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Government-Picked Leader Resigns as Losses Pile Up

Mar. 3, 2009
The government-appointed chief executive of Freddie Mac announced yesterday that he is stepping down just six months into the job because, associates said, he was frustrated with the intense scrutiny by federal regulators and the short leash they keep the company on.
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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