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National Spelling Bee 2009 Photos

Kavya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kan., accepts her trophy after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee with the word "laodicean" in Washington, on Thursday, May 28, 2009.

(Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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