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Will a Police Probe Take Down Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman?

Aug. 6, 2009
Echoing the sequence of events that led to the ouster of Ehud Olmert, Israeli investigators have urged the indictment of Avigdor Lieberman
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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