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Nigerian state will settle Pfizer case for $75M

May. 14, 2009
The Nigerian state leading a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Pfizer over a 1996 drug study says it has agreed to settle the case for $75 million. Kano State spokesman Suleyau Sule says no final settlement was signed but that state officials led by the...
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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