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Union rejects bid again to keep NY plant open

May. 30, 2009
Members of a United Auto Workers union have rejected a contract aimed at saving a suburban Syracuse plant from closing. UAW Local 624 president Scott Stanton says 68 percent of the workers voting opposed the contract in a vote Saturday. It's the third time...
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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