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Realtors group expects more home price declines

Oct. 15, 2008
Home prices will decline across most of the state and sales will climb for the second year in a row, a trade association for real estate agents said Wednesday. In its 2009 forecast, the California Association of Realtors predicts that the buyers market will...
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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