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Ritchie Bros. auction in Mead sets sales record

Jun. 7, 2009
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers says a two-day auction at its site in Mead this week set a sales record for the site. The industrial equipment auctioneer says it sold nearly $35 million of equipment and trucks at the auction that ended Friday. About $11 million of...
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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