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Riverside bomb scare prompts evacuation of 8 homes

May. 13, 2009
A man was arrested for investigation of planting fake pipe bombs and booby-trapping his former house in Riverside, forcing the evacuation of nine nearby homes, police said today.
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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