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NYC police seek clues to explosion at Starbucks

May. 26, 2009
Police studied surveillance footage Tuesday and hunted for additional video that might have captured a small explosion near a Starbucks coffee shop. The blast, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, bore a resemblance to previous small bombings in the city, but...
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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