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Senate ethics panel scolds Burris

Nov. 20, 2009
The Senate Select Committee on Ethics admonished Sen. Roland W. Burris on Friday for giving "inconsistent, incomplete and misleading" testimony about contact with disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich prior receiving his senate appointment. The committee issued a "letter...
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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