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Key sales measure rises at Ross for November

Dec. 3, 2009
Low-price clothing retailer Ross Stores Inc. said Thursday that its sales at store open at least a year climbed in November as shoppers embraced the company's deeply discounted products. For the month of November, the figure climbed 8 percent, more than...
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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