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UK postal workers deciding whether to strike

Oct. 8, 2009
Britain's postal workers were deciding Thursday whether to launch a nationwide strike amid disputes over how to best modernize the mail service. The vote results that will be announced later in the day follow months of rolling, regional strikes over pay and...
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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