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April 7, 2015

12-year-old ties for 1st in ESPN bracket challenge

HAWTHORN WOODS, Ill. (AP) — A sixth-grade boy from suburban Chicago completed a near-perfect bracket predicting the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, finishing in a tie for first in ESPN’s massive

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