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Union: US Steel to recall 800 workers in Canada

Jun. 15, 2009
A union representative says United States Steel Corp. plans to recall about 800 laid-off workers at a plant in Canada. The president of the United Steelworkers' Local 1005 says the Pittsburgh-based company has said it will recall the workers at its plant in...
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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