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Seattle's Pike Place fishmongers under fire

Jun. 13, 2009
Animal rights group PETA protests their plans to exhibit their fish-flinging technique at an upcoming veterinarians conference. In this noisy den of brine and ice, scales and slime, fish always have been part meat, part missile.
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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