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Mayor: Judge approves deal to save NM jet maker

Aug. 20, 2009
Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez says a bankruptcy judge has approved a $40 million deal that will save the New Mexico-based maker of the Eclipse 500 light jet. Eclipse Aviation shut down its Albuquerque plant in February 2008, putting 800 employees out of...
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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