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Report: Tab $337,000 to oust North Vegas manager

Nov. 25, 2009
Officials say it could cost at least $337,000 to part ways with embattled North Las Vegas City Manager Gregory Rose. Rose has been on leave from his job since Nov. 18, and the City Council is due to vote next week on a severance package sealing Rose's...
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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