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Renewed green tax credits lift Silicon Valley

Oct. 4, 2008
After months of frustration, Silicon Valley scored a major political victory Friday as Congress and President Bush extended renewable-energy tax credits that, just days earlier, seemed doomed to expire at the end of the year. The news triggered a wave of...
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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