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Israel: U.S.-Born Jewish Settler Teitel Was a Terrorist

Nov. 3, 2009
Israeli police say Florida-born West Bank settler Jack Teitel confessed to a string of hate attacks on Palestinians, Messianic Jews and Israeli leftists
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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