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Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang's plan to step down sends shares surging

Nov. 19, 2008
Enthusiasm on Wall Street is tempered by the problems Jerry Yang's successor will face. Wall Street celebrated the planned demotion of Jerry Yang on Tuesday, sending Yahoo Inc.'s shares soaring on hopes that a new chief executive would entice Microsoft Corp. to buy some or all of the struggling...
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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