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The Puppy Diaries: Chewing Toward Bethlehem

Jul. 27, 2009
Scout has razor-sharp puppy teeth and thinks everything, from my wrists to every shoe and flip-flop in the house, is grist for those little chompers.
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler