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Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago
1 day ago
A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days _ 384 times, up and around _ bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.
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Thailand urged to explore edible insect market
8 hours 39 mins ago
Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.
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Greek beach evacuated after artillery discovery
1 day ago
A surprise shell has caused a big stir at a popular Athens beach.
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Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride
4 days ago
An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.
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Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled
4 days ago
An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.
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Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail
4 days ago
Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.
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Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic
4 days ago
An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.
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Fleeing Ore. man pleads to be pulled from river
5 days ago
Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve him. They did.
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Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled
An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.
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World
Gay marriage bill clears UK House of Commons
Britain's House of Commons has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales.
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Finance
JPMorgan Directors Glance: How shareholders voted
Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of the nation's largest bank, keep both his jobs Tuesday. Dimon also received strong support to be re-elected to ...
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