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Globe union delays NLRB meeting as talks continue

Jun. 16, 2009
The Boston Newspaper Guild has postponed a meeting with the National Labor Relations Board so it can resume contract talks with management of The Boston Globe. Negotiations between the Guild and Globe management were set to resume at 3 p.m. Tuesday after 13...
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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