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LA commuter line reopens after power line damage

Oct. 28, 2009
A commuter train line shut down when high winds knocked a canopy onto power cables has fully reopened in time for the evening rush hour. Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Luis Inzunza says the Gold Line light rail track was reopened shortly...
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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