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Taurasi Set to Return in WNBA All-Star Game

Jul. 24, 2009
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) -- Diana Taurasi is ready to get back to basketball after being suspended following a drunk-driving arrest.
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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