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N. Korea: American Detained For Crossing Border

Dec. 28, 2009
The North's official Korean Central News Agency said the unidentified man was under investigation after illegally entering through the border with China on Thursday. The report comes as activists say an American missionary slipped across the border last week in an attempt to call attention to the...
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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