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Obama boosts product safety panel, names new chief

May. 5, 2009
The president nominates Inez Moore Tenenbaum, a former superintendent of education, to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission. He also expands the panel and seeks $107 million more for its work. In naming a new chairman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission today, expanding the size of...
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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