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Recession Hits Italy's Chair-Manufacturing Center

Sep. 15, 2009
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says his country has avoided the global downturn and its economy's future is rosy. But in northeast Italy's Manzano — the self-proclaimed chair capital of the world — hundreds of small and medium-sized, family-owned companies are closing.
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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