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KHL bans five following probe of player's death

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Jan. 16, 2009
Russia's Continental Hockey League has banned five team executives and doctors, four of them indefinitely, for at least two years for their roles in connection with the death of Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov.
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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