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Toll plaza victim was bus driver, church deacon

Aug. 13, 2009
Friends and loved ones spoke today of slain Golden Gate Transit bus driver Ersie Charles Everette III as a man of boundless faith, energy and humor. They said Everette, shot to death in his pickup truck Tuesday evening at the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll...
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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