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Red Sox reward MVP Pedroia with six-year deal

Dec. 3, 2008
Dustin Pedroia has signed a $40.5 million extension with Boston through 2014 with a club option for the 2015 season, sources told ESPN's Peter Gammons.
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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