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Franchitti wins Indy GP of sonoma

Aug. 23, 2009
Sometimes even a close race can lack excitement. Sunday's Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma was one of them. Pole sitter Dario Franchitti pulled off a flag-to-flag victory, spending the entire race with Ryan Briscoe in his rear-view mirror. Briscoe kept waiting for...
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Franchitti is winner at Sonoma

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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