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With Outlook Dim, Bernanke Says Fed May Act on Rates

Oct. 7, 2008
In an address that was at once sobering but hopeful, Ben S. Bernanke hinted strongly that the Fed would lower interest rates at its meeting this month.
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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