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Report: Controversial Ahmadinejad deputy out

Jul. 24, 2009
A fundamentalist supporter of Iran's president urged him Friday to reconsider appointing a controversial confidant to the post of Iran's top vice president.
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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