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Oil spill cleanup continues on Alameda shore

sfgate.com
Nov. 3, 2009
Cleanup crews and volunteers picked up globules of sandy tar and chased down oily birds on an Alameda beach Monday, three days after a refueling mishap caused as much as 800 gallons of bunker fuel to spill into San Francisco Bay. Since the spill, wildlife...
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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