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Police: 42-year-old man held NY principal hostage

Nov. 10, 2009
A 42-year-old man accused of holding a New York middle school principal hostage at gunpoint has told a judge that he needs psychiatric care. When told at his arraignment Tuesday that he's going to jail without bail on a kidnapping charge, Christopher Craft...
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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