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National Briefing | Washington: Voucher Payments to Be Recommended

May. 7, 2009
The Obama administration wants to finance a small school voucher program in the District of Columbia until the high school graduation of students now in the program, an administration official said.
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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