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Pelosi Intensifies Pressure for Public Health Plan

Oct. 24, 2009
Speaker Nancy Pelosi acted amid indications that she had not locked down enough Democratic votes for the proposal.
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Pelosi backs Murtha for majority leader

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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