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Obama, Assembling Team, Turns to the Economy

Nov. 7, 2008
The financial markets, foreign leaders and even the Bush administration are looking to President-elect Barack Obama for signs of how he will manage the crisis.
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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