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Patient-fondling dentist pleads no contest

May. 4, 2009
A San Jose dentist has pleaded no contest to six counts of sexual battery for groping patients under his care, at least one of whom was told that he was screening her for cancer, authorities said today. Benva Lazar, 56, entered no contest pleas Thursday to...
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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