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Powerful typhoon slams into Japan

Oct. 7, 2009
A powerful typhoon slammed into Japan on Thursday, causing widespread damage and flooding as it swept across the country. One man died and several were reported injured from the storm. Typhoon Melor hit the country's main island early Thursday morning with...
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TOKYO, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Japan is bracing for the arrival of Typhoon Melor, expected to be the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Japan in two years, weather forecasters say.
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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