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Golden Gate Fields to go up for auction

Nov. 30, 2009
Golden Gate Fields, a 70-year-old horse racing track perched on prime East Bay waterfront, is scheduled to be placed on the auction block in February as part of an effort by the track's owner to reduce its debt. Magna Entertainment Corp. of Aurora, Ontario,...
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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