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UPDATE: Senate votes to block funds for Guantanamo closure...

May. 20, 2009
UPDATE: Senate votes to block funds for Guantanamo closure...(First column, 1st story, link)Related stories:FBI DIRECTOR UNDERMINES OBAMA ON RELEASES...
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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