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Presidential election results: How the race was won

Nov. 6, 2008
Where it all went right for Barack ObamaTHE final results of America's presidential election are likely to show Barack Obama garnering 364 electoral-college votes to John McCain's 174 (though North Carolina and Missouri are yet to declare). Mr Obama's 50-state strategy helped to swing nine states...
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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