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NJ judge seeks more info on billionaire's fortune

Sep. 4, 2009
A New Jersey tax court judge being asked to help split the fortune of one of the world's richest men has asked for more information to help him decide whether the case even belongs in his courtroom. At issue is how to divide plastic magnate Wang Yung-ching's...
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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