8 are great: National Spelling Bee ends with 'octo-champs'

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee was broken Thursday night, brought to its knees by eight spellers who were too poised, too prepared and too savvy for any word thrown their way.Faced with a dwindling word list and a group of spellers that showed no weakness, Scripps gave up and declared them co-champions, the most extraordinary ending in the 94-year history of the competition.The eight co-champions spelled the final 47 words correctly in their historic walk-off victo