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Rogge calls Federer's achievement 'unique'

Jun. 8, 2009
IOC president Jacques Rogge says Roger Federer is now arguably "the best ever player in the world of all time." Federer won the French Open final on Sunday to complete a career Grand Slam and earn a record-tying 14th major singles championship to tie Pete...
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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