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Will a loyal Democrat be pushed aside by Specter?

May. 31, 2009
U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak plans to take on the no-longer-Republican senator in the Pennsylvania primary. But Obama has promised to campaign for Specter. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), who aggressively campaigned last year for Barack Obama, has decided to enter his party's primary for the U.S. Senate seat...
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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