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O'Brien's on 'Tonight,' but his debut didn't feel all that momentous

Jun. 2, 2009
The only problem mucking up the whole Jay Leno leaving and Conan O'Brien arriving thing with "The Tonight Show" is that it was neither retirement or ascension. It was transition. And transitions are boring. Not because they lack entertainment value, of...
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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