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| New record set at Wing Bowl eating extravaganza (Reuters) |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:34:18 GMT |
| Reuters - More than 17,000 mostly beer-fueled spectators packed a Philadelphia indoor arena on Friday for the city's annual early morning eating extravaganza in which competitors vie to eat the most chicken wings. |
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| Miami named most miserable U.S. city (Reuters) |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:05 GMT |
| Reuters - Warm sun, white beaches, and million-dollar mansions notwithstanding, Miami has captured the dubious distinction of being the most miserable city in the United States, according to a new poll. |
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| Big freeze stops famed Brussels statue from peeing (Reuters) |
| Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:47:46 GMT |
| Reuters - The Manneken-Pis, a bronze statue of a young boy urinating that is a symbol of Brussels and a major tourist attraction, has had to stop peeing because of sub-zero temperatures, Belgium's tourist office said on Wednesday. |
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| China bans toddler palm-reading assessments (Reuters) |
| Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:38:29 GMT |
| Reuters - China has banned kindergartens in a northern province from offering palm-reading tests that the schools had claimed could predict toddlers' intelligence level and potential, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday. |
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| Italian shoemaker pays record rent at London store (Reuters) |
| Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:21:10 GMT |
| Reuters - Italian luxury shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo is close to agreeing a deal to pay a record UK rent at its Bond Street store that will break the 1,000 pounds ($1,576) per square foot mark for the first time, a source familiar with the deal told Reuters. |
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| Gamers prove their metal as rock stars |
| Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:27:09 EST |
| Jess Hu is a child care provider from Brooklyn, New York, but for 20 hours a week, she's a rock star. That's how much she estimates she plays the video game "Rock Band." |
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| Phil, rivals differ on Groundhog Day |
| Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:24:00 GMT |
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| Fetal twin removed from boy's stomach |
| Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:49:00 GMT |
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| UAE teen sentenced for kissing 2 girls |
| Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:23:00 GMT |
A teenage boy in the United Arab Emirates has been sentenced to up to three years in detention for kissing two 13-year-old girls.   |
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| Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Pa. Wing Bowl |
| Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:22:58 GMT |
| PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.... |
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| Sheep herding Swedish bunny becomes online hit |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:40:39 GMT |
| STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Champis the bunny doesn't only hop - he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job.... |
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| Officers cleared for using pepper spray on dancers |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:32:48 GMT |
| SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Two police officers were cleared of wrongdoing Thursday for using pepper spray and a baton on a dozen spectators performing a traditional Polynesian war dance after a Utah high school's losing football game.... |
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| Inmate adds pig image to Vt. police cruiser decals |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:30:59 GMT |
| MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.... |
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| Lions apparently not enough to keep intruders out |
| Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:51:16 GMT |
| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't think he needed a security system.... |
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