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Former D-backs first-base coach Jones dies

Jan. 17, 2009
Tommy Jones, first-base coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks for parts of the 2004 season and the team's player development director from 1998-04, has died. He was 54.
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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