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Obama Stumps for Stimulus in a City Hit Hard by Downturn

Feb. 9, 2009
President Obama took his case for an $800 billion economic package to one of the most distressed places in America on Monday as he opened a series of campaign-style events.
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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