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President-Elect Promises 'Practical' Response to Economic Crisis

Nov. 7, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama today vowed to meet the nation's economic crisis "head on" once he takes office and said he wants a new economic stimulus package to be implemented "sooner rather than later."
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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