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Smithfield's shares fall, CEO sells 100,000 shares

Oct. 1, 2009
Shares of Smithfield Foods Inc. fell Thursday after the nation's largest hog producer and pork processor said its CEO sold 100,000 shares this week "to meet personal financial obligations," according to the company. Shares of the Smithfield, Va.-based company...
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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