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Phone Smart: To Strike Just the Right Chord, Pick the Right Guitar App

Dec. 3, 2009
Software applications for the iPhone can now inexpensively replace tuners, metronomes and some recording equipment.
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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