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Payless ShoeSource to expand into Russia

Sep. 1, 2009
Collective Brands Inc. said Tuesday it plans to open its first Payless shoe stores next year in Russia, its latest market for international expansion. Topeka-based Collective Brands and its partner M.H. Alshaya Co. will open five frnachised Payless ShoeSource...
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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