Today in Photos
A woman in Florida who traps alligators leads the photo slideshow today. After that there is a mixture of images including weather in Texas and Maine, a warehouse fire in Montana and an interesting photo from the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Section:Gallery
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Julie Harter, Florida's only female state employed alligator trapper, tapes the mouth of a four foot alligator caught May 12, 2009 at a pond near an apartment complex in Oldsmar, Fla. Harter learned the trade from her husband, who was also a trapper.
Mitch Stacy Associated Press
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Julie Harter, Florida's only female state-employed alligator trapper, tapes the mouth of a four foot alligator caught May 12, 2009 at a pond in Oldsmar, Fla. Harter learned the trade from her husband, who was also a trapper.
Mitch Stacy Associated Press
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Members of the Butte-Silver Bow Fire Department battle a fire that broke out at a tire warehouse in Butte Thursday morning June 11, 2009 in Butte, Mont., sending heavy, black smoke into the air. The Whalen Tire warehouse was fully engulfed, The Montana Standard reported on its Web site.
Walter Hinick Associated Press
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A facsimile of Anne Frank's diary displayed with art work in the background during a press conference at Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, June 11, 2009. The Anne Frank House museum says it will permanently exhibit her diaries and other writings as part of activities commemorating the 80th anniversary of her birth on June 12, 1929. Frank died aged 15 in a concentration camp, but her posthumously published diary has made her a symbol of all Jews killed in World War II.
Evert Elzinga Associated Press
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Artist Karen Mabon, whose work comments on the British obsession with celebrity culture, wears the pop jewellery she designed, depicting singers Pete Docherty and Amy Winehouse, during the launch of the Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday June 11, 2009.
Danny Lawson Associated Press
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A cargo ship passes under the Yokohama Bay Bridge in the Port of Yokohama in Yokohama near Tokyo, Japan, Thursday June 11, 2009. Japan's economy shrank at a 14.2 percent annual pace in the first quarter _ better than first thought, but still the worst quarterly contraction ever for the world's second-largest economy.
Koji Sasahara Associated Press
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Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury stops a shot during hockey practice at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh on Thursday, June 11, 2009. The Penguins face the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Friday, June 12, in Detroit.
Gene Puskar Associated Press
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Judy Hayes of York, Maine, power walks along the Rockland breakwater while vacationing, Thursday, June 11, 2009, in Rockland, Maine. The windjammer Stephan Taber, the oldest documented sailing vessel in continuous service in the United States, cruises about a mile offshore.
Robert Bukaty Associated Press
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A bolt of lightning strikes in downtown Dallas, Texas, early Thursday, June 11, 2009. A series of powerful storms packing heavy rains and frequent lightning strikes grounded dozens of flights, left thousands of North Texans without power and made for a chaotic morning rush-hour commute through flooded streets without working traffic lights.
Michael Ainsworth Associated Press
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In this image made available on by the Ministry of Defence in London, Thursday June 11, 2009, British army Corporal Sandra Jordan, 31, exercises at Camp Bastion, Britain's largest base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, at sundown, Wednesday June 3, 2009. Jordan is a ward nurse at the camp hospital, where British and coalition force troops, Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police, as well as civilians and enemy casualties are treated.
Jon Bevan Associated Press