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Fourteen-year-old David Tidmarsh of South Bend, Ind., mastered “autochthonous” to win the National Spelling Bee on Thursday, outdueling 264 rivals. David, an 8th grader, won $12,000, plus an additional $5,000, encyclopedias, a $1,000 savings bond and a reference library from other sponsors.
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Compiled from RedEye news services and edited by Curt Wagner (cwwagner@tribune.com) and Michael Morgan (mnmorgan@tribune.com)
