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Chances Dwindle on Bailout Plan for Automakers

Nov. 13, 2008
Democratic leaders calling for an aid package to help auto companies conceded that they would face potentially insurmountable opposition in Congress.
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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