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Obama, Ban Ki-Moon Raise Stakes on Climate Change

Sep. 23, 2009
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds a high-level conference on climate change. U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese President Hu Jintao and other world leaders attend
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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