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Three plead guilty to stealing Baltimore Orioles' Cal Ripken Jr. monument

Nov. 6, 2009
Three more men have pleaded guilty in the theft of Cal Ripken Jr.'s monument from Camden Yards.
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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