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National Briefing | Midwest: Iowa: Sentence in Meatpacking Raid Case

Mar. 4, 2009
A supervisor arrested after a large immigration raid at an eastern Iowa meatpacking plant has been sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison for harboring illegal immigrants.
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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