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Tucson hotel marks role in Dillinger's arrest

Jun. 30, 2009
Bank robber John Dillinger might have thought he'd found the perfect hideout in Tucson in January 1934. The dusty city was a far cry from Chicago, where every law enforcer was looking for him. "The Dillinger gang was the most notorious gang in America at...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler