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Ostler: With all due patience, can Russell hit a target?

Oct. 12, 2008
To whom can JaMarcus Russell turn now? His phone-a-friend lifeline didn't work so well. Whatever advice the Raiders quarterback got when 86'd coach Lane Kiffin phoned him last week didn't seem to come in handy Sunday. Russell had a remarkably bad day in a 34-...
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NFL: San Diego 28, Oakland 18

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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