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Porsche board to hold special meeting

Jul. 10, 2009
Porsche's supervisory board will hold an extraordinary meeting on July 23, a spokesman said Friday, as the company grapples with debt that it accumulated building up its share in Volkswagen AG. Spokesman Albrecht Bamler confirmed the date of the Porsche...
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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