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Yao Injury Could Be Career - Threatening, Says Doctor

Jun. 30, 2009
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Houston Rockets center Yao Ming's foot injury is severe enough to end his career, the team doctor told the Houston Chronicle newspaper.
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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