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Switch to manual controls a focus of Muni probe

Jul. 20, 2009
Muni Metro operators routinely switched trains from automatic to manual control before entering West Portal Station, a violation of Muni safety rules that may have helped cause Saturday's crash, a union official and a former light-rail train operator said...
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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