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Pujols plunked as Cards rally to sweep Bucs

Aug. 9, 2009
Skip Schumaker's first career pinch-hit home run started a five-run eighth-inning rally, and the Cardinals finished off a three-game sweep by winning 7-3 Sunday.
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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