Rachel Mindwiller does the splits during the final round of the Booty Shake Off on one of the various stages set up on Panama City Beach. The beach typically gets 200 thousand visitors during college spring break every year.
Firefighter Roy Cerda battles a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains above the city of La Canada Flintridge 20 miles outside of downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. Cerda, a rookie on the team, gave up a job as a retail manager to fight wildfires.
Kate, in the Texas Hill Country.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, drained, gets some moral support during a press conference in which he tried to gain support for comprehensive immigration legislation. The bill, which would have given an estimated 12.5 million illegal immigrants a path toward legality, was later defeated in the Senate.
A butcher at the Hudson Valley Foie Gras Plant waits for the next duck to make it to his station a the slaughter house. The Foie Gras, or duck liver, is considered a delicacy by some, but practices of force feeding make it a controversial dish.
Alex Gerard loves his 1963 Ford Falcon. He got the car four years ago, "When I first got it, nothing worked but the headlights," he said.
A girl on a bus, Midtown, Manhattan.
Boiler operator Joe Martin pauses while working to clear a pipe that carries ash out of the basement of the Western Kentucky University boiler room. Clearing the pipe was a tedious task in an unheated basemen where temperatures dipped into the teens.
A protester is treated by "street medics" after being maced during the first day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. The medics treat people with a combination of remedies intended to neutralize chemical irritants.
Protestors gather in Centennial Park during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
Anthony Walker, right, leans against Ynonne McCullough while waiting for free medical care being offered by Remote Area Medical at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. About 10,000 people are expected to visit The Forum, where 45 medical exam rooms, 100 dental chairs and 25 optometry stations have been set up so that mammograms and diabetes screenings, along with dental cleanings, extractions and fillings, and new glasses, can be offered for free.
Black Mountain, Virginia.
Zero, left, and Patchwork rest under a highway bridge in Memphis, Tennessee after walking eight miles to another yard, where they hope to "catch out." But the yard is heavily secured, they'll find, making an attempt too risky, so they'll spend the night in a lumbar yard, sheltered from the rain.
Standing a few yards from the track, fans react as Mine That Bird wins the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
Noah, Big Bend National Park, Texas.