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Israeli crime boss killed in car bombing

Nov. 18, 2008
Tel Aviv police suspect a rival crime family is behind Yaakov Alperon's death. The Alperons have been locked in a dispute over a lucrative recycling business and have a laundry list of enemies. One of Israel's best-known mobsters, a crime family boss with a long list of enemies in the country's...
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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