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Suspected Mexican Drug Kingpin Killed In Shootout

Dec. 17, 2009
Two hundred Mexican navy sailors raided an apartment complex south of Mexico City and killed Arturo Beltran Leyva, the "boss of bosses," and three alleged members of his cartel. Beltran Levya is the highest-ranking figure taken down in President Felipe Calderon's drug war.
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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