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Oil prices up, but headed for monthly decline

Jul. 31, 2009
Oil prices are headed for the first monthly decline since January with summer driving season petering out and stockpiles of crude and gasoline piling up. Volatile oil markets this week show just how tricky it's been to put a price on energy when there are so...
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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