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Paulson unveils details for bank infusion plan

Oct. 14, 2008
It took ten days, a stock market crash and a push by the British, but Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson did today what economists of all persuasions and Congressional Democrats had been urging for weeks: a direct infusion of $250 billion directly into U.S....
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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