~ The Daily Edit 06.25.13

North Koreans march with red flags during a rehearsal on the day before the 63rd anniversary of the outbreak of the three-year Korean War, from 1950 to 1953, near Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, June 24, 2013. North Koreans have hauled out and dusted off signs vowing Death to the American imperialists and a thousand-fold revenge in time for the launch of a month-long anti-American campaign that begins Tuesday, the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Alexander F. Yuan / AP
North Koreans hold banners with anti-U.S. slogans near a billboard with a slogan that reads "Death to the American imperialists," on the day before the 63rd anniversary of the outbreak of the three-year Korean War, from 1950 to 1953, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, June 24, 2013. North Koreans have hauled out and dusted off signs vowing Death to the American imperialists and a thousand-fold revenge in time for the launch of a month-long anti-American campaign that begins Tuesday, the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Alexander F. Yuan / AP
Shiite Muslim worshippers gather at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the ninth-century Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban) Hadi Mizban / AP
Shiite Muslim worshippers pray at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the ninth-century Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban) Hadi Mizban / AP
Shiite Muslim worshippers pray at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the ninth-century Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban) Hadi Mizban / AP
A taxi driver wearing a face mask waits for customers in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 24, 2013. Malaysian authorities declared a state of emergency Sunday in a southern district where a smoky haze blamed on Indonesian forest fires has triggered one of the country's worst pollution levels in years. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) Lai Seng Sin / AP
Skylines are covered under thick haze in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 24, 2013. Malaysian authorities declared a state of emergency Sunday in a southern district where a smoky haze blamed on Indonesian forest fires has triggered one of the country's worst pollution levels in years. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) Lai Seng Sin / AP
A tourist poses for a photo in front of Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers obscured in haze in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 24, 2013. Malaysian authorities declared a state of emergency Sunday in a southern district where a smoky haze blamed on Indonesian forest fires has triggered one of the country's worst pollution levels in years. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Vincent Thian / AP
Indonesian children enjoy a ride during a traveling funfair at a slum area in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June, 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) Tatan Syuflana / AP
Young Indian people enjoy rain at Marine Drive along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, Monday, June 24, 2013. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) Rajanish Kakade / AP
Indian civilians get ready to load relief material for flood affected victims on a helicopter at a makeshift helipad at Joshimath, in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, Monday, June 24, 2013. A top official said the death toll in northern India could rise as army soldiers clear the debris from towns and villages flattened by landslides and monsoon flooding.Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the number of people who have perished in the floods that washed away thousands of homes could go beyond the 1,000 deaths reported so far (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Rafiq Maqbool / AP
An injured Indian pilgrim cries in pain as Indian army soldiers carry him after he was rescued from the higher reaches of mountains at a makeshift helipad at Joshimath, in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, Monday, June 24, 2013. A top official said the death toll in northern India could rise as army soldiers clear the debris from towns and villages flattened by landslides and monsoon flooding. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the number of people who have perished in the floods that washed away thousands of homes could go beyond the 1,000 deaths reported so far. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Rafiq Maqbool / AP
American Chip Starnes, co-owner of Specialty Medical Supplies, looks out from a window after he was hostage by workers inside his plant at the Jinyurui Science and Technology Park in Qiao Zi township of Huairou District, on the outskirts of Beijing, China Monday, June 24, 2013. An American executive said Monday Starnes has been held hostage for four days at his medical supply plant in Beijing by dozens of workers demanding severance packages like those given to co-workers in a phased-out department. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Andy Wong / AP
London Mayor Boris Johnson, bottom center, gives a speech in the historic underwriting room of Lloyd's London headquarters in London, Monday, June 24, 2013. Johnson visits Lloyd's as part of his engagement effort with the City. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Frank Augstein / AP
A Bangladeshi woman cries holding a paper with a photograph of her missing relative as she pleads for help and demands compensation for the dead and missing workers of a garment factory building collapse, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, June 24, 2013. Relatives of the victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse attended a protest rally two months after the building collapsed on April 24. The paper reads: "Mukta Begum - missing." (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad) A.M. Ahad / AP
Trader Sean Spain works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, June 24, 2013. Traders in the U.S. dumped stocks, bonds and commodities, prompted by signs of distress in China's economy and worries about the end of the Federal Reserve bank's easy money policies. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Richard Drew / AP
Former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela waves to the media as she leaves, after visiting the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, June 24, 2013. South Africa's president on Monday said a critically ill Nelson Mandela was "asleep" when he visited the 94-year-old in a hospital, and he urged the country to pray for Mandela, describing him as the "father of democracy" who made extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of his people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ben Curtis / AP
Boston Bruins center Chris Kelly, left, scores past Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford (50) during the first period in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Monday, June 24, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Harry How, Pool) Harry How / AP
Pakistani Abdulrahman Qassim, 62, lies on a bed outside his home playing with his one-year-old grandson Abdulaziz, and his granddaughter Zulikha, 6, left, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, June 24, 2013. Abdulrahman and his family fled their home from Pakistan's tribal region of Mohmand Agency, due to fighting between the Taliban and the army, and took refuge in Islamabad. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) Muhammed Muheisen / AP
George Zimmerman, left, arrives in Seminole circuit court with his wife, Shellie, on the 11th day of his trial, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, June 24, 2013. Zimmerman is accused in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool) Joe Burbank / AP
Assistant State Attorney John Guy gestures during his opening statement in George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, June 24, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool) Joe Burbank / AP
The father of Trayvon Martin, Tracy Martin, listens to the description of his son's death, with Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon's mother, left, during opening statements in the George Zimmerman trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, June 24, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool) Joe Burbank / AP
Lebanese army soldiers help injured soldiers after clashes between followers of a radical Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir and Shiite gunmen, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, June 24, 2013. Lebanese troops battled heavily armed followers of a hard-line Sunni cleric holed up in a mosque complex in a southern port city on Monday, the second day of fighting that has left more than a dozen of soldiers dead, the military said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) Mohammed Zaatari / AP
Relatives of Lebanese army First Lieutenant Samer Tanios, 28, who was killed in a battle against Sunni gunmen, mourn over his coffin during his funeral procession, at the southern village of Rmeich, Lebanon, Monday, June 24, 2013. Lebanese troops battled heavily armed followers of a hard-line Sunni cleric holed up in a mosque complex in a southern port city on Monday, the second day of fighting that has left more than a dozen of soldiers dead, the military said. (AP Photo/Lutfallah Daher) Lutfallah Daher / AP
Egyptians carry the coffin of a Shiite man during the funeral procession of four Shiites outside the Sayida Nafisa mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 24, 2013. Egypt's Islamist president condemns the killing of four Shiites by a Sunni Muslim mob that beat the men to death in their homes. But critics say he is in part to blame for implicitly supporting his hard-line allies as they stir up incitement against Shiites over Syrias civil war, and they warn that militant Islamists are acting with impunity. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) Manu Brabo / AP
Indian Army soldiers take position near the site of shootout on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Monday, June 24, 2013. Five soldiers were killed and seven others wounded Monday in an attack by suspected rebels on an army convoy in Indian-controlled Kashmir on the eve of a visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Mukhtar Khan / AP
Boston Bruins center Carl Soderberg (34), of Sweden, and Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Johnny Oduya (27), of Sweden, fight for position along the boards during the second period in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Monday, June 24, 2013 in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Elise Amendola / AP
Afghans chant anti-government slogans after burning a truck, believed to be owned by foreigners during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 24, 2013. The protests centered around government plans to develop a subdivision in the capital on land that has long been occupied by squatters. Demonstrators blocked two main roads out of the city, and said they would continue their protests until the government gave them somewhere else to live. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Rahmat Gul / AP
Afghans shout anti-government slogans after burning a truck, believed to be owned by foreigners during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 24, 2013. The protests centered around government plans to develop a subdivision in the capital on land that has long been occupied by squatters. Demonstrators blocked two main roads out of the city, and said they would continue their protests until the government gave them somewhere else to live. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Rahmat Gul / AP
Afghans chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 24, 2013. The protests centered around government plans to develop a subdivision in the capital on land that has long been occupied by squatters. Demonstrators blocked two main roads out of the city, and said they would continue their protests until the government gave them somewhere else to live. (AP photo/Rahmat Gul) Rahmat Gul / AP
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 24: A boy plays on scaffolding built to be television news stage across Vilikazi Street from former President Nelson Mandela's Soweto home, which now serves as a museum, June 24, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. News media companies have rented space along Vilikazi Street to broadcast from in the event of Mandela's death. South African President Jacob Zuma confirmed that Mandela's condition has become critical since he was admitted to the hospital over two weeks ago for a recurring lung infection. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
A thunderstorm with heavy rains approaches downtown Chicago, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen) Scott Eisen / AP
BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 24: Waitstaff in a room next dooe watch as German Chancellor and German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Chairwoman Angela Merkel speaks at a summit of the CDU and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) to present their election policy program on June 24, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The two parties are in an alliance as the German Christian Democrats and currently lead in polls ahead of federal elections scheduled for September. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Sean Gallup / Getty Images
LUZON, PHILIPPINES - JUNE 24: Christian devotees walk at dawn to hear mass in celebrating the Taong Putik Fesitival commemorating their patron Saint John the Baptist in Alliaga township on June 24, 2013 in Nueva Ecija province, Philippines. Taong Putik literally means "mud people" and involves devotees covering themselves in mud, banana leaves, vines and twigs to emulate the disguised appearance of John the Baptist when he baptised Christ. The Philippines is the only Southeast Asian country with a predominantly Catholic majority. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images
MILAN, ITALY - JUNE 24: Daniela Santanche, a member of the People of Liberty party (PDL), speaks to the media after the Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to seven years in prison, outside the Justice Building on June 24, 2013 in Milan, Italy. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to seven years in prison for paying an underage teen for sex during his " Bunga Bunga" parties near Milan, (Photo by Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Pier Marco Tacca / Getty Images
LUZON, PHILIPPINES - JUNE 24: Christian devotees carry an image of John the Baptist during morning mass to celebrate the Taong Putik Fesitival commemorating their patron Saint in Alliaga township on June 24, 2013 in Nueva Ecija province, Philippines. Taong Putik literally means "mud people" and involves devotees covering themselves in mud, banana leaves, vines and twigs to emulate the disguised appearance of John the Baptist when he baptised Christ. The Philippines is the only Southeast Asian country with a predominantly Catholic majority. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Dondi Tawatao / Getty Images
SANFORD, FL - JUNE 24: George Zimmerman waits for his defense counsel to arrive in Seminole circuit court, on the 11th day of his trial June 24, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Today prosecutors began with their opening statements. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for the February 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. (Photo by Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Pool / Getty Images
Mississippi State first baseman Wes Rea, rear, and UCLA's Brian Carroll (24) are sent spinning after they collide at first base in the fourth inning of Game 1 of the NCAA College World Series best-of-three finals, Monday, June 24, 2013, in Omaha, Neb. Carroll was safe on the play. (AP Photo/Francis Gardler) Francis Gardler / AP
"Persistence of Vision" is a kinetic sculpture made by Ralph Helmick and Stuart Schechter that is composed of 3200 tiny heads which move over time and form a large portrait head. The sculpture hangs in the Mecklenburg County Courthouse in Charlotte, NC. The motors in the sculpture are currently broken and are being taken out for repair. _MORGAN MCCLOY-mmccloy@charlotteobserver.com Morgan McCloy / mmccloy@charlotteobserver.com
Stevie Nicks,Fleetwood Mac's longtime vocalist, performs during the Fleetwood Mac Reunion Tour concert at Time Warner Cable Arena on Monday night June 24,2013. Robert Lahser - rlahser@charlotteobserver.com Robert Lahser / rlahser@charlotteobserver.com
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts during his Gentlemen's Singles first round match against Steve Darcis of Belgium on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 24, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Mike Hewitt / Getty Images
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Maria Sharapova of Russia celebrates a point during her Ladies' Singles first round match against Kristina Mladenovic of France on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 24, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Clive Brunskill / Getty Images
Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts after winning the first set against Kristina Mladenovic of France during their Women's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) Anja Niedringhaus / AP
Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts as he loses a point to Steve Darcis of Belgium during their Men's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP
Steve Darcis of Belgium reacts as he defeats Rafael Nadal of Spain in their Men's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP
Steve Darcis of Belgium reacts as he defeats Rafael Nadal of Spain in their Men's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP
Rafael Nadal of Spain leaves the court after losing to Steve Darcis of Belgium in their Men's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP