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Will survival be a snap for Ritz Camera Centers?

Jul. 22, 2009
Today's the day Ritz Camera Centers goes the way of Mervyns and Circuit City. Or it survives, along with at least some of its two dozen stores in the Bay Area and Northern California. Odds are on the latter. Facing imminent liquidation, CEO David Ritz and a...
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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