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W.N.B.A. Franchise Moving From Detroit to Tulsa

Oct. 20, 2009
The three-time W.N.B.A. champion Detroit Shock are going to be sold and moved to Oklahoma.
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler