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Thousands swamp S.F. clinics to get vaccine

Oct. 30, 2009
Thousands of people - mostly pregnant women and families with small children - flooded San Francisco's public health clinics Thursday evening to get the swine flu vaccine that has been in short supply all over the country. People armed with folding...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler