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Pop Quiz: Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Nov. 22, 2009
Trans-Siberian Orchestra believes holiday music is best served with a generous heaping of lasers and shrieking guitars. For the past decade, the group founded by former members of the also-ran heavy metal outfit Savatage - actually, there are two touring...
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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