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Players Hope Concussion Rules Ease Peer Pressure

Dec. 4, 2009
This week's NFL games are the first under stricter return-to-play guidelines for concussions, and players say they appreciate the league's recent shifts in policy.
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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