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Maria Shriver says mother's death 'has brought me to my knees'

Oct. 27, 2009
At a session on grief at the Women's Conference in Long Beach, California's First Lady says she's 'not fine' after losing her mother and role model, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, two months ago. Maria Shriver has long sought to protect her privacy as California's First Lady, but today she brought...
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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