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U.S. missionary crosses border into North Korea

Dec. 26, 2009
An activist says Robert Park's aim is to urge Kim Jong Il to release political prisoners and shut down concentration camps. SEOUL, South Korea — A Christian missionary from the U.S. has entered North Korea carrying a letter to leader Kim Jong Il to call attention to the tens of...
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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