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Sports Briefing | Golf: Hoch Falls Into Tie

May. 21, 2009
Scott Hoch dropped into a tie with Tom Purtzer at four-under-par 66 after the opening round of the Senior PGA Championship in Beachwood, Ohio.
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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