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Taking the kitsch out of Japanese tea garden

Oct. 15, 2008
It's the oldest public Japanese tea garden in the United States and one of the most well-known attractions in San Francisco's most famous park. But alongside the Geisha dolls and books about Zen gardens in its gift shop are decidedly un-Japanese snow globes,...
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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