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Suicidal man slain by sheriff's deputies

May. 10, 2009
A man who was shot and killed by Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies in Oakley Saturday night had called police hours earlier saying he was suicidal and threatening to harm law enforcement officers, authorities said today. The man was identified on Sunday...
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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