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Obama Introduces Economic Team, Says 'Work Starts Today'

Nov. 25, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama sought to assert his authority over the country's deepening financial crisis yesterday, unveiling his economic team and making it clear that he will not wait until Inauguration Day to set his plans for recovery in motion.
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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