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<title><![CDATA[Australian street performer sets a new Guinness World Record ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Australian street performer Chayne Hultgren sets a new Guinness World Record by swallowing 18 swords in one go.<br>]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:44:17 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Canine Carnival in Rio de Janeiro]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Onlookers might have thought they were barking mad on Sunday, but Rio de Janeiro&#39;s pooch parade is serious business for the city&#39;s animal lovers.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:34:51 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Want a Ferrari? Then fork over $16 million]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;We&#39;re estimating that it&#39;s going to make between $16 and $20 million&nbsp;dollars.&quot; says Max Girardo, European managing director of RM Auction.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:00:11 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Get your piece of Tiger Woods' history]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not quite clear but golfing phenomenon Tiger Woods is in recovery from his reported affairs and the public stigma attached to them, but that&rsquo;s not keeping people from making money off of Mr. Wood&rsquo;s misery.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:57:12 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan's hip-hop monk]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Here at the Kyoouji (pron: kyo-oh-gee) Temple in central Tokyo, monk Kansho Tagai offers prayers throughout the day. Once in a while, he goes on stage, rocking the audience with hip hop beats and rapping Buddhist sutra in modern Japanese.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:48:24 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World's oldest camera is for sale]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The oldest camera of the world will be auctioned in Austria in May.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:05:49 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Take the stairs!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The 33rd running of the New York Road Runners&rsquo; Empire State Building Run-Up.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 09:53:15 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Customs officers in Texas deliver border baby]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Customs inspectors at the U.S.-Mexico border usually focus on stopping things entering the country, but this time they helped with a delivery.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:18:08 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Plastic Bag Man  crochets hats and more]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Russell Marvin from northern Colorado got that comic-book name from friends and fellow church members who have seen his work.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:41:13 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In Thailand It's the Running of the Beds!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Residents and tourists in Thailand&#39;s resort town of Pattaya thronged the streets on Sunday to cheer participants in a bed push that organizers said will promote tourism and raise money for charity.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:40:01 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fire in Houston blamed on inflatable gorilla]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An out-of-control inflatable gorilla is blamed for a rooftop fire at a Houston shopping center.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:01:30 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World's biggest snowman?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Latvians have built what they believe to be the world&#39;s biggest snowman - 23 Feet]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:07:37 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UK soccer player attempts juggling record]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A soccer ball freestyler is attempting to break a world record by juggling a soccer ball thirty miles through the streets of London, Sky News reported.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:19:03 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brownsville food fight sends cafe owner to jail]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A food fight in Brownsville has led to a cafe owner facing an aggravated assault charge over a customer allegedly whacked on the head with plate.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:58:20 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Girl burned by her cell phone]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An Illinois teenager got a rude awakening in the middle of the night recently. Her cell phone had melted and burned her.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:01:14 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Folks pay to stay behind bars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Spending a night in jail is most people&#39;s worst fear, but 90 Springfield, Oregon residents have paid to do just that.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:59:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The incredible inflatable man]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pittsburg, KS., residents may have been shocked to see a strangly dressed man masquerading down broadway during the lunch hour. Performance artist Jimmy Kuehnle (Keenley) decided to put his work to use.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:48:54 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[North Dakota snow dragon ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After a two-foot Christmas snowfall, there&#39;s plenty of material around for snowmen. But one yard in Minot, North Dakota has much more than a snowman greeting visitors.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:00:30 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Goat invades strip club]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hank Piecura (pick-ur-a) got to Lynx Gentlemen&#39;s Club early this past Saturday morning to find blood and broken glass. And he couldn&#39;t believe what security video showed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:37:21 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[See the world's tiniest tiger]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An artist in Taiwan claims he&#39;s made the world&#39;s smallest tiger sculpture, to scare away bad fortunes, ahead of the Chinese New Year.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:03:41 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Attack of the marshmallows! ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Future engineers got a chance to show off their skills Saturday. They brought homemade mini trebuchets to launch some unusual ammunition.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:50:14 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[10-year old prodigy heading to college]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new student at a Kansas college is not like the others. Alex Jaeger is only 10 years old.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:05:34 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China's new "Great Wall"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China&#39;s Great Wall is infamous for its sturdy, long structure. Now it also comes high in calories.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:48:15 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin's winter wonderland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s one of the biggest winter attractions in Wisconsin and when the lights are on at night it makes for a great photo.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:08:39 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Want free beer? Give blood!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cascade Regional Blood Services bloodmobile, in Washington State, rolls up to a local pub and offers donors one pint of beer for one pint of blood.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:30:42 EST</pubDate>
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