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Suspect held in school hostage standoff

Nov. 10, 2009
A gunman was holding a school principal hostage Tuesday at a high school in Pine Plains, New York, about 90 miles north of New York City, police and the town supervisor told CNN.
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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