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Swine flu hit youth the hardest

May. 6, 2009
Even as Bay Area children returned to school today with reassurance from public health officials that the swine flu isn't a major threat, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that a disproportionate number of young people seem to have been...
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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