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Report: U.S. journalists held in N. Korea

Mar. 21, 2009
Two Americans have been detained in North Korea for illegally entering the country, North Korean state media reported Saturday according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
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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