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Tough budget choices as state leaders meet

Jul. 12, 2009
California legislative leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met this afternoon and into the evening to wrestle their way closer to a budget agreement - a process that requires closing a gaping $26.3 billion deficit, primarily through spending cuts. The...
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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