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NBA commissioner David Stern believes New Jersey Nets sale could be approved by year's end, hopeful for deal with referees

Oct. 22, 2009
David Stern says the sale of the New Jersey Nets to Russia's richest man could be approved by the end of the year.
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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