The two co-champions of the US national spelling bee are sharing a trophy, marking the second year in a row the contest ended in a tie. Vanya Shivashankar, 13, is a five-time competitor of the bee, and her sister won in 2009. Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, nearly won last year. Paige Kimble, the bee’s executive director, was shocked to see another tie. She had predicted another half-century would pass before it […]