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Swine Flu Vaccine for Infants Is Recalled

Dec. 15, 2009
Nearly a million doses may have been slightly less potent than required, fedeal officials said in announcing that the shots had been voluntarily pulled.
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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