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Can't pigeonhole this duck-billed platypus

Dec. 17, 2009
Clever fellows, those 49ers on the offensive side of the ball. Thirteen games into the season, and it's impossible to say just exactly what kind of offensive team the 49ers are. A two-back, power running team that isn't, except when it is? (NFL ranking: 24th)...
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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