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Recession Fears Send Global Stocks Lower

Dec. 2, 2008
Stocks fell Tuesday in Europe and Asia amid deeply bearish sentiment stoked by expectations of a protracted global recession.
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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