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Kansas zoo: Lion escaped after door left open

May. 27, 2009
The 150-pound mountain lion that escaped from a central Kansas zoo enclosure before being killed by police went through a door left open by a zookeeper, zoo officials said. The 14-year-old female was shot by police at the Great Bend Zoo on Sunday evening....
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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