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Surge in Abandoned Horses Renews Debate Over Slaughterhouses

nytimes.com
Apr. 6, 2009
Some states are looking at ways to bring slaughterhouses back as law enforcement officers are seeing a major increase in the number of neglected horses.
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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