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Troubled Conde Nast Cuts 'Gourmet' Magazine

Oct. 5, 2009
Publisher Conde Nast closed Gourmet and three other magazines — Cookie, Modern Bride and Elegant Bride — in a bid to cut costs amid a slump in advertising. Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of public radio's The Splendid Table, offers her insight.
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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