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Surviving Metrolink crewman says track-side warning light was green

Dec. 5, 2008
The conductor and others contradict the preliminary findings of the National Transportation Safety Board, which has said the commuter train ran a red light just before colliding with a freight train. The only surviving crewman aboard a Metrolink train that slammed into a freight train in...
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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