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This Disney-land was made for you and me

Oct. 7, 2009
Catching up: In the first gallery of the new Walt Disney Family Museum, electronic screens show animated collage versions of real-life Disney escapades, narrated by Walt Disney himself (sounding like Walter Cronkite). It's a fitting howdy-do, exhibit-makers...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler