NC Oyster Festival

This is what happens at an oyster-shucking contest when someone chooses to not wear gloves.

The calm after the storm

Sand blows across Topsail Beach the morning after Tropical Storm Hannah made landfall

Sub comes to town

the newly commissioned submarine USS North Carolina at the North Carolina State Port in Wilmington, NC Saturday, May 3, 2008.

Hillary Clinton campaign in Jacksonville, NC

Cole Bros. Circus Tent Raising

A worker helps raise the tent for the Cole Bros. Circus near the Wilmington International Airport Tuesday, April 8, 2008.

Studio shots of DJ Sergio Bastida, a local DJ from Spain.

Danny Glover

Danny Glover speaks at the 25th Annual Martin Luther KIng Jr. Celebration in Kenan Auditorium on the campus of UNCW Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. Staff Photo By Mike Spencer/STAR-NEWS