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Software Firm Buys Swedish File-Sharing Site

Jun. 30, 2009
Global Gaming Factory X said that it had bought the Pirate Bay for $7.8 million and that it would start a business model intended to compensate both content operators and copyright owners.
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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