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Tsunami kills 111, flattens villages in Samoa

Sep. 30, 2009
Survivors of a deadly earthquake-triggered tsunami that hit the Samoan islands Tuesday say they watched the sea swallow up coastal towns and villages. At least 111 people are confirmed killed in Samoa, neighboring American Samoa and Tonga. In some cases, the sea left nothing behind....
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler