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LA judge denies Polanski bid to toss sex case

May. 7, 2009
A judge dismissed Roman Polanski's bid to throw out a decades-old sex case Thursday because the fugitive director failed to appear in court to press his request. In a seconds-long hearing without even any lawyers present, Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza...
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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