Chicago Transit Authority control tower 18 guides elevated Chicago 'L' north and southbound Purple and Brown lines intersecting with east and westbound Pink and Green lines and the looping Orange line above the Wells and Lake street intersection in the loop.

State Capitol security separated both sides of the civil unions bill during Gov. Linda Lingle's veto announcement on July 7 -- those in opposition of HB444 were allowed on the fifth floor outside the governor's office, and supporters set up on the ground floor.

Councilman Donavan Dela Cruz, right, speaks with supporters at his mayoral campaign celebration at Kuhio Park Terrace on July 24.

A group of illegal immigrants deported from the United States, eat in a shelter near the Mexico-U.S. border, in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, on July 28, 2010. A U.S. federal judge blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's new immigration law, barring police from checking the immigrant status of suspected criminals.