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Southwest flight makes unexpected LI landing

Jul. 26, 2009
A Southwest Airlines flight headed to Florida had to make an unexpected stop at an airport on New York's Long Island. Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz says a flight attendant reported an electrical smell after takeoff Sunday morning. Flight 693 had departed...
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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