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Republicans Rain Negative Automated Calls on Voters in Swing States

Oct. 18, 2008
Voters in at least 10 swing states are receiving hundreds of thousands of automated telephone calls financed by the Republican Party and the McCain campaign.
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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