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Police Say 1991 Kidnap Victim Found Alive

Aug. 27, 2009
Officials say a woman came into a San Francisco Bay area police station and said she was Jaycee Lee Dugard, an 11-year-old girl who was was abducted as she headed to a school bus stop 18 years ago. A sheriff's department spokesman said two suspects were being held for investigation of several...
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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