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Chevron says Gorgon gas field will go ahead

Sep. 14, 2009
Energy giant Chevron announced on Monday that the Gorgon gas field, one of the world's largest, will be developed off northwest Australia with export contracts already signed with China, India, Japan and South Korea. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described Gorgon...
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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