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California city wins in dry-cleaner pollution case

May. 20, 2009
A Superior Court jury says two chemical companies must pay Modesto $18.3 million to remove dry-cleaning chemicals from the soil and groundwater. After 11 years of litigation and a 114-day trial, jurors in San Francisco County Superior Court decided Monday...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler