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Mexico raises death toll to 48...

May. 9, 2009
Mexico raises death toll to 48...(Third column, 2nd story, link)Related stories:US HAS 2,254 CONFIRMED CASES OF NEW H1N1 FLU WITH 104 IN HOSPITAL...Japan, Australia Confirm First Swine Flu; China Proposes Summit...
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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