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Senators look at issue of steroids, supplements

Sep. 29, 2009
Senators voiced uncertainty Tuesday on whether new laws are needed to ensure that everyday high school athletes do not wind up taking potentially dangerous steroids instead of simple dietary supplements. Representatives of the dietary supplement industry are...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler