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New home for Kaufmann's prefab, green designs

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Sep. 29, 2009
Architect Michelle Kaufmann, who closed her Oakland firm in May, citing the impact of the financial meltdown and the plunging housing market, has sold the building rights to several of her signature prefabricated, sustainable houses to Boston company Blu...
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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