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Obama Team Decides on 2 for Top Posts

Nov. 15, 2008
Barack Obama has settled on Gregory B. Craig to be his White House counsel, and Ronald A. Klain will be chief of staff to Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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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