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UPDATE: Government Web Sites Suffer Attacks by Unknown Hackers...

Jul. 8, 2009
UPDATE: Government Web Sites Suffer Attacks by Unknown Hackers...(Third column, 2nd story, link)Related stories:Treasury Dept, Secret Service hit ...White House target...
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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