Like the last sports pictures post, I'm separating the images into action and features.

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after a lap band procedure.

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when the ice melts.

Pond hockey on a warm, winter's day.

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korean war service medal.

George Looks Twice of Oglala, S.D., left, receives the Korean War Service Medal from U.S. Senator John Thune for his service with the Army 25th Infantry Regiment during the Korean War.

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a legend.

Rev. Frederick Reese spoke in Rapid City on Sunday. Reese helped organize the Selma, Ala., marches in 1965. The first march, known as “Bloody Sunday” produced some of the infamous images of police brutality. On the third march, Reese stood next to King and his wife, Coretta, as they spent five days walking 51 miles from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery.

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300 airmen and women were deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base on Saturday. Everyone already said their goodbyes to their families and friends. So I only photographed the airmen and women waiting for the word to board the plane. They waited for hours. I thought it was really interesting how most airmen and women spent this time talking on their cell phones.

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downfall.

I photographed a local democratic party meeting for an article on the decline of the Pennington County Democratic Party.

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back to rapid.

Hafiza studied abroad at Stevens High School in Rapid City during the 2009-2010 academic year. After spending six months back in Afghanistan, a group of local sponsors, including a few of her host families from when Hafiza studied abroad, raised money so she could return to Rapid City and study chemical engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Now Hafiza is back in Rapid City and the school created a scholarship for her. These are pictures from a "meet & greet" gathering at the Rapid City Public Library. Of these photographs, my favorite is the first picture, where Hafiza reunites with her math teacher from Stevens High School, Thomas Keck. Keck said Farzami would come into her classroom between classes on "an almost daily basis" to talk about her home, family and struggles.

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crissy field.

post-modern stop sign.

old relics.