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Police: Man made up knife attack to miss work

Nov. 4, 2009
Police in the Denver suburb of Edgewater say a man stabbed himself, then said he was attacked by three men dressed in black who were either Hispanic or skinheads, in a ploy to miss work. Twenty-nine-year-old Aaron Siebers was arrested after police say he...
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Police: Man stabbed self to avoid work

EDGEWATER, Colo., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A Denver man who claimed to have been attacked has confessed he stabbed himself to avoid having to work, police say.
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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