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Poland: Obama still plans missile shield

Nov. 8, 2008
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has told Polish President Lech Kaczynski that he intends to continue plans for a missile shield in eastern Europe, the Polish president's office said on its Web site Saturday.
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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