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UConn Huskies fans, players honor memory of CB Jasper Howard

Oct. 31, 2009
Connecticut football fans lined up three deep to applaud and shake hands with players as they walked into Rentschler Field for the first Huskies home game since Jasper Howard was slain.
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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