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Obama's surgeon general pick started rural Alabama clinic

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Jul. 13, 2009
Dr. Regina Benjamin is noted for her work serving the poor and uninsured. Obama says she 'has seen in a very personal way what is broken about our healthcare system.' President Obama announced Monday that he would nominate Dr. Regina Benjamin -- a family physician who founded a health clinic in a...
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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