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LISTENING STATION: Quirky sound from the Flaming Lips

Oct. 13, 2009
Flaming Lips Embryonic Warner Bros. Records The Flaming Lips' new album is that rarest of rare birds — a sprawling, polyphonic double album of the old school. While it doesn't have the heft or importance of Led Zepplin's "Physical Graffiti" or "Electric Ladyland" by...
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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