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For Their Risk-Taking, Journalists Garner Polk Awards

Feb. 16, 2009
Correspondents who exposed corruption in Zimbabwe and reporters who unraveled the mysteries of the mortgage crisis were among the winners of 14 George Polk Awards.
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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