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Tractors clog Calif freeway in water cuts protest

Jun. 16, 2009
Several dozen farmers drove tractors onto a busy freeway in Central California to call attention to water shortages in the region. Farmers are experiencing the third year of a drought. Water shortages have been intensified by federal diversions to protect...
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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