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On the Call: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

Jul. 21, 2009
With consumers still holding back on small luxuries _ even as competition increases among specialty coffee sellers, which now include McDonald's Corp. _ Starbucks Corp. launched a multimillion dollar advertising campaign in its third quarter to convince more...
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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