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Former Freddie Mac CEO returning as consultant

Apr. 24, 2009
Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac, coping with the apparent suicide of its acting chief financial officer, says its former chief executive is coming back temporarily as a consultant. McLean, Va.-based Freddie Mac says David Moffett, the former government-...
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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