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National Briefing | Midwest: Minnesota: Senator Loses Bid to Withdraw Plea

Dec. 10, 2008
An appeals court denied a request by Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho to withdraw his guilty plea in connection with a sex sting at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last year.
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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