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No More Confirmed Swine Flu Cases for Texans

Oct. 5, 2009
HOUSTON (AP) -- Only one of three Houston Texans who were ill this weekend was suffering from flu-like symptoms, and the team doctor didn't call it swine flu.
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Swine flu not linked with today's pigs

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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