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LA judge signs dismissal of Dole banana case

Jun. 17, 2009
A California judge has signed a 60-page dismissal order setting out details of a massive fraud on the Dole food company designed to collect billions through false claims of harm to Nicaraguan banana plantation workers. Juan Dominguez, the Los Angeles lawyer...
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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