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Susan Boyle VIDEO: Britain's Singing YouTube Sensation

Apr. 14, 2009
(SCROLL FOR VIDEO) LONDON -- A middle-aged volunteer church worker with the voice of an angel is Britain's latest unlikely showbiz star. Susan Boyle, 47, wowed judges and audience alike when she performed on television contest "Britain's Got Talent." By Tuesday, a video clip of Boyle's...
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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