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On the White House: Bush Struggles to Be Heard in Economic Crisis

Oct. 17, 2008
President Bush is doing plenty of talking about the financial crisis, but Americans do not appear to be taking much reassurance from his words.
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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