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Obama Weighs Quick Undoing of Bush Policy

Nov. 9, 2008
The president-elect is poised to reverse actions that President Bush took using executive authority, possibly including policies on stem-cell research and oil drilling.
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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