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Poll: Bush Getting Even More Unpopular Out Of Office

Apr. 29, 2009
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that former President Bush's popularity has dropped since he left office. When he left office in January, 31 percent of American's viewed him positively. That number has now dropped to 26 percent. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, is more popular...
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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