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Storms Again Delay Shuttle Landing

May. 23, 2009
Faced with another day of bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA for a second day called off attempts to land the space shuttle Atlantis.
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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