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Mexico plane hijacking ends peacefully

Sep. 9, 2009
All 104 passengers on the Aeromexico flight from Cancun are freed and at least half a dozen men thought to be Latin American are led away from the plane after it parks at a Mexico City airport. Men threatening to blow up an Aeromexico flight from Cancun and demanding to speak to the nation'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