. >>> in "the pulse" for the second year in a row, there are cochampions in the national spelling beey successfully handled words most of us have never heard of. >> crannog. c-r-a-n-n-o-g. crannog. >> correct. >> reporter: t the annual ordeal to see who can be letter perfect. a momentary dry spell. >> that's not right. >> reporter: can spell doom. for $37,000 in cash and prizes young people from all over the u.s. run an obstacle course of abcs to see who can spell success more often. >> -- p-o-i-e-s-i-s. >> reporter: from -- tartarean. >> reporter: the bell tolled for each verbal victim. until there were two. >> s-c-y-t-a-l erkds, scytale. >> correct. >> that's how good they are. >> reporter: in a war of words. >> if you spell this word correctly, the scripps national spelling bee will declare you and vania cochampions. >> reporter: they battled to a draw. >> nunatak. >> n-u-n-a-t-a-k. >> correct. >> congratulations. >> reporter: they share the trophy as cochampions. michelle franzen, abc news new york. >> they work so hard. i told you yesterday i was the only indian-american kid out

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. >>> for the second year in a row two students are waking up as cochampions of the scrips national spellingee. >> s-c-h-e-r-e-n-s-c-h-n-i-t-t-e. >> correct. [ cheers and applause ] >> the word is german for scissor cuts. her sister won the 2009 bee. the cowinner is a 14-year-old from missouri. >> n-u-n-a-t-a-k. >> correct. [ cheers and applause ] >> he sped his way through the third round. this is only the fifth time theby has ended in a tie. thanks for. waing. i'm i'm stephanie sy. we now join our colleagues from switzerland. >> i wish to play this role. i would like to continue with you. this is a matter of trust, confidence from you. to me a matter of respect towards each and every of you. you representatives of football federations everywhere i am at your disposal. i am at your command. if you wish me to continue this journey with you, i extend all thanks to you. my friends, and lovers of footballers, football is not just a game. it requires a great leader

. >> if you spell this word correctly, the scripps national bee will declare you and vanya cochampionsed to a draw. >> you none na tack. >> n-u-n-a-t-a-k. >> correct. >> congratulations. >> the two share the trophy as cochampions. a spell binder to the very end. michele franzen, abc news new york. >> it wasn't even sweating it. nunatak. can we go home now? >> they study for so long practically account entire dictionary. it's not easy. >> every single word we had in that piece i have no idea what they mean. >> i think most of america has no idea. >> these kids are amazing. why do they put the pressure on the kid at the end? if you get this one right, it's going to be a tie. come on man. >> he still nailed it. congrats to both. >> congrats. they get re-heated. re-nuked. and re-baked. and when leftovers are done... there's always stuff left over. new dawn platinum power clean calls dibs on those. it powers through tough, dried-on messes in seconds. even 48 hour stuck-on food. so go ahead, triple that recipe! a drop of dawn and grease is gone. >> important message for residents age 50 to 8

. >> if you spell this word correctly, the scripps national spelling bee will declare you both cochampions. >> reporter: after 10 perfect rounds between 14-year-old [ non-english language ] of missouri and 13-year-old [ non- english language ] from kansas, it came down to the final word. a word meaning hills surrounded by a glacier. >> nunatak. >> reporter: correct. >> reporter: he nailed it with ease bringing the national spelling bee to a tie for the second year in a row. before that, it hadn't happened in 52 years. her final word -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: after writing the word which means the art of decorative paper cutting on her hand with a finger she wowed the crowd with the correct spelling. >> t-e. [ non-english language ] >> correct. >> reporter: not only is she part of the second spelling bee tie, she is also the first sibling of a past champion to win. her sister was the top speller in 2009. susan mcginnis, cbs news. . >>> the children will each receive more than $37,000 in cash and prizes. >>> it's now 18 minutes before 5:00. coming up, the wife of san francisco sherif

. >>> for the second straight year, we have cochampions in the biggest spelling bee in the united states are. 13-year-old evana shivashankar. and we also have 14-year-old gokur ketchulum. they tied winning the scripps tournament. they spelled scherenschnitte and nunatak. the love of spelling runs in the family. her sister won the spelling bee in 2009. saying scherenschnitte three times fast. i'll be back in one hour. "cnn newsroom" continues with natalie allen, next. you're watching cnn the world news leader. let's-rock-this-concert- like-it's-1999 kind of mom. back pain? motrin helps you be the side-planking, keeping-up-with- your-girlfriend- even-though-you'll-feel-it- later kind of woman you are. body pain? motrin helps you be an unstoppable, i-can-totally-do-this- all-in-one-trip kind of woman. when pain tries to stop you, there's motrin. motrin works fast to stop pain where it starts. make it happen with new motrin liquid gels. motrin works fast to stop pain where it starts. when you set out to find new roads, you build the car of tomorrow, today. introducing the next generation che

. >> for the second year in a row two teenagers are cochampions of the scripps national spelling bee after going head-to-head for ten rounds. [ spelling words ] >> sharing the top spot the 13-year-old from kansas is the second winner in her family. her older sister won the spelling bee six years ago. that's right one family, two spelling bee champions over six years. amazing. i'm david shuster. thanks for watching. john seigenthaler will be here in a few moments. remember for the latest news any time day or night go to www.aljazeera.com. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. the u.s. removes cuba from the state sponsored terror list. a significant step in warming relations with havana. hastert allegation he. s. to silence a sex abuse allegation. new documents and allegation of forgery in an emotional case of a mother who says her baby was

. >> coming up, you can spell cochampions. >> this year's winners of the national spelling bee can. next on we'll tell who you they are and the winning words next on "action news" tonight. >> this is what he looks like than is the man police are desperately trying to capture. they think he could be suspect of rain of robbery of

. >> this morning i spoke about the fantastic finish with gokul and his cochampion vanya shivashankar's great to be a spelling bee champ because more people got an opportunity to win and less hearts were broken. >> the winners, meanwhile, get nearly $38,000 and a dictionary which they clearly do not need. but the rest of us do. it's 8:07 right now. let's send it over to matt. >> all right. congratulations to both of them. >>> the human body is an amazing thing. able to perform remarkable tasks. but apparently there's something we were not quite prepared for. that is our tenacious appetite for texting. it has doctors across the country now reporting an increase in hand injuries. sheinelle jones is here with more on that. hand injuries because of texting. >> it's true. it's not exactly life or death, but if you're the type of person who's texting while you're watching you're going to want to put down your phone and listen. >> reporter: let's face it. we're a culture of typers texters, and touch screen addicts. >> our smartphones do so much now. you get your personal e-mail work e-mail t