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Palin: 'My duty to avoid ... lame-duck session'

Jul. 26, 2009
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her final speech as Alaska's governor Sunday before stepping down from her post before a crowd in Fairbanks. "I feel it is my duty to avoid the unproductive, typical, politics-as-usual, lame-duck session in one's last year in office,"...
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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