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Governor' budget cuts schools, borrows billions

May. 14, 2009
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today unveiled his plans for closing a massive budget deficit, calling for deeper cuts in education, health and welfare programs, early release of prison inmates. The governor's budget fixes for the coming fiscal year, which begins...
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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