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Is California Sold on Governor Meg Whitman?

Dec. 6, 2009
Former eBay boss Meg Whitman is a socially moderate Republican with celebrity status, high name recognition and money to burn. But does California want Governator II?
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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