Indian-American wins US spelling contest for fifth year running (Third Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Indian Americans continued to demonstrate their spelling prowess when Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old girl, correctly spelled "guetapens", French word for ambush, to win the 2012 Scripps ... Read more...
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Snigdha Nandipati wins fifth Spelling Bee crown for Indian-Americans (Second Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old Indian American girl, correctly spelled "guetapens", French for ambush, to win the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown and retain the coveted ... Read more...
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Indian-American Snigdha Nandipati is Spelling Bee champ (Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 9:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old Indian American girl spelled the French for ambush, "guetapens", right to be crowned the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion."It's a miracle," ... Read more...
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Three Indian-American kids in Spelling Bee finals
June 1st, 2012 - 8:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Three Indian-American children were the only spellers left in the final championship round of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at a convention centre outside Washington ... Read more...
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Olathe, KS woman pleads guilty to identity theft
March 10th, 2010 - 5:20 am ICT by BNO News
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS (BNO NEWS) – A woman of Olathe, Kansas, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to identity theft charges, Attorney Lanny Welch informed.Marcella Diane Machado, 46, was indicted of one count of ... Read more...
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Olathe, KS school coach sentenced for possesing child porn
January 27th, 2010 - 3:40 am ICT by BNO News
KANSAS CITY (BNO NEWS) – A former Olathe, Kansas school coach on Tuesday was sentenced to federal prison on child pornography charges, prosecutors said.Michael T. Cowley, 39, was sentenced to over 17 ... Read more...
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Kavya spells “ergasia” in Bee
May 30th, 2009 - 8:00 pm ICT by GD
Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas, spelt the word 'ergasia' right in the fourth round of the semi-final of the National spelling Bee. The word 'ergasia', a Greek word, means any form ... Read more...
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Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009
May 29th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by GD
Thirteen-year-old Kavya Shivashankar has notched the title of the nation's top speller. The girl from Olathe, Kansas spelled the word "Laodicean" correctly on Thursday night to win the 82nd Scripps National ... Read more...
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Kavya Shivashankar wins 82nd Spelling Bee championship
May 29th, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by GD
Well, it could not have got better for young Kavya Shivashankar as she came out with flying colors at the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009. On Thursday's finals she outlasted the ... Read more...
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Kavya Shivashankar wins Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009
May 29th, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
Kavya Shivashankar, a 13-year-old student from Olathe, Kansas, whose parents migrated to the United States from India has won the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 final.The victory was Kavya’s fourth ... Read more...
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Kavya Shivashankar spells history for Indian American kids (Lead)
May 29th, 2009 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 29 (IANS) It was a dream come true for Kavya Shivashankar as she made history by lifting the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy to bring a third back-to-back victory of ... Read more...
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14 Indian American kids make it to ‘Spelling Bee’ semis
May 28th, 2009 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 28 (IANS) Fourteen Indian American kids have made it to the semi finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest with three of them among top contenders for ... Read more...
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