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Praise for Kennedy crosses party lines

Aug. 26, 2009
Obama calls him the 'greatest U.S. senator of our time.' Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he was "one of the giants of American political life.' Praise for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), the last of three Kennedy brothers who captured the public imagination in the 1960s,...
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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