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Spelling Bee Champ Breaks 'German Curse'

Arvind Mahankali is first boy to win since 2008

(Newser) - This year's National Spelling Bee winner is a 13-year-old eighth-grader from New York. Arvind Mahankali triumphed on the word "knaidel," meaning dumpling, thus conquering his trouble with German-derived words; they've knocked him out of the running in the previous two competitions. "The German curse has...

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