The setting: 1938, winter, Central Washington farm country. The snow-covered wheat fields are fallow. A group of locals has picked up the skiing craze — ski jumpers have been launching into the air in ...

The winning image, shot with a fish-eye lens from a a rocky shelf on the Lake Michigan shore, topped a record 770-plus entries in the annual contest.

An open house for agents was supposed to last from 4 to 7 p.m. People stayed until 11. 'No one wanted to leave.' ...