Photos of the Day

~ The Daily Edit 02.23.13

  • The casket carrying the body of San Bernardino County Sheriff Det. Jeremiah MacKay is taken out of a hearse during his funeral service on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 at the San Manuel Amphitheater in Glen Helen, Calif. Thousands of law enforcement officers from across the Southwest gathered to honor to San Bernardino County sheriff's Detective Jeremiah MacKay, who was killed in the violent conclusion of the manhunt for fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Stan Lim, Pool) Stan Lim / AP

  • Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan looks over a stats sheet during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) Chuck Burton / AP

  • Timothy Peters (17) collides Ryan Truex (30) as Jeff Agnew (27) gets by during the NASCAR Truck Series auto race Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Ron Sanders) Ron Sanders / AP

  • Johnny Sauter celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Truck Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna) Terry Renna / AP

  • Duke's Elizabeth Williams, left, and Florida State's Lauren Coleman reach for the loose ball during the first half of an NCAA women's college basketball game in Durham, N.C., Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Gerry Broome / AP

  • Tracks tell teh story of a vehicle that had trouble maintaining it's course on a snowy road in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, following a large winter storm that travelled through the heartland. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) Nati Harnik / AP

  • A man walks with his dog next to the snow-covered Lake Michigan in Chicago on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Gusty winds and iced-over roadways made for treacherous Midwest travel Friday as a major winter storm headed east over the Great Lakes. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Nam Y. Huh / AP

  • A woman holds a candle along with a poster of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at a candlelight vigil to pray for his health as he remains in a hospital undergoing cancer treatment, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. The Venezuelan government provided an update on Chavez's condition Thursday night, saying that he remained at a military hospital in Caracas and that "the medical treatment for the fundamental illness continues without presenting significant adverse effects." (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Ariana Cubillos / AP

  • A woman prays during a special Mass of thanksgiving celebrated by Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Sao Paulo's archbishop, in honor of Pope Benedict XVI at the Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. The cardinal will be part of the conclave that will elect the next Pope. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) Andre Penner / AP

  • Cuba's President Raul Castro, center, gestures goodbye to reporters after answering a few question outside the Internationalist Soviet soldier mausoleum where he attended a tribute with the visiting Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. The Cuban leader raised the possibility of leaving his post, during an appearance Friday. Castro told reporters he's about to turn 82 years old and added, "I have the right to retire, don't you think?" (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes) Franklin Reyes / AP

  • Roses grace train tracks, thrown on the tracks by crash victims' relatives, during the one-year anniversary ceremony of a train crash at the Once train station in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. A year after a train crash killed 51 people and injured 800 others on Feb. 22, 2012, exposing systemic corruption and other failures in Argentina's transportation systems, the victims' families and other passengers are as angry as ever over a litany of promised improvements and safety measures that have not been made. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Victor R. Caivano / AP

  • Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ramon Ortiz is silhouetted while warming up during baseball spring training in Dunedin, Fla., on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette) Nathan Denette / AP

  • Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Clint Robinson, left, flips the ball to shortstop Chase d'Arnaud (15) for a force out at second base during a baseball spring training intrasquad game, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Charlie Neibergall / AP

  • Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Clint Robinson, left, flips the ball to shortstop Chase d'Arnaud (15) for a force out at second base during a spring training intrasquad baseball game, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Charlie Neibergall / AP

  • Docked across the pier from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, crew members of USS George H.W. Bush man the rail to send off the Eisenhower on its four-month deployment to the Persian Gulf Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Hyunsoo Leo Kim) Hyunsoo Leo Kim / AP

  • Minnesota Twins' Brian Dozier jumps in the air as he fields a ball to throw to first base during a spring training baseball workout, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman) David Goldman / AP

  • An Egyptian family feeds seagulls while crossing the Suez Canal aboard a ferry during a general strike, in Port Said, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. In the restive city of Port Said, where a general strike entered its sixth day on Friday, factory workers, activists and laborers have held street rallies that brought the coastal city on the northern tip of the Suez Canal to a halt, though shipping in the international waterway has not been affected. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) Nasser Nasser / AP

  • An Egyptian child wears a red hood and a noose during an anti-government protest in front of Egypt's high court building in downtown Cairo, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Egypt's president called multi-stage parliamentary elections beginning in April but a key opposition leader warned Friday that the vote may only inflame tensions unless there are serious political talks first.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Khalil Hamra / AP

  • Iberia planes are seen parked at Barajas international airport in Madrid, Spain, Friday Feb. 22, 2013. Several thousand protesters protested inside the largest terminal of Madrid's international airport, blowing whistles and air horns in a deafening demonstration against cuts planned by national carrier Iberia. (AP Photo/Paul White) Paul White / AP

  • An Austrian athlete is reflected in a puddle of rain, competes in the men's training race at the Sliding Center Sanki during the the Luge World Cup 2013, in Krasnaya Polyana resort, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

  • TOPSHOTS Two women stand under a fountain in the so-called "Sonnenbad" (Sun bath) swimming pool at temperatures just below 0 degrees Celsius during the opening of the pool for the new season Karlsruhe, southern Germany on February 22, 2013. The pool is the first to re-open after being closed for winter. AFP PHOTO / ULI DECK GERMANY OUTULI DECK/AFP/Getty Images ULI DECK / AFP/Getty Images

  • A passenger, center, tries to reach a check-in desk as Iberia workers protest inside Barajas international airport in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Several thousand protesters are inside the largest terminal of Madrid's international airport — blowing whistles and air horns in a deafening demonstration against cuts planned by national carrier Iberia. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Emilio Morenatti / AP

  • Sara Errani of Italy returns to Roberta Vinci of Italy during the semifinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Regi Varghese) Regi Varghese / AP

  • A woman shelters from the rain and the flodding at a bus stop, by standing on a bench, on a flooded highway linking Athens with its port of Piraeus, during a rainstorm on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Hours of heavy rainfall in Athens caused extensive flooding, inundating basements and forcing authorities to close major roads and a central subway station. The Greek fire brigade says it received more than 900 calls to pump out water in the greater Athens region Friday. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Petros Giannakouris / AP

  • Pakistani children hold candles at the site of Saturday's bombing, in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Pakistani Shiites buried their kin killed in a massive bombing last weekend in the southwestern city of Quetta but the funeral on Wednesday was marred by gunfire as both protesters and police fired into the air. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt) Arshad Butt / AP

  • Photographers take photos of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius as he stands in the dock during his bail hearing at the magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. The fourth and likely final day of Oscar Pistorius' bail hearing opened on Friday, with the magistrate then to rule if the double-amputee athlete can be freed before trial or if he has to remain in custody over the shooting death of his girlfriend. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Themba Hadebe / AP

  • Relatives and neighbors mourn by the body of Swapna Reddy, killed in Thursday’s explosion, at their house in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. A day after two bicycle bombs killed more than a dozen people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday for possible links to anger over the execution of a Muslim militant. (AP Photo/ Mahesh Kumar A.) Mahesh Kumar A / AP

  • Flowers are placed in memory of those killed, at one of the two bomb blast sites, in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. A day after two bicycle bombs killed more than a dozen people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday for possible links to anger over the execution of a Muslim militant. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Aijaz Rahi / AP

  • West Oso's Akeyla Mitchell, left, and T'Aundrea Davis collapse on the court as Smithville players celebrate behind them, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, after losing 50-49 in the final seconds of their Region IV-3A playoff girls high school basketball game in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Michael Zamora) Michael Zamora / AP

  • Members of the Charlotte Bobcats dance team perform during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. The Bulls won 105-75. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) Chuck Burton / AP

  • New Orleans Hornets cheerleaders perform in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. The Mavericks won 104-100. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Gerald Herbert / AP