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National Briefing | Washington: Charges to Be Dropped in Cole Case

Feb. 6, 2009
The chief Pentagon official for the military commission system intends to announce that charges will be dropped against the leading suspect in the 2000 bombing of the Navy destroyer Cole.
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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