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Cathay Pacific Delays Delivery on Boeing Planes

Nov. 28, 2008
Cathay Pacific said it would delay delivery of its Boeing aircraft, with list prices of about $9.5 billion.
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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