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The next generation of game consoles already has a tablet with the Wii U controller, but a report this week suggests this generation is getting one of its own, specifically for the Xbox 360. The Examiner reports that Microsoft will reveal its "Xbox Smart Glass" tablet at the Electronic Entertainment Expo this coming week.

The report includes a picture of a tablet with a Windows logo on it featuring an "Xbox Smart Glass" branding, and credits Microsoft for the photo. It also suggests the Xbox 360 maker will show off the tablet in behind-closed-doors presentations, but adds that a demo clip will be shown at E3 (presumably at Microsoft's Monday morning media briefing) with no live video.

According to The Examiner, the Smart Glass will let players control the Xbox 360 and use it to access Xbox Live apps like Netflix or stream video between the tablet, a TV, desktop PC, or other devices. The functionality of the tablet will also apparently be available in apps for other devices, as the report says it "will be available cross platform on multiple operating systems including Windows, Windows Phone, Android, and iOS."

In January, Microsoft filed a trademark for the term "Smart Glass" covering "computer hardware and software for phones, mobile devices, televisions, video game consoles, media players, and audiovisual devices."

As of press time, a Microsoft representative had not responded to request for comment. For more, watch GameSpot's live stream of Microsoft's E3 media briefing Monday, June 4 at 9:30 a.m. PST.

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She is 14 and from San Diego, Calif. The winning word was "guetapens."

Snigdha Nandipati heard a few words she didn't know during the National Spelling Bee, but never when she stepped to the microphone.

Calm and collected throughout, the 14-year-old from San Diego spelled "guetapens," a French-derived word that means ambush, snare or trap, to win the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. She beat out eight other finalists in the nerve-wracking, brain-busting competition.

After she spelled the word, she looked from side to side, as if unsure her accomplishment was real, and, oddly, she was not immediately announced as the winner. Applause built slowly, and a few pieces of confetti trickled out before showering her. Then her younger brother ran on stage and embraced her, and she beamed.

"I knew it. I'd seen it before," Nandipati said of the winning word. "I just wanted to ask everything I could before I started spelling."

A coin collector and Sherlock Holmes fan, Nandipati aspires to become a physician or neurosurgeon. She also plays violin and is fluent in Telugu, a language spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

A semifinalist last year, Nandipati became the fifth consecutive Indian-American winner and 10th in the last 14 years, a run that began in 1999 when Nupur Lala won and was later featured in the documentary "Spellbound."

Her parents and younger brother embraced her onstage, along with her maternal grandparents, who traveled from Hyderabad, India, to watch her.

Stuti Mishra of West Melbourne, Fla., finished second after misspelling "schwarmerei" which means excessive, unbridled enthusiasm. While many spellers pretend to write words with their fingers, the 14-year-old Mishra had an unusual routine she mimed typing them on a keyboard. Nandipanti and Mishra frequently high-fived each other after spelling words correctly during the marathon competition.

Coming in third for the second consecutive year was Arvind Mahankali of Bayside Hills, N.Y. At 12, the seventh-grader was the youngest of the nine finalists, and he has one more year of eligibility remaining.

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Ted S. Warren

State Sen. Joe Zarelli, R-Ridgefield

Politicians often do funny stuff. In fact just the other day I was looking for a synonym for the word "politics." What did I come up with?

Shenanigans.

Goodness gracious, I love that word. I just don't often find an opportunity to use it.

Now when state Sen. Joe Zarelli decided not to run for re-election I wasn't thinking shenanigans. I was thinking "Oh, my."

But then as The Columbian slowly pieced the story together I was able to resurrect the word I'm growing to love.

Shenanigans.

You see after Joe decided not to run, he hatched a bit of plan. He would tell very few people that he wasn't running. What's the advantage of this? Well no Democrat in his right mind (sorry, Ralph Schmidt) would really think he had a chance against Republican Zarelli. So if Zarelli were to announce that he was out -- early -- more folks might jump in the race.

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