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APhoto Of The Day — 7.15.09

ORG XMIT: NYR101 In this photo taken with a cell phone, a girl timidly approaches a 20-foot-long basking shark on Gilgo Beach on New York's Long Island Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The basking shark, estimated to weigh 2,000 pounds, washed ashore on the town beach a few miles east of Jones Beach. New York State Parks official George Gorman said Tuesday that researchers will examine the shark to determine a cause of death. After that, it will be buried in nearby sand dunes on the beach. (AP Photo/Sophia Hall) (Sophia Hall / The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
ORG XMIT: NYR101 In this photo taken with a cell phone, a girl timidly approaches a 20-foot-long basking shark on Gilgo Beach on New York's Long Island Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The basking shark, estimated to weigh 2,000 pounds, washed ashore on the town beach a few miles east of Jones Beach. New York State Parks official George Gorman said Tuesday that researchers will examine the shark to determine a cause of death. After that, it will be buried in nearby sand dunes on the beach. (AP Photo/Sophia Hall) (Sophia Hall / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: NYR101 In this photo taken with a cell phone, a girl timidly approaches a 20-foot-long basking shark on Gilgo Beach on New York's Long Island Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The basking shark, estimated to weigh 2,000 pounds, washed ashore on the town beach a few miles east of Jones Beach. New York State Parks official George Gorman said Tuesday that researchers will examine the shark to determine a cause of death. After that, it will be buried in nearby sand dunes on the beach. (AP Photo/Sophia Hall) (Sophia Hall / The Spokesman-Review)

In this photo taken with a cell phone, a girl timidly approaches a 20-foot-long basking shark on Gilgo Beach on New York’s Long Island earlier today. The basking shark, estimated to weigh 2,000 pounds, washed ashore on the town beach a few miles east of Jones Beach. You write the cutline. Story here . (AP Photo/Sophia Hall)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. The political remains of Sarah “Barracuda” Palin — Blockhead.
  • 2. Shark dies after eating a steady diet of PETA models. Marine Biologists say the shark simply starved to death — Aliasjax.
  • 3. (tie) Cindy considers wading into another political thread — Cabbage Boy; and: Mary Souza contimplates jumping the shark this early in the election cycle — Bent.
  • HM: JohnA & everyone else

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog