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Microsoft: Windows 7 on track for holiday sales

May. 11, 2009
Microsoft Corp. says the next version of Windows will go on sale in time for the holiday shopping season. The software maker published an almost-final version of Windows 7 last week, a sign it would be ready before the official January 2010 deadline. Windows...
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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