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Obama adviser says job creation is top priority

Dec. 13, 2009
President Barack Obama's top economic adviser says creating jobs takes priority over reducing the country's red ink in the next year. Larry Summers says priority No. 1 must be getting people back to work and lowering the country's 10 percent unemployment...
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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