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Twin brothers Ettore (left) and Angelo Rossetti broke the world's record for longest continuous tennis rally, with 25,944 shots in around 15 hours.
   
Girls practice Double Dutch behind Hartford's Generations housing complex, housing specifically for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Though Generations is situated in a neighborhood with a history of violence, the residents there say they feel safe in the insulated space behind the complex.
   
Stefanie Senkiw Krebs pours water over the head of her new son Patrick, 4, while he bathes with his biological brother Joseph, 2, (left) and adoptive brother Peter, 4. Senkiw Krebs and her husband had just returned to their N.Y. home after adopting three brothers from the Ukraine, bringing their family to a total of four adopted children.
     
  
Peter Hazel plays tuba against the sunny sky during the New Rochelle, N.Y., Thanksgiving Day parade.
   
After his horseback riding lesson, Ethan Goldstein, 11, stretches his hand as far as he can reach in an attempt to pet a horse resting in its stall.
   
Harrison High School's Andre Fonseca tackles teammate Bryan Merlos as they leave the field after beating Section 4 champion Owego 2-0 to win their regional championship.
     
  
A Metro-North rider passes the time on her cell phone white waiting at the White Plains, N.Y., station to return to New York City after a day of work. Metro-North released a survey that showed that more of its riders than ever are leaving the city to work in the suburbs.
   
Jadyn Smith, 15 months old, comes into a moment of wakefulness as she falls in and out of sleep. Family friend Ron Hancox keeps her contented while her grandmother, Debbie Esteves (center), socializes during the first night of the 17th Annual Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz in downtown Hartford, Ct.
   
Michael Melts, 57, reads in Russian to his mother, Hannah Gilis, 85, in a shady spot at Hartford's Elizabeth Park. Gilis is legally blind, and Melts says he helps her out as often as he can. "When I was a baby she cared for me and now I try to do the same. When she's happy, I'm happy too," he said.
     
  
Although very nervous and teary-eyed, Annette Montford manages a smile as she prepares for her wedding at Park Place Health Center, a rehabilitation and nursing facility. A crowd of well wishers watches from the hallway.
   
Rev. Gawain F. de Leeuw of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in White Plains poses in the front of the 80-year-old sanctuary, which was rearranged recently to accommodate lower attendance. The church removed 18 pews and added a new altar to create a circular, intimate space for parishioners, making the sanctuary seem less empty and cavernous.
   
Justin Fontano, who insisted on being the lead, turns back to his little sister and grandparents after making a wrong turn through Lyman Orchards' sunflower maze. "It's a good thing we survived," Justin said as the group cooled off with water after completing the maze.
     
  
Pacharin Sribhud and her grandson, Luke Sribhud, 2, chase each other during a morning together. An amateur photographer, she says she loves to document her only grandchild's life and is working on a book and website full of family photos. "That way he'll remember me when I'm dead!" she joked.
   
Dave Spetrino of Wilmington, N.C., emerged from the dark side of a BrickBreaker addiction through a new year's resolution. He says he spent all of his free time playing BrickBreaker, a game that comes preloaded on BlackBerry devices. "It was becoming a total distraction," he says. "There were days when I was literally playing for hours."
   
Promotional photo for Paws4Ever, a no-kill animal shelter in Mebane, N.C.
     
  
Kate and Tom Underwood, happily married in August, 2009.