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Smithfield Foods: tests show no flu in Mexico herd

May. 14, 2009
Smithfield Foods Inc., the nation's largest pork producer and processor, said Thursday tests confirm its pig herd in Veracruz, Mexico does not have H1N1, or swine flu. Chief Executive C. Larry Pope said in a letter to employees that no virus, including the...
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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