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National Briefing | New England: Massachusetts: Charge in Nursing Home Death

Dec. 11, 2009
A 98-year-old woman was indicted on a murder charge in the strangulation of her 100-year-old roommate in a Dartmouth nursing home.
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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