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Former Silicon Valley CEO Targets Boxer's Senate Seat

Nov. 5, 2009
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has announced she's running as a Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate from California. The seat is held by Democrat Barbara Boxer. Fiorina first has to win the primary against state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore.
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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