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Swine Flu's Spread Outpaces Official Data With Outbreaks in Europe, Asia...

May. 25, 2009
Swine Flu's Spread Outpaces Official Data With Outbreaks in Europe, Asia...(Second column, 8th story, link)
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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