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Cars not advised on event-packed Berkeley day

Apr. 24, 2009
Berkeley will have its equivalent of the harmonic convergence today: a visit by the Dalai Lama, a raucous Earth Day festival and special farmers' market celebrating the elimination of plastic bags. Visitors are advised to use public transit, carpool and ride...
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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