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Police: Blast outside court kills 2 in NW Pakistan

Dec. 7, 2009
Police say an explosion outside a court building in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar has killed two people and wounded 10. Police official Saleem Khan says authorities are still investigating the nature of the blast Monday. Islamist militants have staged...
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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