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UnitedHealth Group Profit More Than Doubles in Second Quarter

Jul. 21, 2009
Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit more than doubled as the prior-year period was weighed down by large lawsuit settlements and thinner margins in its health care services business.
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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