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Oakland Green Job Corps grads get to work

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Jun. 22, 2009
More than 40 hammer-swinging, lumber-toting, drywall-nailing young people broke out the apple cider in Oakland today to celebrate their graduation from one of the nation's first green-collar job training programs. The graduates, who include low-income...
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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