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Would-be GOP successor to Crist keeps his distance

Dec. 31, 2009
ORLANDO, Fla. | It's not hard to find policy areas where fellow Florida Republicans Bill McCollum and Charlie Crist have differences. Gambling, restoring ex-felons' voting rights, abortion, the federal economic stimulus, energy and other issues. Mr. McCollum, the state's attorney general, is...
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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