European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              June stars and stripes Mideast edition Pace 15 math Whiz wins annual spelling Bee by Joseph White t7ic associated press Washington having spelled ser refine to win the Scripps National spelling Evan Dorney is ready to tackle an even More unusual Challenge for a 13yearold in the said his hell be taking Calcut a Homeschooler eight grader from breezed through the Competition thursday night to become the nations top he said he knew the winning word a noun describing Small forceps the moment the pronounced said but he was More enthusiastic when he spoke about an upcoming math Camp this summer and the calculus class hell be taking at the University of California at my favorite things to do were math and and with the math i really like the Way the numbers fit he with the music i like to let out ideas by composing notes and the spelling is just a Bunch of Evan won a tense Duel with Nate Gartke of Spruce Al who was attempting to be come the first Canadian to win the annual Evan and Nate went head Ohead for three Matching each others Correct Spellings until Nate flubbed the medical word Coryza by adding the letter until Nate had been quite the waving celeb i Tylicke to the audience after each word and basking in the cheers from a Row that waved Jacquelyn Michael and Jennifer embrace their son Evan of san after he won the 2007 Scripps National spelling Bee in Washington on Small forceps used for clamping a blood vessel Redan Dwhite Maple Leaf i didst know i could make it this said who planned to Cap his week in Washington with a tour of mount Vernon on who tied for 14th last won plus a a savings Bond and a set of reference his Victory came even though he want Able to stick to one of his superstitions he didst have his usual pre Competition meal Offish because Chicken was served in Stead at the spelling Bee the big Surprise was that Peren Nial favorite Samir Patel want around for the the 13yearold in his fifth and final Bee because he cant participate once Hes past the eighth had the audience gasping in disbelief when he misspelled study shines Light on origin of humans upright walk by Lauran Neergaard the associated press Washington maybe walk ing upright on two legs is not such a defining human feature after All scientists who spent a year photographing orangutans in the rain Forest say the trait probably evolved in ancient apes navigating the treetops Long before ances tors of humans descended to the which contradicts Sci ence museums the world but it is More in tune with Fossil contends Robin Cromp ton of the University of who coauthored the report in Fri Days edition of the journal Sci an increasing number of peo ple have been questioning this old up from the apes idea of How bipedalism Crompton the popular explanation some Chimpanzee like creature that dragged its Knuckles on the ground descended from Trees into grass and gradually straightened up to walk like modern yet climate data and fossils of such creatures As the famed humanoid Lucy suggest that Early ancestors of humans lived in for ests for far longer and could move on two or four think orangutans just swing around maybe in it is orangutans not the genetically humans closest rela Tives that can walk most like Crompton evolution the new in sight into How orangutans reach their food May help efforts to con serve the dwindling habitat of these endangered Cromp ton Middle class new yorkers fight to keep cheap rent ii Fin by David Caruso the associated press new York residents of one of the last Middle class Bast Fons in Manhattan say their new landlord is using orwellian tactics in an attempt to drive them out and raise the property owner counters that it is simply trying to purge leaseholders who abuse rent stabilization landlord tenant friction is heating up at one of the country largest apartment the twin developments of Stuyvesant town and Peter Cooper Vil tenants Lucky enough to hold a lease on one of its rent stabilized units pay a fraction of the Market the Sav Ings allow a lifestyle unavailable to Many Middle class new Replete with vacation bungalows and kids in parochial landlords have but one Way to legally raise the rent More than a Token amount annually persuade a tenant to or prove the tenant lives tenants say the global real estate firm Tishman Speyer which bought the com plex last year for is engaged in a Campaign to do Over the past few hundreds of tenants say they received no renewal notices on their leases Over suspicions that they reside elsewhere for at least 183 Days a the charges Are based on evidence apparently culled by private from Public property deeds and credit applications leasehold ers were stunned by the scope the in its like there spying on us said Jeanette who works at the United a few private eyes have built entire businesses out of following renters and scouring Public records to prove they dont actually live in the apartments they City councilman Daniel who lives in the said residents have packed a series of clinics on tenants Legal these Are scary letters to he i think there Are a number of legitimate tenants who Are getting caught up in this