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LUXURY CROSSOVERS / Aesthetically pleasing Audi Q5 spares little

Jul. 18, 2009
There's no longer any debate or any doubt: Americans hate station wagons. Deep down, they still love and want their SUVs, even if most of these are now marketed as crossovers, a politically soothing yet increasingly pointless distinction. Car companies...
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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