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SWIMMING / Five more world records, and a record-holder, fall in Rome

Jul. 28, 2009
Five world records were set Monday at the world swimming championships. No surprise there. Aaron Peirsol failed to make the finals of 100-meter backstroke. Now that's a stunner. Peirsol, the world record-holder and two-time Olympic champion in the 100-meter...
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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