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WR Kellen Lewis dismissed from IU football team

Apr. 29, 2009
Indiana gave Kellen Lewis a second chance. The quarterback-turned-receiver won't get a third. The former All-Big Ten player was kicked off Indiana's football team Wednesday for an undisclosed violation of team rules, just over a year after he drew a four-...
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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