Archive for September, 2007

Woman gives birth to own grandchildren

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

SAO PAULO, Brazil — A 51-year-old surrogate mother for her daughter has given birth to her own twin grandchildren in northeastern Brazil, the delivery hospital said.

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Pa. man skips stone a record 51 times

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

FRANKLIN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man cast a stone that skipped on water a whopping 51 times, shattering the old world record of 40.

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NYC food vendors compete for prize

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

NEW YORK — For Thiru “The Dosa Man” Kumar, the third time is the charm. Kumar, who runs NY Dosa, a vegan food cart in Manhattan, won the third annual Vendy Award, bestowed upon the city’s top street chef vendor.

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Bengals fight stadium’s pooping pigeons

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

CINCINNATI — The owners of the stadium where the Cincinnati Bengals play have withdrawn a request seeking city approval to shoot pigeons that have been pooping on fans during games.

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Man uses demolition derby car to propose

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Marriage proposals have been displayed on billboards, announced on scoreboards and even written into newspaper crossword puzzles.

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China bans bra, underwear, sex toy ads

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

BEIJING — China has banned television and radio ads for push-up bras, figure-enhancing underwear and sex toys in the communist government’s latest move to purge the nation’s airwaves of what it calls social pollution.

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Malaysia to seek out dirty toilets

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian state plans to set up “toilet squads” to monitor cleanliness at key tourist destinations following criticism of standards, reports said Sunday.

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New condoms to replace D.C. supplies

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

WASHINGTON — Who cares if they’re free? Residents in the nation’s capital say the condoms being handed out have a serious problem.

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Man eats 21 pounds of grits for title

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

BOSSIER CITY, La. — He’ll never want breakfast again.

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Bertoletti captures ‘world grits’ title

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Yankees beat out Southerners for the top spots in what was billed as the first World Grits Eating Championship at Louisiana …

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