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UC Berkeley professor shares Nobel in economics

Oct. 13, 2009
Oliver Williamson doesn't look like a rebel - he looks like what he is, an economics professor. Yet it was the UC Berkeley professor's academic rebellious streak that landed him the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday, an honor that recognized...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler