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On the Call: McDonald's Corp. CEO Jim Skinner

Oct. 22, 2009
McDonald's Corp. launched its new Angus burger this July, touting the bigger, beefier, more expensive sandwich as the best bet in a brewing burger battle among restaurant chains. The $4 burger is about three times the size of a basic burger at the restaurant...
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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