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Kansas City Royals minor leaguer suspended for 50 games

Aug. 27, 2009
Kansas City Royals outfielder Nicholas Francis has been suspended for 50 games under baseball's minor league drug program after a second violation for a drug of abuse.
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Kansas City at Detroit, postponed

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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