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Prosecutors ask judge to unseal BALCO files

Nov. 21, 2008
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to unseal thousands of pages of grand jury transcripts and other documents from the government's BALCO steroids investigation.
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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