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TSA investigates online posting of airport screening procedures

Dec. 8, 2009
The agency posted the 94-page document on a federal website in March. It was removed Sunday after bloggers noticed that redacted portions were still visible. The Transportation Security Administration is investigating a breach in which a manual detailing sensitive airport screening procedures...
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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