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White House Defends Handling of Financial Rescue Plan

Oct. 30, 2008
Top White House officials strongly defended the Bush administration's handling of the federal bailout package today, but warned that it will take time for the plan to have a clear impact on a shrinking economy.
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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