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Northrop Grumman posts 3Q dip but lifts outlook

Oct. 21, 2009
Northrop Grumman's earnings for the third quarter were hurt by higher pension costs, but results handily beat analyst estimates, and the maker of military aircraft and defense electronics lifted its profit outlook for the year. Northrop now predicts 2009...
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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