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Official: Lockerbie bomber release in UK interest

Oct. 12, 2009
Britain's Foreign Secretary says his country's interests would have suffered had the Lockerbie bomber died in prison. David Miliband said in a statement before lawmakers Monday that British authorities believed the U.K.'s economic and security cooperation...
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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