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Celtics Eliminate Bulls With Game Seven Win

May. 2, 2009
BOSTON (Reuters) - The NBA champion Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 109-99 in Game Seven on Saturday to win their Eastern Conference first-round series.
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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