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  • Waitress Eunice McCaleb explodes with laughter as bus boy Dale Nichols goofs around in a makeshift costume late at night on February 10, 2010 at the Broadway Diner. Nichols is known for his “shenanigans” and had come out in a cowboy hat earlier that night while cracking jokes about McCaleb’s “earlier years.” Wednesdays tend to be a hit or a miss with patrons at the diner, giving Nichols plenty of time to goof around.

  • Emily Darter, left, and Katelin Smith react after hearing about the possible suicide of a friend at Capen Park in Columbia, Mo. An 18-year-old woman was found dead Thursday, March 1, 2012 beneath a cliff in the park.

  • Columbia, Mo.

  • Maggie Brown, 7, makes final touches on her family Christmas Tree on Dec. 11, 2011 in their Columbia, Mo. home. It is her parent's, Drew and Sara's, eleventh Christmas together, and they continue the tradition of decorating a real, living tree every holiday season.

  • Swiss actress Mona Petri and her makeup artists prepare her for the filming of “Verleibtes Fiende” on August 19, 2011 at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts located in Columbia, Mo. The film, translated as “Enemies in Love,” is a documentary on a Swiss feminist alumna of the University of Missouri.

  • MU Junior tailback Kendial Lawrence rolls into the end zone, scoring a touchdown, on Nov. 12, 2011 against the Texas Longhorns at Faurot Field. The Tigers defeated the Longhorns 17-5. Texas was the last Big 12 team for MU head coach, Gary Pinkel, to defeat.

  • A University of Missouri ROTC student jumps from a high dive blindfolded into a pool to on September 18, 2010 at the MU Recreation Complex. ROTC cadets swam in full military garb to practice handling themselves and their weapons in an aquatic environment.

  • A Boone County Fair attendee cheers for her favorite demolition derby driver on July 24, 2011 at the Boone County Fair Grounds in Columbia, Mo. Shortly after, she was escorted off the fairgrounds by local police for throwing her Bud Light can on the track.

  • Nevaeh Watts salutes during a 21-gun salute held at the James T. Scott memorial service at Columbia Cemetery on April 30, 2011.

  • Construction worker Domingo Botello scratches lottery tickets Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 during a break from building the Brookside downtown apartments outside Hitt Mini Mart convenience store on Hitt Street. Botello drives home more than 200 miles every weekend to Aurora and stays in a hotel during the week.