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Regulators didn't challenge Freddie's accounting

Apr. 30, 2009
An outside investigator early last year told regulators that Freddie Mac failed to properly document interest rate bets, but the government didn't challenge the mortgage finance company's accounting practices. The Federal Housing Finance Agency confirmed that...
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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