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No U.S. Plans to Stop Korea on ICBM Test

Mar. 29, 2009
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said the United States would act to pre-empt a North Korean missile only if it were headed toward U.S. territory.
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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