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Engagement Photo Shoot Interrupted By Ring Falling Into Sewer
Man Who Doesn't Speak Spanish Wins Spanish Scrabble Championships
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By Ben Hooper
Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Cleveland came to the rescue of a couple after an engagement photo disaster ended with a diamond ring inside a sewer drain.
Niki Mack and Corey Berebitsky were having their engagement photos taken by Emily Ruth at the Cultural Gardens in University Circle when the mishap occurred.
Rush pointed out that Berebitsky had something on the back of his pants, and Mack attempted to lend a helping hand.
"So I went to wipe it off, and when I wiped it off, my ring flew off, and we just heard a 'ting,'" Mack told WEWS-TV.
The sound turned out to be
Mack's ring falling into a nearby sewer drain.
"Niki was surprisingly calm," Berebitsky told People.com. "Myself, the first thing that goes through my head is, 'Oh my god, we've been pushing off the ring resizing for so long, and of course this hap- pens.'"
Personnel from Cleveland Fire Station 30 were sum- moned to the scene to res- cue the photo shoot. Ruth kept snapping pictures as the firefighters opened up the sewer to retrieve the precious item.
"She did just a phenomenal job in staying calm, making sure she can get good pho- tos of the firefighters, and then great photos of us after too," Mack said.
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By Ben Hooper
Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A renowned speller known as the "Tiger Woods of Scrabble" took the top spot at the Spanish World Scrabble Championships in Granada, Spain, despite not speaking Spanish.
Nigel Richards, a New Zealander currently living in Malaysia, came out ahead of 145 opponents after win- ning 22 consecutive match- es.
Richards, the No. 1 ranked player in the World English- language Scrabble Player's Association, has been nick- named the "Tiger Woods of Scrabble," with nearly 200 tournament victories to his
name.
His latest title was earned despite his reportedly not even speaking the Spanish language.
"This is someone with very particular, incredible abili- ties; he's a gifted guy," sec- ond-place finisher Benjamín Olaizola told Spanish broadcaster Cadena Ser.
Olaizola said Richards' strategy involves a lot of complex words, and unusu- al choices that throw off opponents.
"He had a hand that was the most obvious one, the one that a computer would give to you, and he didn't use it," Olaizola said.
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