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  “Last Mission/Last Hour” In the early morning of October 20, 2006, six days before his 21st birthday, the Humvee Iraqi translator Diyar al-Bayati was riding in during a routine patrol came under attack by a roadside bomb and an ambush. On his last mission and his last [...]

• Spot News – Troy Boman, First Place

  Judge: Eileen Blass, Staff Photographer, USA TODAY

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• Sports Action – Mario Ruiz, First Place

  1st- “State Amateur Golf Final” Mario Ruiz
  2nd- “Baseball Dive” Eli Lucero
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  HM- “Houston we have a problem” Drew Godleski
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• Spot News – Robert Johnson, First Place

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• Humor – Jaren Wilkey, First Place

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• Portrait – Leah Hogsten, First Place

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• Spot News – Tom Smart, First Place

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• Photo Essay – Raid on Polygamy, Trent Nelson, Honorable Mention

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  Eldorado, Texas – In April 2008, Child Protective Services (CPS) raided a polygamous sect’s Texas ranch and removed 416 children after receiving phone calls, now believed to be a hoax, from someone claiming to be an abused sixteen-year-old girl. This raid on the FLDS Church’s YFZ (Yearning for [...]

• Feature Photo – Meegan Reid, First Place

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• POY – Djamila Grossman, Second Place

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  Lorie Cross, 18, of Pleasant View, Utah, waits for customers to buy corn by the side of the road, on Aug. 5, 2008. Cross and two of her friends raised the crops as part of the school’s Future Farmers of America club.

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