commuters wait for the light to change in Beijing on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, near Tiananmen Sqare. The Olympic torch was carried through Tiananmen Square on Wednesday, celebrating the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games which open on Friday. (Gannett News Service, Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis Star)
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games security personnel cross a street outside the press center in Beijing late Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Opening ceremonies for the games are scheduled for Friday evening. (Gannett News Service, Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis Star)
Kayla Bashore of the U.S. women's field hockey team warms up fore a scrimmage with the Korean team at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Beijing on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games open on Friday. (Gannett News Service, Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis Star)
Women's freestyle wrestler Clarissa Chun, 26, of Honolulu, addresses a news conference in Beijing on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. She plans to compete in the 48kg class at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games which open on Friday. At left is Marcie Van Dusen. (Gannett News Service, Matt Detrich/USA TODAY)
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