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Marin water board approves desalination plant

Aug. 20, 2009
Marin County's largest water utility has given the go-ahead for a $105 million desalination plant that would turn sea water into drinking water. The Marin Municipal Water District's board voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of the project, which would be the...
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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