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'Dockmackie' dooms teen's spelling bee bid
Written by on June 3, 2011By Allison Sherry NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Bespectacled, smiling Denver fifth-grader Dhivya Senthil Murugan succumbed to a Greek spelling of the word freckles, "ephelides," in the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. Dhivya, 10, the youngest By Allison Sherry NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Bespectacled, smiling Denver fifth-grader Dhivya Senthil Murugan succumbed to a Greek [...]
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Written by on June 3, 2011By JARONDAKIE PATRICK NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — In the end 14-year-old Sukanya Roy of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., with her penchants for writing invisible words on her palm, emerged the victor of the late night showdown at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But during the Waxhaw teen's second turn at the mic in the finals of the [...]
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Written by on June 3, 2011In a suburban hotel ballroom outside Washington on Wednesday, 275 spellers competed for the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Only 41 would make it to the semifinals and live coverage Thursday on ESPN. extra The long journey to Scripps National Spelling Bee champion reached the homestretch Thursday morning under the bright lights of [...]
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