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— JILL TOYOSHIBA/Kansas City Star Tomas Young, a paralyzed Iraq vet who became an outspoken critic against the war and subject of the documentary "Body of War," is in hospice. He has chosen to stop nourishment and water soon. One of his last acts was to issue an open letter accusing Bush and Cheney of war crimes. Claudia Cuellar, Young's wife and caregiver, sits with him in their Kansas City, North, home Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star
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— JILL TOYOSHIBA/Kansas City Star Tomas Young, a paralyzed Iraq vet who became an outspoken critic against the war and subject of the documentary "Body of War," is in hospice. He has chosen to stop nourishment and water soon. One of his last acts was to issue an open letter accusing Bush and Cheney of war crimes. His wife and caregiver is Claudia Cuellar. Cuellar and Young have a ritual of kissing each time before she lights his cigarette. Although she doesn't smoke cigarettes, she said she couldn't deny him one of the few things he can still enjoy. Young said it's not lung cancer that will kill him. Young is confined to his bed in their Kansas City, North, home, where Cuellar lights a cigarette Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star
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— JILL TOYOSHIBA/Kansas City Star Tomas Young, a paralyzed Iraq vet who became an outspoken critic against the war and subject of the documentary "Body of War," is in hospice. He has chosen to stop nourishment and water soon. One of his last acts was to issue an open letter accusing Bush and Cheney of war crimes. Claudia Cuellar, Young's wife and caregiver, sits with him in their Kansas City, North, home Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star
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— JILL TOYOSHIBA/Kansas City Star Tomas Young, a paralyzed Iraq vet who became an outspoken critic against the war and subject of the documentary "Body of War," is in hospice. He has chosen to stop nourishment and water soon. One of his last acts was to issue an open letter accusing Bush and Cheney of war crimes. Photos by their friend, French photographer Olivier Morel, of Young and his wife Claudia Cuellar lay on a table in the Kansas City, North, home. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star
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— JILL TOYOSHIBA/Kansas City Star Tomas Young, a paralyzed Iraq vet who became an outspoken critic against the war and subject of the documentary "Body of War," is in hospice. He has chosen to stop nourishment and water soon. One of his last acts was to issue an open letter accusing Bush and Cheney of war crimes. A message is written on the white board on the fridge in their Kansas City, North, home. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star
Keith Myers
— KEITH MYERS/The Kansas City Star Bob Kendrick (from left), president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City mayor Sly James and Tom Butch, chairman of the Kansas City Sports Commission, announced a special screening the new Jackie Robinson film "42" that will benefit the museum. The men spoke on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at the museum in Kansas City. The screening will be on April 11, at the AMC Barrywoods 24 theater. 20130320 KEITH MYERS/The Kansas City Star
David Pulliam
Workers examined the scene of an awning collapse in downtown Kansas City Wednesday at the Commerce Bank, 922 Walnut St. Authorities said a driver backed into the building, causing the structure to fall. No injuries have been reported. DAVID PULLIAM/The Kansas City Star
Susan Pfannmuller
— Susan Pfannmuller//Special to Th Joshua Flores, 7, from Wichita, took careful aim during the Spring Break Marbles Tournament at the Shawnee branch of the Johnson County Library. 21 youngsters participated in the tournament, Joshua was visiting his grandparents, Rich and Lynn Maxwell, who organized the tournament.
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— Susan Pfannmuller//Special to Th Brayden Habiger, 6 of Overland Park, practiced his marble skills Wednesday while waiting for his next game during the Spring Break Marbles Tournament at the Shawnee branch of the Johnson County Library. 21 youngsters participated in the tournament, organized by Rich and Lynn Maxwell.
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— Susan Pfannmuller//Special to Th Leo Johnston, 5, of Overland Park practiced his marble skills Wednesday while waiting for his next game during the Spring Break Marbles Tournament at the Shawnee branch of the Johnson County Library. 21 youngsters participated in the tournament, organized by Rich and Lynn Maxwell.
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— Susan Pfannmuller//Special to Th Participants in the Spring Break Marbles Tournament Wednesday at the Shawnee branch of the Johnson County Library, each went home with a bag of marbles. 21 youngsters participated in the tournament, organized by Rich and Lynn Maxwell.
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Eleven girls from Kansas City, Kan., high schools got a make-over Wednesday at Marinello Beauty School, 10324 Mastin, in Overland Park. Sixteen-year-old Taleah Berger, a junior at Washington High School, got some special make-up treatment from Marinello student Erieka[ folo ] Morgan, also of Kansas City, Kan. It was a special treat for the girls who come from needy families in the district's McKinney/Veto program. The Love Fund for Children and Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence were sponsors of the event that also included girls in Lawrence. FRED BLOCHER/The Kansas City Star_03202013
Keith Myers
— KEITH MYERS/The Kansas City Star The Greater Kansas City Home Show and the Kansas City Flower, Lawn & Garden Show runs Friday through Sunday in Bartle Hall. On Wednesday, March 20, 2013, Paul Brown (left) and Karl Bitter posiitioned plants in a pond built by members of Water Garden Society of Greater Kansas City. The show runs 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. 20130320 KEITH MYERS/The Kansas City Star
Keith Myers
— KEITH MYERS/The Kansas City Star The Greater Kansas City Home Show and the Kansas City Flower, Lawn & Garden Show runs Friday through Sunday in Bartle Hall. On Wednesday, March 20, 2013, Karl Bitter (left) and Paul Brown posiitioned stones around a pond built by members of Water Garden Society of Greater Kansas City. The show runs 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. 20130320 KEITH MYERS/The Kansas City Star
Keith Myers
— KEITH MYERS/The Kansas City Star A feline kept watch on traffic from its perch in a sunny window on Wednesday morning, March 20, 2013, at 10th street and Broadway. 20130320 KEITH MYERS/The Kansas City Star
Mark Lennihan
— ASSOCIATED PRESS One World Trade Center, center, towers above the Brooklyn Bridge, lower left, and Intergate.Manhattan, right, in New York, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The 32-story Intergate.Manhattan, once a Verizon facility, will house a one million square foot data center. Seattle-based Sabey Data Center Properties has renovated the building with electrical substations and backup generators above ground level to protect the facility from storm surge damage. The facility will greatly increase the city's computing infrastructure capacity. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
John Stennes
— ASSOCIATED PRESS A city crew celebrated the first day of spring Wednesday March 20, 2013 in East Grand Forks, Minn.by clearing the remaining snow from Blizzard Fiona off of 23 Street NW. The storm on Monday March 18, 2013 dropped 4 to 8 inches of snow on northeastern Minnesota.(AP Photo/The Grand Forks Herald, John Stennes)
Michael Chritton
— ASSOCIATED PRESS Carol Beasley, left, is in tears after the jury recommended the death penalty for her son, Richard Beasley, right, in the courtroom of Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Lynne Callahan, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Akron, Ohio. Beasley, a self-styled street preacher, was convicted of killing three down-and-out men lured by bogus Craigslist job offers. (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Michael Chritton, Pool)
Susan Walsh
— ASSOCIATED PRESS First Lady Michelle Obama looks at four-week-old Shawn Wittaker as he is held by his mother Amanda Wittaker during a visit to the Fisher House, located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., for a pre-Easter celebration with military families and children, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Pablo Martinez Monsivais
— ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu huddle during their joint news conference in Jerusalem, Israel,Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Gregory Bull
— AP Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez, right, slides in safely to home as Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Aaron Harang, left, waits for the throw from catcher Tim Federowicz after Harang threw a wild pitch during the first inning in an exhibition spring training baseball game Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Tony Dejak
— AP Cleveland Cavalier's Marreese Speights (15) fouls Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Cleveland. Miami won 98-95. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
SHANE KEYSER
— SHANE KEYSER/KANSAS CITY STAR Missouri Tigers head coach Frank Haith watched as Missouri Tigers guard Phil Pressey (right) worked during Wednesday's shoot-around as teams prepared for the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in Rupp Arena on March 20, 2013 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Shane Keyser/The Kansas City Star)
SHANE KEYSER
— SHANE KEYSER/KANSAS CITY STAR The Missouri Tigers huddled around head coach Frank Haith as they received instructions before Wednesday's shoot-around as teams prepared for the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in Rupp Arena on March 20, 2013 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Shane Keyser/The Kansas City Star)
SHANE KEYSER
— SHANE KEYSER/KANSAS CITY STAR Missouri Tigers forward Laurence Bowers (21) practiced his jump shot during Wednesday's shoot-around as teams prepared for the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in Rupp Arena on March 20, 2013 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Shane Keyser/The Kansas City Star)
SHANE KEYSER
— SHANE KEYSER/KANSAS CITY STAR Missouri Tigers guard Jabari Brown (middle) jumped for a dunk as Missouri Tigers forward Alex Oriakhi (left) and Missouri Tigers forward Laurence Bowers (right) watched as the team ran a drill during Wednesday's shoot-around as teams prepared for the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in Rupp Arena on March 20, 2013 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Shane Keyser/The Kansas City Star)
FRED BLOCHER
— The Kansas City Star The kit, or uniforms, of Kansas City's new professional women's soccer team were unveiled during a press conference Wednesday afternoon at The Jacobson, 2050 Central St. Sporting the new unifroms during team introductions were Lauren Sesselmann, (blue) Melissa Henderson (white) and Kristie Mewis (black). FRED BLOCHER/The Kansas City Star_03202013
