Texting champ wins $50,000

Parents may want to rethink scolding their kids for texting at the dinner table, since it could win them a ton of money, writes News.com.

"A 20-year-old college student from Cleveland State University just won the $50,000 grand prize in a national texting competition held in New York this week, sponsored by cell phone maker LG.

The previous highest prize paid for the "fastest texter" was a contest also organized by LG Electronics in March 2007 which paid $ 25,000.

Links to other text messaging championships held over the years and Guinness World records.

emily | 9:49 AM | News, Buzz |
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