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Cavaliers G West being treated for mood disorder

Oct. 17, 2008
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West says he left the team's training camp earlier this month to seek help for depression and "a mood disorder" he has been battling his entire life.
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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