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* [[2011 breaking news archive]]
* '''2012 breaking news archive'''
* [[2013 breaking news archive]]
=== December 30, 2012: Director's Exam expanded to 84 questions ===
In order to include questions about membership issues and tournament participation fees, the NASPA director's exam has been expanded from 80 to 84 questions. A passing score is now 76 out of 84 or better.
=== December 1, 2012: Palazzo and Karanofsky elected to Canadian Committee ===
Mad Palazzo and Sary Karanofsky were elected to the Canadian Committee. On January 1, 2013 they will replace incumbents Tony Leah and Randall Thomas who did not seek re-election.
=== August 15, 2012: Nigel Richards wins 2012 NSC ===
[[Nigel Richards]] has won the [[2012 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in Orlando, Florida. This is his third consecutive title and fourth overall, both unprecedented achievements. He is also the reigning [[World SCRABBLE Championship|World Champion]].
Both Richards and the runner-up, 1994 champion [[David Gibson]], won 22 games (out of 31) but Richards had accumulated a better spread (+1579 vs. +1563, a difference of only 16 points) after winning the final game against Gibson by 177 points (475 to 298). Jesse Day finisher third.
[[Sam Kantimathi]] won the [[Collins]] division with a 24-7 +481 record. Brian Bowman was second and the 1999 World Champion [[Joel Wapnick]] third.
Adam Ginzberg won the second division, Chris Canik the third division and Amalan Iyengar the fourth division.
[http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/tourneys/2012/nsc/build2/standing/index.html Complete results]
== July 2012 ==
=== July 28, 2012: Director's Exam expanded ===
Club/Director Committee expands the NASPA director's exam from 75 to 80 questions. A passing grade is now 72 out of 80 instead of 68 out of 75.
=== April 2, 2012: Michael Thelen joins Rules Committee ===
We welcome [[Michael Thelen]] to the [[Rules Committee]].
=== March 18, 2012: Paul Mulik joins Dictionary Committee ===
We welcome [[Paul Mulik]] to the [[Dictionary Committee]].
=== February 7, 2012: Adam Henderson joins Dictionary Committee ===
We welcome [[Adam Henderson]] to the [[Dictionary Committee]], which is recruiting new members to help prepare the next edition of the [[OWL]].