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Protesters arrested ahead of Obama Notre Dame trip

May. 16, 2009
Graduation festivities got under way at the University of Notre Dame on Saturday _ as well as another day of demonstrations over President Barack Obama's appearance Sunday. University spokesman Dennis Brown said there were no reports of protests on campus at...
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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