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Sotomayor watches Senate vote at NYC courthouse

Aug. 6, 2009
Sonia Sotomayor (SUHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') sat among scores of friends and colleagues at a federal courthouse in New York City as the Senate voted to confirm her at the next Supreme Court justice. The 55-year-old New Yorker watched the vote unfold on...
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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