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U.S. forces rescue kidnapped American in Afghanistan

Oct. 23, 2008
The Army Corps of Engineers worker was seized by militants in August. Officials say several insurgents were slain in the mission to free him last week. U.S. Special Forces soldiers freed a kidnapped American working for the Army Corps of Engineers in a daring nighttime operation that was the...
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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