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Voter approval drops for Gibbons in newspaper poll

Jun. 21, 2009
A newspaper poll says voter approval for Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has dropped to 10 percent, while 57 percent view him unfavorably. The Las Vegas Review-Journal poll released Sunday said Gibbons' numbers have dropped since state lawmakers finished the...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler