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Rugby offers Stanford women a new athletic outlet

Apr. 29, 2009
The first day Janae Grijalva drove home from rugby practice, she called her mom. "She said 'Wow, cheerleading to rugby is a pretty big leap,' " said Grijalva, the junior from Southern California. "I get that a lot." Grijalva, a competitive high school...
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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