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Poizner adding $15 million to governor campaign

Dec. 13, 2009
GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner - aiming to stop the momentum of a wealthy competitor, Meg Whitman - will put an additional $15 million of his own money into his campaign, his spokesman said Sunday. The move by Poizner, the state insurance...
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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