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President Barack Obama hosts Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers at White House

May. 21, 2009
President Barack Obama celebrated the Steelers' title at a White House ceremony. Obama and the players also met with wounded U.S. service members and assembled care packages for troops serving overseas.
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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