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Reports: Fourth UK minister quits

Jun. 3, 2009
British media say a fourth member of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government has quit amid the lawmakers' expenses scandal. The BBC and Sky News reported Wednesday that Communities Secretary Hazel Blears planned to resign her post. A spokesman for...
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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