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Obama Chooses an Educator to Lead a Criticized Safety Agency

May. 5, 2009
Inez Moore Tenenbaum, a former school superintendent from South Carolina, has been tapped to head the embattled agency that has been criticized by advocates for being too cozy with industry.
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Obama to name 2 to CPSC; boost budget

Obama to name 2 to CPSC; boost budget

WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- President Obama said he would nominate Inez Moore Tenenbaum to lead the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and seek to boost its budget to $107 billion.

S.C. Republican says sorry for gay remarks

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim DeMint of South Carolina has apologized for saying gays and unmarried mothers should not teach in public schools.

DeMint again leads in S.C. Senate race

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Monday's Mason-Dixon poll showed U.S. Rep. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., leading by double-digits over Democrat Inez Tenenbaum in South Carolina's U.S. Senate race.

DeMint emerges on top in S.C. GOP runoff

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 23 (UPI) -- In South Carolina, U.S. Rep. Jim DeMint has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, having trounced former Gov. David Beasley in the runoff.

GOP poll has Beasley up in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C., April 14 (UPI) -- A Republican poll shows former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley ahead of Democrat Inez Tenenbaum for a U.S. Senate seat.

S.C. Democrat ends U.S. Senate bid

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Columbia, S.C., Mayor Bob Coble has ended his campaign for the senate seat held by retiring Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings.
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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