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National Spelling Bee 2009 Photos

Aishwarya Pastapur, 13, of Chatham, Ill., comes in third place misspelling the word "menhir" at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington on Thursday, May 28, 2009.

(Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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