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Sotomayor told she's no radical

Jul. 16, 2009
A Republican senator told Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor today that some of her speeches "bugged the hell out of me" but conceded most of her rulings were "generally in the mainstream. ... Your record as a judge has not been radical by any means," Sen. Lindsey Graham said.
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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