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Rights Analyst Suspended Over Nazi-Era Collection

Sep. 16, 2009
Pro-Israel bloggers suggest that a military analyst for Human Rights Watch shows an anti-Jewish bias by collecting German military memorabilia from the Nazi era. The human-rights group suspended the analyst but says it stands behind his work, including reporting on human-rights violations by the...
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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