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Power Outages in Northeast After Storm

Dec. 14, 2008
Roughly 649,000 customers were still without power Sunday in upstate New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine after a devastating ice storm.
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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