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Weighty topic: NJ candidate's girth is an issue

Oct. 16, 2009
There are weighty issues in New Jersey's tight race for governor _ the highest property taxes in the nation, for one thing. And then there are issues of weight. Republican challenger Chris Christie's Henry VIII-like girth has become a front-and-center topic...
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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