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Spelling Bee 2009: Kavya Shivashankar Wins on Laodicean

By Michael David SmithMay 28th 2009 – 10:15PM

Kavya Shivashankar, an eighth grader from Olathe, Kansas, correctly spelled L-a-o-d-i-c-e-a-n to win the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night. Kavya won at the end of a championship round in which runner-up Tim Ruiter was eliminated on "maecenas" and third-place finisher Aishwarya Pastapur was eliminated on...

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