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Paulson acts with G-7 to stem economic emergency

Oct. 10, 2008
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, acting with finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations, Friday said the government will buy direct stakes in banks to stem a global financial collapse, as it became clear that his original $700 billion...
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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