A woman wears an Obama for President badge at 'Fine Art for a Fine Man', an art sale to raise money for the Barack Obama presidential campaignPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianA night on patrol with the Roanoke police: Police and locals help a young man who was stabbed and collapsed on his porchPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianPolice and locals help a young man who was stabbed and collapsed on his porchPhotograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
The Norfolk and Southern Railroad workshop: Roanake is a railway town make famous by the photos of Winston O'LinkPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianDemocrat supporters on the campaign trial in the townPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianTwo young men pulled over for drunk drivingPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianFriday night in RoanokePhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianA freight train passes the new Taubman Museum of Fine Art (L) and the Wachovia bank building (C) in downtown Roanoke. The bank has been a victim of the credit crunch and no longer exists. There is a rich cultural life in the town from amateur theatre to public concertPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianEmergency services at the scene of a car crashPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianPeople of Roanoke: (from bottom left to top right) Anna Robertson in her ice cream soda shop; Pamela Irvine, president and CEO of Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank; Princess Moyer and her son Jayden at home, Democratic volunteers Tony and Karen Russell out canvassing for the election campaignPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianPolice talk to witnesses at the scene of a stabbingPhotograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
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