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National Briefing | Southwest: Texas: Mexican Drug Cartel Member Pleads Guilty

Apr. 1, 2009
A member of the Gulf Cartel who was extradited from Mexico last year pleaded guilty in federal court in Houston to threatening two United States agents at gunpoint.
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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