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NightLife transforms science museum

Jun. 28, 2009
Textile designer Mary Martinez, 48, of Oakland was on Facebook recently, talking to a friend about plans to attend the California Academy of Sciences' Thursday night party, NightLife, when she learned that her friend was sick and couldn't attend. It didn't...
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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