Claudia Mitchell, the world's first bionic woman, listens as Dr. Todd Kuiken, Director of the Neural Engineering Center for Artificial Limbs and Center for Bionic Medicine at the Rehabilitation Center of Chicago, and developer of the bionic technology, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, in Washington.
Rummaging Through Rubble
An excavator used in clearing rubble of buildings destroyed during the 34-day Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, pauses as a Lebanese man, wearing a medical mask on his face, tries to salvage some belongings in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006.
Roses For Shooting Victims
Three yellow roses sit on a fence outside Dawson College in Montreal, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006. A gunman went on a rampage at the college Wednesday, killing one student and injuring 19, six of them critically.
Bye Bye Bavaria
Pope Benedict XVI is seen through Bavarian flags on the way to his airplane at the Munich airport in southern Germany, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, prior to his departure for Rome. The pontiff ended a 6-day-visit in his Bavarian homeland.
Hoopla In India
A gymnast soars through a flaming hoop at the inauguration of the Subroto Mukherjee Football tournament in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006.
Wild Ride
A man practices air rescue in an anti-terrorism drill held at the Heilongjiang Stadium in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006. Policemen from different departments cooperated in the drill. China continues its preparations for the 2008 Olympics to be held in Beijing.
Trouble For Tiger
Tiger Woods, of the U.S., the world's Number 1 player, looks on during his first round match against Shaun Micheel, of the U.S., at the HSBC World Match Play Championship at The Wentworth Club on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, in Virginia Water, England. Woods, who had won five straight events starting with the British Open in July, was upset by Micheel, ranked No. 77 in the world.
Basking Bridge
The last span of the northbound C.C. Clay bridge, splashed into the Tennessee River after detonation, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, in Huntsville, Ala. The bridge opened in 1931. The structural steel spanned 1,400 feet and was destroyed in six separate blasts which started on Aug. 17, 2006.
High On The Hog
Emily Billings, 8, relaxes on her five-month-old Yorkshire pig Cookie at the Oxford County Fair Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, in Oxford, Maine. The pig will be put up for sale during the Youth Animal Auction on Friday. The fair continues through Saturday with a variety of activities and events.