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Pelosi: Dems will ride wave to greater House majority

Nov. 5, 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday night she was confident Democrats would ride a "wave" of pro-Democratic sentiment across the country and add to their 36-seat majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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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