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U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi arrives in Austria

May. 16, 2009
Austrian officials played a key role in helping secure her release. She and her family will head to the United States after a short stay. With Austria helping to secure her release, Iranian American journalist Roxana Saberi arrived Friday in Vienna, days after she was released from prison in Iran...
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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