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Union activist appointed to Labor Department

Apr. 24, 2009
President Barack Obama is appointing a key union activist as senior adviser to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. Mary Beth Maxwell's appointment is seen as another sign of the influence that organized labor wields in the Obama administration. Maxwell spent the...
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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