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New Orleans Hornets owner George Shinn optimistic despite prostate cancer

Nov. 6, 2009
The owner of the New Orleans Hornets has announced that he has cancer.
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New prostate cancer vaccine shows promise

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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