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Pfizer Whistleblower Tells His Bextra Story

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Sep. 3, 2009
A former Pfizer sales rep bothered by company marketing practices will get more than $50 million for helping the government recover $2.3 billion.
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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