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Police again unable to talk with Woods about wreck

Nov. 28, 2009
Florida highway patrol troopers who arrived at the home of Tiger Woods on Saturday to talk with him and his wife about his car crash were told he was unavailable.
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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