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Smith walks the line between love and hate

Aug. 2, 2009
They booed him in the morning and cheered him in the afternoon. Such is the nature of fickle feckless football fans when it comes to the savior that wasn't, quarterback Alex Smith. While some in a Saturday morning crowd of 1,000 booed when Smith was either...
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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