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After 29 more rounds, spelling bee ends
The contestants had no problem correctly spelling words like “boodle” and “slobber,” often asking the moderator for a word’s origin, definition or part of speech. But at the end of the 28th round, Sophia appeared puzzled when attempting to spell “stifling,” and even more so when the bell rang to indicate she had gotten it wrong.
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At 50, landmark libel case relevant in digital age
Updated Mar 8, 2014 2:01 PM
Newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations were the primary means of publishing when the Sullivan case was decided. Today, the case applies equally to new media such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs. Because of the ease of publishing online, more people may claim the protections granted by the decision and others that followed.
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Ex-NAACP president wants minorities in the tech world
Updated Mar 8, 2014 10:28 AM
Just months after stepping down as head of the nation’s largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is changing his career from an East Coast political activist to a West Coast venture capitalist, a switch he hopes will help further his goal of growing opportunities for blacks and Latinos in the booming tech economy.
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Oil slicks offer sign that Malaysian jet crashed
Updated Mar 8, 2014 6:24 PM
Two large oil slicks spotted Saturday by the Vietnamese air force offered the first sign that a jetliner carrying 239 people had crashed into the ocean after vanishing from radar without sending a single distress call. An international fleet of planes and ships scouted the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam for any clues to the fate of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, which disappeared less than an hour after taking off.
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