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NOTES / Appearance canceled over anti-Semitic remark

Oct. 17, 2009
Noted singer Ronan Tynan's scheduled appearance for "God Bless America" at the AL Championship Series opener in New York on Friday was canceled by the Yankees after a woman complained to the team that he made an anti-Semitic remark. Yankees spokeswoman Alice...
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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