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Microsoft Makes New Concessions to Settle Browser Case

Dec. 4, 2009
Microsoft will make changes demanded by rivals to how it will allow consumers in Europe to choose a competing Web browser in its Windows software.
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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