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Rell won't run for re-election

Nov. 9, 2009
Connecticut GOP Gov. Jodi Rell announces that she will not run for re-election in 2010.
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Conn. governor vetoes junk food ban

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Conn. governor has mastectomy

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Rell sworn in as Connecticut governor

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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