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Tavarus Blackmon, 33, plays with his daughter Hannah Cord-Blackmon, 2, as Elizabeith Cord, 32, looks on at left. They recently moved into a 3 bedroom home in Oak Park from a small apartment in Midtown to accommodate their family. They were both subsidized by the federal government. The program is allowing them to live decently while they attend Sacramento State and care for their daughter Hannah Cord-Blackmon, 2. For the first time in six years SHRA is opening its waiting list for federally subsidized housing at midnight on Monday, and is expecting a huge crush of applications. As many as 50,000 people may try to file online bids to get a place on the waiting list for housing vouchers but only 3,000 of them will get that coveted place. -
Kings co-owner Gavin Maloof, left and player Demarcus Cousins react to the team getting the number five pick in the NBA lottery at "Defy the odds" party at Firestone Public House on Wednesday, May 28, 2012 in Sacramento. -
Krystina Xiong, 11, tries to stay cool under the shade of an umbrella while on a field trip with her classmates from Earl Warren Elementary School and her mom who was a chaperon at the River Cats game, Wednesday. -
Monterey Trail High School girls 4x100 relay team members from right Ciara Levy, A'Jah Love, Phoenisha Schuhmeier and alternate Desiree Turner hold their injured star sprinter, charismatic leader and anchor, Esther Higgwe. The team ranks seventh in the state and will compete in this weekend's CIF State Meet in Clovis and are uncertain if anchor, Higgwe, will be able to compete. She strained her hamstring in Friday's Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Meet, collapsing 40 yards from the finish line in the 200. She is undergoing some experimental treatment this week to try to prepare her ready for Friday's trials. -
River Cats relief pitcher Sean Doolittle watches Wednesday's game against the Fresno Grizzlies from the bullpen. -
May 30, 2012 - London, England, United Kingdom - People walk past a window display of Queen Elizabeth made of LEGO bricks in the Hamely's toy shop window. Preparations are being made around London ahead of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee this weekend. View a photo gallery. -
Police surround a house in the University district in Seattle near a cafe where a gunman killed two people and critically wounded three others Wednesday. The shooting took place about 11 a.m. at Cafe Racer, a restaurant and music venue north of the University of Washington. -
French journalist Romeo Langlois, center, is escorted by rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, upon their arrival to San Isidro, southern Colombia, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Langlois , who was taken by rebels on April 28 when they attacked troops he was accompanying on a cocaine-lab eradication mission, was handed over by the rebels to a delegation that included a French diplomat in San Isidro. -
Tiger Woods walks on a bridge to the 15th tee during the Pro-Am at the Memorial golf tournament at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, Wednesday. -
Army chaplain Col. Dennis Goodwin, left, leads a prayer over a transfer case containing the remains of Chief Warrant Officer 5 John C. Pratt during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Wednesday. According to the Department of Defense, Pratt, of Springfield, Va., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. -
The USS Iowa is towed to the Port of Los Angeles near Los Angeles, Wednesday. The 887-foot long, 58,000-ton battlewagon is being towed to the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, where it will be transformed into an interactive naval museum. -
Dharun Ravi swears on a bible to tell the truth as he stands between his attorneys, Joseph Benedict, left, and Philip Nettl, right, during a hearing in New Brunswick, N.J., Wednesday. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to watch his roommate kiss another man days before the roommate killed himself, was sentenced May 21, 2012, to 30 days in jail and three years of probation. After apologizing for the first time Tuesday, May 29, Ravi gave up his right to remain free on Wednesday while New Jersey prosecutors appeal his 30-day jail sentence. -
San Diego Padres relief pitcher Dale Thayer, left, walks off the field as the Chicago Cubs celebrate Darwin Barney's game-winning, two-run home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, in Chicago. The Cubs won 8-6. -
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia signs autographs after wining her second round match against Shahar Peer of Israel at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday. -
A Hindu devotee prays to a cow at the Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra festival, in Allahabad, India, Wednesday. Hindus across the country celebrate Ganga Dussehra by worshiping the River Ganges, which is considered as the most sacred and the holiest river. The water of the Ganges is worshiped in sealed containers in every home, sprinkled as a benediction of peace. -
Six-year-old Lori Ann Madison, of Woodbridge, Va., the youngest contestant in the history of the National Spelling Bee, reaches for the microphone during the second round, Wednesday, in Oxon Hill, Md. View a photo gallery. -
Backdropped by Tower Bridge, hundreds of students from more than 100 nationalities toss their mortar boards into the air in a Guinness World Record attempt for the most people throwing mortar boards simultaneously outside City Hall in London as part of World Record London to mark the news that more international students than ever are now studying in London, Wednesday. 295 students took part and set a new Guinness -
Indian paramilitary soldiers carry their injured colleague on a stretcher at a hospital in Srinagar, India, Wednesday. An officer in Indian-controlled Kashmir says suspected rebels fighting against Indian rule fired on paramilitary soldiers in the disputed region's main city wounding at least seven soldiers. -
Hindu priests rotate oil lamps as they perform a ritual at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra festival in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Hindus worship the River Ganges, which they consider as the most sacred and the holiest. -
Italy'sAngelo Obinze Ogbonna, left,and Mario Balotelli arrive for a team group photo in the Coverciano site where the Italy national team is training, near Florence, Italy, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Premier Mario Monti suggested Tuesday that Italian football should be suspended for two to three years after the latest match-fixing scandal rocked the national team and tarnished the image of the domestic game yet again just a week before the start of the European Championship. -
Activists of Nepal's opposition parties burn an effigy of Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Nepal sank into political turmoil after lawmakers failed to agree on a new constitution, leaving the country with no legal government. Nepal's opposition parties said they will team up to topple the government, as they accused the prime minister Wednesday of having no moral or legal grounds to stay in power ahead of new elections. -
Queen Elizabeth II attends a dinner with The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland at the Caledonian Club, London Wednesday May 30, 2012. The Queen is marking her Diamond Jubilee and celebrations reach a peak with a four-day weekend of events, June 2-5. View a photo gallery. -
An Emirati man stands on an escalator during the Facebook opening of the first Middle East and North Africa office at the Armani hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. -
Dev Jaiswal, of Louisville, Miss., spells his word during the second round of National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, May 30, 2012, in Oxon Hill, Md. -
South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela, after receiving a torch to celebrate the African National Congress' centenary from ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete, unseen, in Mandela's home village Qunu in rural eastern South Africa Wednesday May 30, 2012. Nelson Mandela's African National Congress brought its centenary celebrations to his home village in rural eastern South Africa. -
A distraught woman is carried after collapsing at the scene of a shooting that claimed the life of a 5-year-old girl and a woman at a birthday party in New Orleans Tuesday. In all five people were shot in the incident.
