National Texting Competition

A 17-year-old boy who says he has "abnormally fast thumbs" has been named the fastest texter in America for the second year in a row. "It feels incredible," said Austin Wierschke of Rhinelander, Wiscomsin, after winning the sixth annual US LG National Texting Competition in Times Square on Wednesday. He gets $50,000 in prize money, which he says he...

A 17-year-old boy who says he has "abnormally fast thumbs" has been named the fastest texter in America for the second year in a row. "It feels incredible," said Austin Wierschke of Rhinelander, Wiscomsin, after winning the sixth annual US LG National Texting Competition in Times Square on Wednesday. He gets $50,000 in prize money, which he says he...