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Kid Reporter Covers 'Worldwide Day Of Play'

Sep. 26, 2009
The cable channel Nickelodeon goes dark for three hours Saturday, in an effort to encourage kids to go out and play. The network is calling it the Worldwide Day of Play. Host Scott Simon talks with 9-year-old Brennan LaBrie about what his friends are planning for the afternoon.
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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