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Pakistan officials: US missile strike kills 6

May. 12, 2009
Pakistani officials say a suspected US missile strike has killed at least six people near Afghan border. Two Pakistani security officials said several missiles flattened a house in the South Waziristan region early Tuesday. South Waziristan is considered a...
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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