2012 Spelling Bee champ wins with 'guetapens' (+video)

Los Angeles will not have a local to root for as the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee kick off Thursday morning near the national's capital.Claymont Elementary fifth grader Gokul Venkatachalam beat seventh grader Sam Tillman (right) of Alton Middle School to win the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 17, 2012. Photo by Garvey Scott,

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