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Rising River Prompts Calls to Leave City in Minn.

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Mar. 28, 2009
Residents of about 2,700 homes were urged to leave this riverside city, as the Red River surpassed its highest level in history.
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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