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Grassley probes ex-Army surgeon's Medtronic links

May. 19, 2009
An influential Republican Senator is investigating a former Walter Reed Medical Center surgeon who the Army says forged signatures and falsified data in a study touting the benefits of an implant from Medtronic. Sen. Charles Grassley has long been a critic of...
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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