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Michele Bachmann Channels McCarthy: Obama "Very Anti-American," Congressional Witch Hunt Needed

Oct. 17, 2008
Update: A campaign to censure Rep. Michele Bachmann over her remarks has been launched. * * * In a television...
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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