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Winds to return to SoCal fire area

May. 12, 2009
With gusty winds in the forecast, firefighters have been trying to complete containment of the remnants of a week-old wildfire that gutted 78 homes in the Santa Barbara area. The burn area in the foothills and mountains above Santa Barbara remained 80 percent...
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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