Colin Mulvany: From Stills to Video in the Newsroom

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In the 1995 Troika Triathlon, swimmers in the team division head into the 66-degree water of Medical Lake for the 1.2-mile swim portion of the event. A total of 260 individuals and 70 teams competed in the swim bike and run triathlon.

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A fire at Downtowner Motel forced Charlie Burt, 57, to flee his smoked-filled room. He returned later for his belongings only to discover his wallet, hidden under a mattress, was missing.

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Because these young Romanian orphans at Suta Dragodana receive only minimal care from uncaring adults, they find ways to take care of each other.

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Undernourished, ill and lacking the energy to cry, these Romanian orphans hunch outdoors on urine-soaked blankets. They huddle together and rock to comfort themselves.

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In the lunchroom of the Romanian Suta Dragondana orphanage, a small child sits on the floor after other children ate his meal. He is left to eat the crumbs off the floor.

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At the Suta Dragodana orphanage in Romania, 25 children are squeezed into a small dormitory room for naps on filthy mattresses where they are confined for most of a summer afternoon.

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Survival of the Fittest: In the brutal pecking order at the orphanage, a bigger, stronger child scoops a chewed banana out of the mouth of another boy and quickly eats it. At Romania's Suta Dragodana orphanage, the weakest child gets the peel.

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During a firestorm in 1991, Ron Connell's home in Ponderosa, Wash., was destroyed by fire. A lone firefighter, realizing that saving the burning house was futile, went in the front door, grabbed some family photos off the wall and laid them at the end of the walkway. " I can't save the house; this is all I can do," said the fireman.

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During the Big Bend Rodeo Company and the Flying Five's spring roundup, two horses, raised as bucking stock, play fight in a pasture near Dusty, Wash.

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During their afternoon 4-A match at the Spokane Arena, Mead's #4 (top), Kali Rumberger, and KeLicia Shorts block a shot by South Kipsap's #24, Erin Olsen.

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Ashley Muzatko, second from left, shields herself with friends to face the thrills and trauma that await them in seventh grade. Her friends, left to right, are Mandy Hernandez, Lenna Culver, and Amanda Turner.

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Showing too much affection is against school rules. Ashley Muzatko and her new boyfriend, Nick Sietager, 13, kiss behind the gym and in other out-of-the-way places. She admits to her mom later, "Yes, we kissed. Badly, too."

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Armed with Q-tips, ear cleanser, combs, a toenail grinder, and a mix of horse and human shampoo, Celina and her mother, Mary Goben, spend hours grooming their wolfhound before entering him in a dog show.

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During free swim at A.M. Cannon Pool in Spokane, Wash., a group of boys gathers around the showers to rinse off before hitting the pool.

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Longing for a father figure in her life, Cassie Spellman, 11, has to make do with the occasional visitations with her stepdad, Michael Shane, at Airway Heights Prison. During her 8-hour prison visit, Cassie played board games, discussed family matters and had a family Polaroid picture taken to remember her day.

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While his mother, Georgia Gore, makes dinner, David, who has fetal alcohol syndrome, grabs a bottle of Tabasco Sauce and takes a nip. His parents are always on alert, ready to intervene when he makes bad decisions.

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During a neuro-feedback session David Gore, who has fetal alcohol syndrome, flies into a rage leaving his mother, Georgia, bruised, exhausted and wondering if it's time for yet another psychiatric evaluation.

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Structure is the key for kids with fetal alcohol syndrome, who are overwhelmed by normal stimulation. At school, David calms down in a padded isolation room. At home, his mother’s closet becomes a cozy nest.

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Before their big game at Holmes Elementary in Spokane, Wash., "I got it!" is yelled in unison as these little leaguers try and catch fly balls hit by their coach.

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After arriving on a bus from the state intake center at Shelton, Wash., Jeremy Linthicum, of Tacoma, is stripped-searched before entering Airway Heights Corrections Center. Officers say prisoners hide contraband in the most unusual places. "Use your imagination," said one corrections officer.

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With the power of the eagle feather, veteran Glen Douglas, along with the help of his wife, Lesley, perform a Native American cleansing ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The ceremony helped Douglas clear his senses of all the bad things he'd seen and heard during his two tours of Vietnam.

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In withdrawal after a three-day cocaine binge, gang member Tyrone Brown tries to sleep it off. Unable to stay sober, his parole officer sends him back to prison to finish his sentence for dealing crack.

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Jody West gets high in a friend's car. From shooting Meth and smoking pot to liquid acid she squirts occasionally in her eyes, drugs are a big part of West's life.

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"It burns! Oooh, feel the burn," Jody West says as a friend tattoos sad and happy faces on her belly with homemade equipment. The finished tattoo will sport the words “Sad Girl.” She’s gotten a dozen tattoos and three times as many body piercings.

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Chris Holcomb, a former prostitute with HIV, considers Jody West the daughter he never had. He says he's ashamed he kept a secret from scores of partners. "Every day, I think about the people I've infected, the people who infected me. We lied to each other."

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Jody West, a homeless teen, sleeps in a pup tent in her friend's rental house dining room. She keeps her possessions to a minimum so when the time comes to move, there won't be much to slow her down.

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Matt "Beef " Hiett, 19, and his friend Marc Mims, 19, fire- surf, beers in hand, atop burning wooden pallets. For many teens the kegger is a rite of passage that makes them feel more like adults.

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"Come on, Grover," shouts Jimmy Marks from the back of a hearse as he coaxes the spirit of his father, Gypsy leader Grover Marks, to enter Spokane City Hall and haunt it forever.

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Backpack Bass: "It's not really much of a problem," said fifth-grader Stephen Colvin, age 10, of his large bass instrument as he sits down on the front steps of Wilson Elementary School. "Last year I had a heavier backpack with all my homework," said Colvin as he waited for his mom to pick him up after school.

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A swan with it wings raised cruises through the icy waters of Manito pond in Spokane, Wash. Four mute swans share the pond with hundreds of mallard ducks, which forces them to become more territorial as mating season approaches.