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Today's Photos

BY DI PHOTOSTAFF | JULY 27, 2009 7:30 AM

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A pedestrian walks past the Adler Journalism Building heading to the Main Library on Sunday. The library is open until 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday during the summer. These hours will increase to 2 a.m. for the fall session, starting Aug. 24.

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Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, greets supporters outside the old Rock Island train station on Sunday. Families and others enjoyed a brass band and free food while listening to Loebsack, Gov. Chet Culver, and Iowa City Mayor Regenia Bailey push for support for the Iowa City-Chicago train.

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Spectators watch Iowa Gov. Chet Culver walk out to the old Rock Island train station on Sunday. Culver and Representative Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa stopped in Iowa City to drum up support for the Iowa City-Chicago railway, which would reportedly cost $42 for a one-way ticket.

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Cans and bottles litter the pavement at a crime scene near the intersection of Gilbert and Prentiss Streets on July 24. A homeless man reportedly dropped the bottles, and a bar patron of the nearby Hawkeye Hideaway asked him to pick them up. The homeless man then reportedly stabbed the bar patron and then was fatally shot by a law-enforcement officer.

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Iowa City police Officer Robert Hartman photographs a crime scene near the intersection of Gilbert and Prentiss Streets on July 24. According to witness reports, a law-enforcement officer in plainclothes allegedly shot a 26-year-old homeless man who had reportedly stabbed a bar patron. The patron had asked the homeless man to pick up cans and bottles he had dropped on the sidewalk in front of City Electric Supply.