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Former CEO of Iowa Kosher Meatpacking Plant Arrested

Nov. 14, 2008
Sholom Rubashkin, former CEO of a slaughterhouse raided by immigration authorities in May, was arrested for bank fraud, prosecutors said.
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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