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Marines Target Taliban Stronghold In Afghanistan

Aug. 12, 2009
Melissa Block speaks to NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson about the latest on the Marine operation to dislodge the Taliban from a key locale in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
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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