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New photo: Nazis dig up slave GIs' graves

Apr. 23, 2009
The photograph is a jarring image that shows Nazi party members, shovels in hand, digging up graves of American soldiers held as slaves by Nazi Germany during World War II.
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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