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Good cheer spreads with hunt for smiley faces

Jan. 4, 2010
Recession got you down? Holiday blues won't let you go? Smile, says Ruth Kaiser - and she thinks she has a surefire way to make that happen. Look around and find smiley faces in everything from the toast on your plate to the local fence post, Kaiser says....
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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