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Winds pick up at Santa Barbara fire lines

May. 6, 2009
Winds have begun gusting in the Santa Barbara area where firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire that has threatened 2,000 homes. The fire died down to whispy plumes early Wednesday but forecasts of significant afternoon winds came true and a huge plume...
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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