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WHAT I DO: Kika Kane, nanny

Jul. 6, 2009
Kika Kane always had an affinity for children, but it wasn't until her late 50s that she became a nanny. She had tended bar at a port-side bar in Hilo, Hawaii; operated a movie house in Nevada City; helped start a preschool; and worked as a substitute teacher...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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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