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Justice Department seeks to drop charges against former AIPAC officials

May. 1, 2009
Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee are charged with passing top-secret information. Prosecutors now say recent court rulings make a conviction unlikely. The Justice Department said today that it will ask for dismissal of all charges in a politically...
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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