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TVA consultants criticize coal ash operations

Jul. 21, 2009
Consultants hired by the Tennessee Valley Authority say they found widespread problems with how the nation's largest public utility is running and maintaining its coal ash storage operations. The report presented Tuesday by McKenna Long and Aldridge of...
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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