Janisha Sisson and her son, Jayquan, 7, watch their apartment complex burn at 434 Bancroft, Toledo. Residents say the top floor has caught fire 4 times within the last 2 weeks.

Police arrest protesters of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue in Cincinnati. Protesters from all over the U.S. gathered to oppose what they view as large corporations having too much influence over human rights and the environment.

Liz Demiter, 20, of Kent, Ohio, numbed her emotions and cut herself as a way to deal with emotional pain and depression from ages 13 to 18. "Seeing yourself bleed is definitely a reminder of the fact that you’re still alive," she says.

Lisa Cappeli and Joe Cannata embrace to mark a new Colorado law requiring people convicted of violent crimes to serve at least 75 percent of their sentence. The new law is named after Cannata’s daughter who was killed by her boyfriend. Cappeli's mother was killed by her stepfather, convicted in 2003.

Michael, 21, of Bowling Green smokes marijuana in the men's bathroom at Howard's Club H, a bar in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Austen Homier, 11, of Weston, Ohio, rides the Bluebird excursion train that runs from Grand Rapids to Waterville, Ohio.

Cowboys wait their turn to ride during Bull Mania at the Wood County Fair in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Police question and then release a woman on Joffre Ave., Toledo, after finding cocaine in a car.

Anthony Moore, left, writes on a memorial to Eugune McMillan murdered earlier that day in Toledo, while Antonio Mitchell reflects.

Spike, 45, has been homeless and living in Denver for 20 years. His girlfriend, Chris, has been trying to get him off the streets since they met 3 years ago. They sell her possessions on the street in attempt to move to Nebraska and live with Spike’s children and grandchildren. Spike has been close many times to getting off the streets, but each time his drug and alcohol problems stop him.

Paramedic Paula Walters of West Toledo, left, prepares to start an I.V. on 1 year old TosjaNay Holmes whose arm is broken while her mother, Jovan, comforts her and R.N. Jessica Heilman of Sylvania holds her in the emergency room at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center on Christmas day.

Students leave for the buses after the first day of school at Grove Patterson Elementary School in Toledo.

Orange County Sheriff’s deputies John Gentile, front, and Ed Wood, right, of the south-county gang unit practice drills in the portable classrooms at Ambuehl Elementary School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

A driver is given a ticket for speeding 84 mph in a 65 mph zone.

Children play in early morning fog at Olander Park in Sylvania, Ohio.

A summer day at Hyde Park Square in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Anita Johnson of Salinas, Calif., spends the day relaxing in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Amelia Bauman, 14, left, and her brother, Dirk, 12, of Fullerton kiss their 15-week-old Boston Terrier, "Pismo," during the best kisser contest of the Dog Days of Summer talent show and festival in Fullerton, Calif.

Wild flowers growing in a field north of Bowling Green, Ohio.

Karagyn Durco, 4, of Rossford shows off her Christmas wish list for Santa at the Olde Schoolhouse Commons in Lambertville, Mich.

Kassey David, 12, from Perrysburg, Ohio, spends New Year’s Day riding her horse, Buckwheat, while her dog, Dozer, tags along.

Faneka Williams, left, 16, and Shawndee Gantt of Long Beach lose grip in the Monsoon Lagoon at Wild Rivers waterpark on a hot day in Irvine, Calif.

Gloria Edmond holds photos of three of her relatives murdered in a house fire on St. John Ave. in Toledo, including her sister, Rose Mary McCollum, whose boyfriend is accused of setting the fire.

Lisa Calabrese of Cleveland and her son, Anthony, 14, watch the 4 a.m. mass for Pope John Paul II on television at St. Stanislaus Church on Friday, April 8, 2005.

An investigator photographs evidence after a man grabbed a police officer's gun a ticket counter in the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and shot another officer, before he was killed by a 3rd officer.

Angela Wicks, 21, left, binds her breasts with help from Yvonne Riggie, 23, her girlfriend of two years. "It hurts," she says. "It is difficult to breathe." Wicks performs as a drag king at a local night club in Akron, Ohio, because she wants people to be viewed without the constraints of male or female identity.

Jamie Rowan, 31, of Toledo lost his sight in a car accident after hitting a tree head on at 70 mph. Rowan was driving drunk, no headlights on at night, without a license and running from the police. In a coma for several weeks, he says he bound demons in his dreams before he woke. Now 3 years later, he says he cries every day and attends church twice a week.

Linda LaPointe cries as her husband, Tim LaPointe, is sentenced to three years in state prison for his role in the theft of millions of dollars from the state. Tim LaPointe is Tom Noe's former friend and vice president of his rare-coin business.

Eight graders Priscilla Renteria, left, and Laura Torres hug after final exams on their last day of junior high at Los Alisos Intermediate school in Mission Viejo, Calif. The friends will attend different high schools next year.

Aldie Balser of Waseon waits for the number to be called while playing bingo at St. Caspar Catholic Church's Harvest Festival.

Third grader Madeline Lockyer of Perrysburg greets her mom, Sarah, at the end of her first day of school for students at Grove Patterson Elementary School.

Twins Jaci, left, and Jesse Morr, 10, T.J. Kosanko, 10, and J.J. Morr, 9, all of LaSalle, Mich., close their eyes and imagine what it is like for a firefighter inside a burning house while Tony Morr of LaSalle, Mich. watches in the background during the Ida Volunteer Fire Department open house.

Dan Blue of Perrysburg shops at Kismet Home and Art, downtown Perrysburg, Ohio.

Silvia Cristina Sper, 23, of Twinsburg, Ohio, and Jason Johnson, 24, of Kent, Ohio, kiss and grope each other on their first date after finding each other on Myspace.com. They call each other at least a dozen times a day until they have sex on their 3rd date a week later. The day after Johnson ends the relationship.

Buddhist monks from Tibet make a sand mandala in Highland Heights, Kentucky. The monks make the mandala as a way to religiously meditate, and destroy it shortly after it is created.

Children watch as city workers find 15 X-Acto blades hidden in the sandbox of their gated community playground in Newport Beach, Calif.

Second grader Ty Wilson finds his bus with help from principal Gretchen Bueter on the first day of school for students at Grove Patterson Elementary School in Toledo.

A couple enjoy a summer day with their dog in Eden Park, Cincinnati.

Wendy Peck of Holland, left, and niece Brooke Aey, 9, of West Toledo sing Christmas carols while holding Christingles, which are oranges, candles, and candy to symbolize Christ's light to the world, during Christmas Eve service at Trinity Episcopal Church, downtown Toledo.

Icicles hang from a back porch roof on a chilly winter day in Perrysburg, Ohio.

Cowboys wait their turn to ride during Bull Mania at the Wood County Fair in Bowling Green, Ohio.

A Fox 8 News Cleveland photojournalist photographs the Aurora Borealis in Twinsburg, Ohio, around 2:30 a.m.

Ron Rosati paints a flag to remember the victims of September 11 on the front lawn of his business in Hudson, Ohio.

Jon Cypher, 29, of Perrysburg, was born with lumbosacral agenesis, a rare condition that stunted the growth of his spinal cord and legs.