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National Briefing | Washington: Fema Worker Sentenced in Fraud Case

Dec. 5, 2008
A former worker at the Federal Emergency Management Agency who stole the identities of disaster victims and used the information to go on shopping sprees was sentenced to 64 months in federal prison.
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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