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On The Call: Amazon CFO Tom Szkutak

Jul. 23, 2009
Amazon.com Inc. refuses to say how many of its Kindle electronic reading devices have sold since their original debut in 2007, but the release of newer versions of the product, a steadily growing number of available digital books and a recent price cut...
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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