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Palin is 'going rogue,' McCain aide says

Oct. 26, 2008
Long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain are spilling out in public, sources say. Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with Palin "going rogue," and some advisers...
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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