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NOTES / Merriman won't be charged

Sep. 11, 2009
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis on Friday dismissed reality TV star Tila Tequila's accusations that San Diego linebacker Shawne Merriman choked Tequila and threw her to the ground early Sunday while she was trying to leave his suburban home. Merriman was...
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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