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Sen. Dodd Backs Banking Super-Regulator

Sep. 23, 2009
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said Wednesday he favors the creation of a single regulator to oversee U.S. banks. Dodd called the current system "an irrational system created by historical accident."
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler