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Freed journalist Roxana Saberi writing a memoir

Jun. 22, 2009
A journalist imprisoned for four months in Iran on charges of espionage has a book deal. Iranian American Roxana Saberi, 32, is working on a memoir that HarperCollins will publish in March. Saberi's still-untitled book will tell of her arrest in January, her...
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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