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Rates on 30-year mortgages up slightly

May. 14, 2009
Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages rose slightly for the second straight week, but still remained below 5 percent, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 4.86 percent, up from 4.84 percent last week. Rates have been below 5...
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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