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Preliminary hearing set in Las Vegas Strip slaying

May. 19, 2009
A judge set a June 1 preliminary hearing for a man accused of bludgeoning a waiter to death outside the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip. Bryan Hall acknowledged the murder and robbery with a deadly weapon charges against him but was not...
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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