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The Washington Nationals fell to .500 Thursday night after a 2-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Davey Johnson, left, and Adam LaRoche, right, look on during the game. (Associated Press photo)
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Jon Corzine of New Jersey spent $60 million of his own money in that race — a personal funding record for Congressional candidates — and it likely provided him the edge that allowed him to squeak to victory with 50.1 percent of the vote. (Associated Press)
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Linda McMahon, a pro wrestling executive, suffered her second straight defeat in a bid for Connecticut's Senate seats, plunging $8.4 million into the two runs. (Associated Press)
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Charl Schwartzel, of South Africa, tees off the fourth hole during the first round of the Memorial golf tournament Thursday, May 30, 2013, in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Sriram Hathwar, 13 of Painted Post, N.Y., left, reaches out to shake hands with Syamantak Payra, 12, of Friendswood, Texas, right, as he high-fives Vismaya Kharkar, 14, of Bountiful, Utah, as Chetan Reddy, 13 of Plano, Texas, yellow shirt, and Arvind Mahankali, 13, of Bayside Hills, N.Y., center, watch after they learned that they will advance to the final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Vismaya Kharkar, 14, of Bountiful, Utah, celebrates after learning that she made the finals of the National Spelling Bee on Thursday, May 30, 2013, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Sophia Limacher, 13, of Seattle, Wash, incorrectly spells " morosoph" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Shayley Martin, 12, of Riner, Va., incorrectly spells "sussultatory" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Syamantak Payra, 14, of Bountiful, Utah, spells "stultiloquence" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Caleb Miller, 13, of Calhoun, La., cast his head back after incorrectly spelling "cyanope'" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Amber Born, 14 of Marblehead, Mass., covers her face while spelling "malacophilous" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Aditya Rao, 13, of Phillipsburg, N.J., spells "tatterdemalion" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Arvind Mahankali, 13, of Bayside Hills, N.Y., spells "intravasation" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Jonathan Caldwell, 13, of Hendersonville, Tenn., spells "persiflage" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Shobha Dasari, 12, of Pearland, Texas spells "spasmolytic" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Syamantak Payra, 12, of Friendswood, Texas, spells "hepatectomy" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Matthew Donohue, 14, of Kingston, Mass., incorrectly spells "diplodocus" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Ryan Devanandan, 13, of Albany, N.Y., spells "aporia" during the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
