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National Briefing | Rockies: Colorado: Dobson Leaves Chairman Post

Feb. 27, 2009
The conservative evangelical leader James C. Dobson has resigned as chairman of Focus on the Family, an organization he founded more than three decades ago.
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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