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  • An Edison, NJ firefighter runs accross a berm at the Shell Gasoline Tank Farm in Sewaren, NJ moments after a 40,000 gal tank of gasoline was struck by two lightning bolts. The fire raged for three days. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • The Most Reverend James F. Checchio is installed as the 5th Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen at The Church of the Sacred Heart in South Plainfield, NJ. Photographed for Saint Peter's University Hospital
  • Marie Loude hangs laundry on the fence surrounding the destroyed Cathedral in Port-au-Prince following the 2010 earthquake that struck the Island nation. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • U.S. Representative Donald Payne in the Rotunda of the Hall of Records, Newark, NJ. Photographed for The New York Times
  • Boo Young and her daughter Jessica (age 14) clean clothing they found in the trees by using broken water pipes at a destroyed gasoline station accross the street from a destroyed Dennys on the beachfront in Biloxi, MS. The family stayed at a nearby home further inland during the storm and returned to their home completely destroyed. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Jayson Williams is handcuffed by Somerset County Sheriffs Officers as he is taken into custody Tuesday, eight years and 10 days after he fatally shot his 55-year-old limousine driver Costas Christofi at his former Hunterdon County estate.Williams, 42 is sentenced to at least 18 months in prison Tuesday as he appears before Superior Court Judge Edward Coleman.Mr. Williams appears with his attorneys Joseph Hayden and Billy Martin.Williams pleaded guilty Jan. 11 to a downgraded charge of aggravated assault under the terms of a plea agreement reached Dec. 24 with the State Attorney General's Office, which took over the case from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office.Williams, who was awaiting retrial on a reckless manslaughter charge, also waived his right for post-conviction relief, a legal motion to set aside a conviction before filing an appeal.
  • Search teams go through the wreckage caused by Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, MS. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • For a feature on teens who fail multiple attempts at their driver's exam. Photographed for The New York Times
  • Maurice is being raised by his crack addicted mother in Newark, NJ. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Sharonda Melvin, the mother of a 17 year old killed Saturday at MLK Blvd and Kinney St. in Newark, NJ is comforted at home Sunday afternoon surrounded by family members Angela Gainer (left), Chante Gedeon (center) and Sharon Melvin (right). Photographed for The Star-Ledger
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  • Israeli Soldiers watch wargames in the valley below an ancient volcano on the Golon. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • A young boy looks to his hand in awe after shaking it with U.S. President Barack Obama during a Newark, NJ campaign rally for NJ Governor Jon Corzine. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Making snow angels outside their building along Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. in Newark, NJ during a snowstorm are Shoataisa Jones (age 9), Tamika Boynes (age 5) and Shanik Austin (age 6). Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • US Navy Seaman Brandon Marks of Kansas City, KS peeks his head through the top of an Amphibious vehicle to look out at the hundreds of Sri Lankans gathered on the beach in Galle to watch the landing of the soldiers to help with relief efforts on the island following a devestating Tsunami. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • A man and his son walk together Tuesday afternoon past the train which was swamped during the Tsunami in Southeast Asia. More than 1,000 died in the train wreck. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • The villagers of Ahuehuetitla, Mexico move through town enroute to the cemetery on the edge of the village to bury 14 year-old Juan Manuel Calixto with his paternal grandmother. The teen was shot and killed in Passaic, NJ defending a fellow gang member. His family flew him home for burial. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Watching caterpillars on the wall of a barn that is next to the playground are Leah Mack, Maelle Rosser, Sofi Ayling and Skyler Mack. Five families seeking a holistic-approach to early education in what they consider a high-pressure academic environment have started their own private school in a Methodist church in Gladstone. With 13 children enrolled in the K-2 school, the state-licensed school plans to add a grade each year. Private tuition runs $6,600 a year and the school is seeking more students. The parents who run the school come from writing, film and other creative industries. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Fallen service member, U.S. Navy Special Warfare Operator 3rd Class (Petty Officer 3rd Class) Denis Miranda (age 24) of Toms River, NJ arrives at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to travel to his final resting place Monday afternoon. Miranda was one of nine service members killed when the helicopter in which they were traveling crashed in Zabul Province in Southern Afghanistan, September, 21, 2010. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Murder suspects are transferred to an awaiting DOC van in Newark, NJ. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Frank and Judy Adamouski stand together at the grave of their son James in Arlington National Cemetery. Parents of Black Hawk pilot killed in Iraq, Frank and Judy are one of an apparent increasing number of Gold Star families who turned to Freedom of Information Act to navigate their way through through the fog of a controversial war and the loss of loved ones.Capt. James Adamouski, 29, of Springfield, Va./Savannah, Ga. died 04/02/03 in Black Hawk helicopter crash near Karbala Gap in Iraq. He was piloting. The military account has changed from friendly fire to hostile fire to pilot disorientation. In days after the crash, his father had FOIAed the maintenance records....took more than a year for him to get them...now the theory is that it was friendly fire, based on his conversations with crew in other helicopter on the mission. The funeral for CW4 John Priestner, Apache Pilot killed in Iraq, 182 Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade has just ended behind them. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • The nuns, Sr.Mary Henrietta Iroghumg, Sr. Mary Victur Egbokg, Sr. Mary Victoria Loeka and Sr. Mary Obi Oraka say their goodbyes and embrace Msgr. Granato near the front door of the Rectory as he exits Tueday after Mass. The Last mass celebrated by Msgr. Granato at St. Lucy's Church, Newark is held Tuesday morning. The monsignor, who is 80 and spent 54 years at the church, he must move out upon the orders of the diocese of Newark. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Thousands participate in a candlelight vigil at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA the evening following the deadliest mass shooting in U.S history. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
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  • Iyanna McDuffie of Rahway, NJ is a recipient of a Kidney and a member of a Kidney Chain. She was part of one of the largest Kidney Chains in the world. She received her Kidney at Newark's Beth Israel Hospital. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Cargo containers are stacked at Port Newark after they are offloaded from ships. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Gyro Bob's serves up some pretty good gyros, falafel, Greek salads and hot dogs. Owned by a wizened, colorful, somewhat hard-of-hearing old guy named Bob. Bob's named is actually Chris Dimitrios. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Members of the A co. 2nd 113th Infantry out of Newark, NJ run an obstacle course at Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania.More than 3,000 NJ Army National Guard troops are training at Fort Indiantown Gap near Harrisburg, PA focusing on marksmanship, urban warfare, convoy and combat lifesaving.Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Kala Jenkins (age 9) (center), the daughter of murder victim {quote}Rocky{quote} Jenkins sits in Essex County Court during the sentencing of her father's killer Edward Peoples. Seated with her are Medina Kenkins (left) a niece and Faja Jenkins (age 13) (left center behind), {quote}Rocky{quote} Jenkins other daugther. Edward Peoples of Newark, NJ is sentenced to 65 years in prison before Essex County Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin . In the court were the victim, {quote}Rocky{quote} Jenkins' family including his parents and his daughters. Edward Peoples tried everything to avoid a murder conviction, including spiriting his girlfriend out of state, going on the lam and convincing a friend to testify he wasn't there. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
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  • Gulfport, MS resident and business owner Eric Barthelemy stands on 14th St. in Gulfport with a shovel and broom before heading down the street to his french cafe to try to clean it up. Scenes of devastation run along the entire coastline in Gulfport and Biloxi Mississippi Thursday following Hurricane Katrina. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Lenny Hengst takes a short break in catching and loading straw on the wagon Tuesday. The baler throws the bales onto the wagon every ten seconds, and each wagon holds approx 175 bales. Farming in 90 degree weather in Warren County, NJ. The Hengst boys, father Ray (age 80), and his sons Jr. and Lenny bale straw in one of their fields at R. Hengst Farm in Mansfield Twp. Ray has owned the 600 acre farm since 1954. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • The 50th Annual Labor Day Parade in South Plainfield, NJ. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • A Bound Brook Police Officer rides down Main St. in Bound Brook, NJ looking for residents to be evacuated. Residents evacuate and are rescued by Bound Brook Police and Rescue Squad and Somerset County Dive Team in Bound Brook as the Raritan River rises from heavy rains. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
  • Heavy fog hangs in the air above Round Valley Reservoir Wednesday afternoon. Playing some football on the beach after a half day of school are Samantha Beadle (age 13), Ryan Beadle (age 7), Brandon Puc (age 7) and Max Mead (age 7). Callie the dog chases after the kids. Photographed for The Star-Ledger
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