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• With 3rd win in row, Chestnut sets record at US hot dog eating contest July 5, 2009
  his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island, an annual showcase for flamboyant hot dogging contestants eager to show they really are what they eat. Chestnut... […]
• UK spy chief's family details posted on Facebook July 5, 2009
  He's the spy who came in from the beach. Holiday snapshots and family details about the newly appointed head of Britain's MI6 intelligence agency have been removed from a Facebook page... […]
• UK spy chief's family details posted on Facebook July 5, 2009
  Photos and family details about the newly appointed head of Britain's international spy agency have been removed from a social networking Web site. The Mail on Sunday newspaper reports... […]
• "Mathemagician" excited by odd date July 5, 2009
  Notice anything exceptional about today's date?It's the 05/07/09 -- and three consecutive odd numbers make up the date only five times in a century. This nugget is pointed out by... […]
• Chestnut wins NY hot dog eating match, 3d in row July 4, 2009
  Joey Chestnut chomped down a record 68 hot dogs, capturing his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island, an annual showcase for flamboyant hot dogging contestants... […]
• Finland ends Estonia's reign in wife-carrying July 4, 2009
  Finland put an end to Estonia's 11-year reign and took gold and bronze on Saturday at the annual Wife-Carrying World Championships held in Sonkajaervi, central Finland, organisers said. ... […]
• Pachyderms outperform people in NYC cross-species eating contest July 3, 2009
  NEW YORK - In the fight of pachyderms vs. people - the pachyderms now have the upper trunk. Three circus elephants scored a decisive victory over three human competitive eaters at a... […]
• Elephants outperform people in NYC cross-species eating contest July 3, 2009
  NEW YORK - In the fight of elephants vs. people - the elephants now have the upper trunk. Three circus elephants scored a decisive victory over three human competitive eaters at a... […]
• Spanish police foil a plot to use a zeppelin to help prisoner escape July 3, 2009
  prisoner break out of jail, the Interior Ministry said Friday. Investigators found a package sent from Italy containing sophisticated escape equipment that was to have been smuggled... […]
• Police foil radio control zeppelin jailbreak July 3, 2009
  MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker's plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-meter-long... […]
• Game show looks to convert atheists July 3, 2009
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? […]
• Would you pledge your soul as loan collateral? July 3, 2009
  RIGA (Reuters) - Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times? In Latvia, where the crisis has raged more than in the rest of the European Union, you can. […]
• Swiss town erects giant plastic Michael Jackson July 3, 2009
  A giant plastic statue of Michael Jackson has been unveiled in a village near the Swiss city of Zurich, ahead of a ceremony to pay homage to the late pop icon, an organiser said on Friday. […]
• House wrecked as man kills weeds with flame thrower July 3, 2009
  A German gardener's house was left a smouldering wreck on Friday after he set it on fire while trying to get rid of the weeds with the help of a flame-thrower, police said. After... […]
• Thai burglar falls asleep on the job: police July 3, 2009
  A Thai thief broke into a house but promptly fell asleep inside before stealing anything and was eventually discovered by a housemaid on Friday morning, police told AFP. Prachak... […]
• American woman obsessed with rabbits sent back to jail after she's found in hotel with bunnies July 3, 2009
  PORTLAND, Oregon - An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits. Washington County... […]
• New Zealand airline issues nude safety video July 3, 2009
  New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. The "Bare... […]
• Oregon woman obsessed with rabbits back in jail July 2, 2009
  An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits. Washington County Circuit Judge Gayle... […]
• Illinois cabbie uses deodorant to disarm attacker July 2, 2009
  Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant. ... […]
• Illinois cabbie uses spray deodorant to fend off knife-wielding passenger July 2, 2009
  ELGIN, Illinois - Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol […]