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UK: Swine flu cases double; 100,000 people contract disease in one week...

Jul. 23, 2009
UK: Swine flu cases double; 100,000 people contract disease in one week...(Third column, 8th story, link)
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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