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Passer-by, mom halt third Palo Alto suicide

Jun. 5, 2009
A passing motorist helped the mother of a Palo Alto high school student keep the boy from committing suicide on the Caltrain tracks at the same crossing where two fellow students killed themselves in the past month, police said today as they stepped up...
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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