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Marlon Byrd isn't alone in using Victor Conte products

Jun. 25, 2009
Marlon Byrd of the Texas Rangers, identified in a report earlier this week as a customer of supplements from a company founded by BALCO's Victor Conte, isn't the only player using the supplements, according to Conte.
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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