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WDUT? Does spelling matter in tech age?

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

With the Scripps National Spelling Bee coming up May 28-30, dare we ask: Does anybody really need to learn to spell in an age of spell-check, auto-correcting cell phones and text-messaging abbreviations?

Volunteers work amid devastation in Okla

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:30:28 GMT

A procession of volunteers filed down a street toward the Moore Cemetery, a 20-acre resting ground that accommodates the city’s earliest leaders and soon will receive some of its recent storm victims.

Got what it takes for the Spelling Bee?

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:53:00 GMT

You can test your spelling chops with this quiz, which will judge whether you would have progressed to the preliminaries in the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee, set to begin on May 28.

The new buzz? Smoking alcohol

abc15.com staff, wire reports — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:39 GMT

Did you know you could smoke alcohol? Apparently, it's the latest trend to get a buzz -- and doctors say it's extremely dangerous.

Bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on'

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:07:15 GMT

Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."

Bridge collapses in WA, people in water

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:10:48 GMT

The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water.

Openly gay to be allowed into Boy Scouts

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:19:04 GMT

The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.

Woman interrupts Obama throughout speech

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:59:09 GMT

President Barack Obama was interrupted three times by a woman who shouted about drones and detainees in Cuba as he delivered a speech on national security.

84-year-old jailed over drug trafficking

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:54:03 GMT

An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman who uses an oxygen tank has been indicted for drug trafficking.

15 unexpected struggles after disaster

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:35 GMT

While the worst of any natural disaster clearly comes during the disaster itself, the aftermath is often equally difficult to deal with.