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World's Biggest Particle Collider Set For Restart

Aug. 6, 2009
CERN plans to restart its Large Hadron Collider in November. The 17-mile-long LHC is designed to smash together particles traveling at the speed of light. But a massive electrical short shut down the giant machine last fall, putting the field of high energy physics on hold.
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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