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S.C. GOP Lawmakers Consider Ousting Governor

Aug. 30, 2009
Republican lawmakers gathered in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Saturday to discuss the fate of Gov. Mark Sanford. Sanford is facing fallout from his affair with a woman in Argentina and is the subject of a state ethics probe into his use of travel resources. Lawmakers have called for his resignation and...
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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