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Governor has veto override record

Jun. 3, 2009
Gov. Jim Gibbons vetoed a record number of bills from the 2009 Nevada Legislature and was hit with a record number of veto overrides, in what some see as his lack of involvement and lawmakers' decision to largely ignore him. Gibbons spokesman Dan Burns 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