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NBA Great Dave Bing Re-Elected Detroit Mayor

Nov. 4, 2009
Bing's victory comes a little more than a year after Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resigned in disgrace following a conviction on felony charges. Bing won the right to replace Kilpatrick in a special election last May.
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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