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STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS / Franzen lifts Detroit

May. 11, 2009
Johan Franzen usually blends in behind the Detroit Red Wings' other stars. Unless it's the playoffs. Franzen scored his seventh goal of the postseason, helping Detroit beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 Sunday. The defending Stanley Cup champions' dominating...
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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