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Soldiers raid Honduran media outlets

Sep. 28, 2009
Honduras' coup-installed government silenced two key dissident broadcasters today just hours after it suspended civil liberties to prevent an uprising by backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
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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