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Who spiked the pension?

Jul. 20, 2009
Big five-column photo of Moraga-Orinda fire Chief Pete Nowicki in Monday's Wall Street Journal - though it might not be the kind of celebrity he welcomes. The 51-year-old retiree is fast becoming the poster child for "pension spiking," that is, making an...
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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