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White wedding dress has 'green' trimmings

May. 29, 2009
Inspired by last week's picture in The Chronicle of two young women wearing recyclable dresses, Marin artist and Chronicle subscriber Roni Peskin Mentzer sent us a picture of her own creation: A wedding dress made entirely of the Chronicle plastic bags that...
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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