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Obama Taking Health Care Debate To Hill

Sep. 9, 2009
The president makes a rare address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night on a proposed overhaul, while a key Senate Democrat says a government-run health insurance program is unlikely to get that chamber's backing.
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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