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Chargers' Rivers Signs Six - Year Contract Extension

Aug. 24, 2009
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers has signed a six-year contract extension until 2015, the team said on Monday.
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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