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LAPD officer gets prison in off-duty altercation

Aug. 25, 2009
Prosecutors say a Los Angeles police officer has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for an off-duty altercation in which he pulled a gun on a restaurant patron. The district attorney's office says 39-year-old David Woon Chong pleaded no contest...
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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