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Obama's Nobel Prize Win: Audience In Oslo Shocked At The News (VIDEO)

Oct. 9, 2009
Barack Obama was far from the only one surprised by his winning of the Nobel Peace Prize Friday morning. This evening ABC News aired a short video clip of the reaction in Oslo as the president's name was read in which you can hear the audience erupt loudly in shock at the news. No word, however,...
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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