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US gives Mexico armored vehicles to aid drug fight

May. 15, 2009
Mexico has received eight armored vehicles as part of a U.S. aid package to help the government with its nationwide fight against drug cartels. The U.S. Embassy says the vehicles were handed over to federal police agents to protect them during...
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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