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Orange juice jumps 10 percent on crop report

Oct. 9, 2009
Orange juice futures are rallying, while gold slumps after three days of reaching record highs. November orange juice futures are up 10 cents, or 10.1 percent, at $1.0865 a pound after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast a big drop in this season's...
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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