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What Democrats Want to Change in the Baucus Health-Care Bill

Sep. 17, 2009
Montana Senator Max Baucus unveiled his much-anticipated health-care bill with confident declarations that he could still gain some Republican support, but his bigger problem may be Democrats who don't like many aspects of his centrist plan
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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