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Who came away with the ‘W’ in the Arizona spelling bee?

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By Jeff Platt

Thursday, April 3, 2014
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Long hours of training. Nerve-racking competition for a chance to move to the next round and do it all again. And the payoff is - a language course? It is at the Arizona Spelling Bee, which Cooley Middle School student Nila Dhinaker won to advance to the national contest. Cronkite sports reporter Jeff Platt has the story.

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