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Iraqi police: Suicide bombing in Kirkuk kills 6

May. 21, 2009
A suicide bomber killed six U.S.-backed Sunni paramilitaries Thursday as they waited in a line in the northern city of Kirkuk to receive their monthly salaries, an Iraqi police official said. The attack in the oil-rich city occurred a day after a car bomb...
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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