The AP, 13-year-old Kansas girl wins National Spelling Bee:
Cool and collected, Kavya Shivashankar wrote out every word on her palm and always ended with a smile. The 13-year-old Kansas girl saved the biggest smile for last, when she rattled off the letters to "Laodicean" to become the nation's spelling champion.
Here are the next 10 runner ups.... Tim A. Ruiter of Centreville, Va. Aishwarya Eshwar Pastapur of Springfield, Ill. Kyle Mou of Peoria, Ill. Anamika Veeramani of North Royalton, Ohio Kennyi Kwaku Aouad of Terre Haute, Ind. Ramya Auroprem of San Jose, Calif. Neetu Chandak of Seneca Falls, N.Y. Sidharth Chand of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Serena Skye Laine-Lobsinger of West Palm Beach, Fla. Tussah Heera of Las Vegas, Nev.
