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NJ teen charged with hacking Scientology Web sites

Oct. 18, 2008
A New Jersey man has been charged in Los Angeles for hacking Church of Scientology Web sites earlier this year. The U.S. attorney's office said Friday that Dmitriy Guzner claims to be a member of an Internet-based group called "Anonymous," which leads...
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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