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The Two-Way
7:14 am
Thu May 31, 2012

Youngest Speller Is Out Of The Bee; Tripped Up By 'Ingluvies'

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Six-year old Lori Anne Madison during Wednesday's competition at the National Spelling Bee.
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The youngest contestant ever in the National Spelling Bee, 6-year-old Lori Anne Madison of Woodbridge, Va., was foiled by a word most of us have probably never heard of before.

Ingluvies.

Definition: "The crop, or craw, of birds."

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The Two-Way
6:57 am
Thu May 31, 2012

A Family's Visit To Holocaust 'Stumbling Stones' Evokes Strong Emotions

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The names of Jeffrey Katz's family members are depicted on "stumbling stones" in Lembeck, Germany. His relatives owned a home on the property near the stones, before they were evicted in 1942.
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Jeffrey Katz (far left), NPR's deputy managing editor for Digital News, stands next to "stumbling stones" in Lembeck, Germany, that include names of family members evicted from their home during the Holocaust. With him, from left to right: Josef Langenhorst (who was age 7 when he saw the family being removed); Langenhorst's wife; and Katz' family — son Ben, wife Mollie and daughter Emily.
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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 8:15 am

(NPR's Eric Westervelt reported from Germany on Morning Edition about the effort to remember Holocaust victims by engraving their names on bricks, or "stumbling stones," placed on sidewalks throughout Germany. Some of those stones bear the names of Jeffrey Katz's relatives.

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Around the Nation
6:29 am
Thu May 31, 2012

Youngest Speller Eliminated From Competition

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Lori Anne Madison has been eliminated from this week's Scripps National Spelling Bee. At six years old, she's the youngest ever to compete.

Latin America
6:22 am
Thu May 31, 2012

Brazilian DJ Finds Being Green Isn't Easy

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The DJ was pretty angry after discovering the green paint he used to dress up as the Incredible Hulk wasn't body paint. Turns out, he chose an industrial grade paint that's typically used on ballistic missiles and nuclear submarines. Friends and family spent a day scrubbing the 35 year old until the paint finally washed off.

The Two-Way
6:11 am
Thu May 31, 2012

LIVE: SpaceX Capsule Heads Home

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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 12:03 pm

The Dragon capsule has successfully detached from the International Space Station and is headed toward a splashdown in the Pacific that should happen around 11:45 a.m. ET.

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