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Sand-Greens Golf Lives On in Nebraska

Aug. 1, 2009
CENTRAL CITY, Neb. (AP) -- That's no misprint at the bottom of the Riverside Golf Club scorecard: ''Please remember to rake your greens.''.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler