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New York manufacturer reopens idle upstate plant

Nov. 23, 2009
A newly reopened Niagara Falls manufacturing plant will use hydropower to make products for the solar industry. New York City-based Globe Specialty Metals Inc. said it hired 138 people after spending $27 million on upgrades to the silicon plant it acquired in...
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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