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Golden Gate Bridge to get suicide net to catch would-be jumpers

Oct. 11, 2008
Agency decides that the barrier would be the least visible of five alternatives. But no source of funding has been determined for the estimated $50-million project. Stainless-steel netting costing up to $50 million will be placed beneath the Golden Gate Bridge to catch would-be suicide jumpers,...
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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