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Google Abandons Deal With Yahoo

Nov. 6, 2008
Google chose to abandon the controversial plan after the Justice Department said it would file an antitrust suit to block it. Yahoo said it would have preferred to defend the deal in court.
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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