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NHL Backs Whatever Bid Keeps Coyotes In Arizona

Jul. 27, 2009
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The National Hockey League will support any bidder that wants to keep the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes hockey team in Arizona, and it is up to the court to decide which offer is best, the deputy commissioner for the North American sports league said on Monday.
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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