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Self-effacing Obama hails science fair achievers

Courier Newsroom - May 27, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama confessed to feeling a little bit, well, unaccomplished. There was the catapult-armed mannequin who shot three-point baskets, the 18-year-old...

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'Squushy Carrots': Spelling Bee kids form bonds

Courier Newsroom - May 27, 2014

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Under the shade trees near the barbecue line at the annual spellers' picnic, one of the favorites to win...

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Number nerds, bookworms converge at Spelling Bee

Courier Newsroom - May 26, 2014

HERNDON, Va. (AP) — Ask Jae Canetti to recite pi, and the numbers come out like a blur. Just when it sounds as if...

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