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Suicide bombers launch attack in east Afghanistan

May. 12, 2009
An Afghan official says multiple suicide bombers have attacked government buildings in eastern Afghanistan. The number of people killed or wounded was not immediately known. Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary says the bombers attacked government...
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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