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Report: Much went wrong before BART shooting

Aug. 18, 2009
BART police bungled the New Year's disturbance that ended in an officer shooting an unarmed patron to death, says a scathing report now in the hands of BART brass. Police ordered to the Fruitvale Station in response to a reported fight on a train early Jan. 1...
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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