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Number of votes cast set record, but voter turnout percentage didn't

Nov. 6, 2008
Americans set a record for number of votes cast in this presidential election, but failed to make history with the percentage of voter turnout, experts said Thursday.
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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