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Sugar Is Back on Food Labels, This Time as a Selling Point

Mar. 21, 2009
Sugar is popular again as U.S. food manufacturers are dropping high-fructose corn syrup, blamed for obesity.
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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