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Youngest-ever speller disappointed by mistake
The youngest speller in National Spelling Bee history said Thursday that she knew the word she misspelled during the competition, but she was too tired, bored and stressed out to concentrate when she stepped to the microphone.Six-year-old Lori Anne Madison of Lake Ridge, Va., fell four points short of making the semifinals at the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee. If she had spelled "ingluvies" correctly

Presidential ad spending hits $87 million

President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney and their allies so far have spent a jaw-dropping $87 million on TV ads in just a handful of presidential battleground states, an early and

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Thousands expected for tsunami drill in Ore. town
Thousands of people in three Oregon coastal communities are holding their first tsunami evacuation drill, stirred to action by the 2011 tsunami that devastated coastal towns in Japan.

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Telcos oppose DoT going back to Trai for 10-yr spectrum validity

Newer telecom operators and dual technology entities are opposing the department of telecommunications (DoT)’s decision to ask the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to give its

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US STOCKS - Wall St to open lower as euro zone worry intensifies
* Spanish, Italian yields rise on euro zone concerns

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Europe shares cut losses as EU calls to help banks
* FTSEurofirst 300 index down 0.6 pct

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