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California gives away millions in film tax credits

Jul. 27, 2009
California has announced the first batch of movie and TV productions to qualify for tax credits under a film incentive program signed into law in February. So far, 25 productions have qualified for about $68 million in state tax credits. California Film...
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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