Sunday, June 19, 2005

In grown-up spelling bee, Calif. lawyer stings competition

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — David Riddle was anything but paralyzed as he correctly spelled 14 words — culminating with "ptosis," or limpness of a limb or eyelid caused by paralysis — to win the National Senior Spelling Bee. Saturday's two-and-a-half-hour oral round allowed up to two misspelled words before competitors had to bow out, but Riddle didn't misspell a single word in out-spelling the other competitors, all over age 50...

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