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  Topic: Japan's oldest man fetes 111th birthday with relatives and..
ap1979

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PostForum: News mash   Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:29 pm   Subject: Japan's oldest man fetes 111th birthday with relatives and..
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's oldest man, Tomoji Tanabe, blew out candles on his birthday cake with his 3-year-old great-grandchild at his home in southern Japan on Monday, celebrating his 111th birthday, his ...
  Topic: World's tallest man says he's happy with height, used to...
ap1979

Replies: 15
Views: 12354

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:29 pm   Subject: World's tallest man says he's happy with height, used to...
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The world's tallest man said Sunday he was happy with his height but used to wish he were "normal."

At seven feet, 8.95 inches, Xi Shun, of Mongolia, has held the ...
  Topic: Body washes up near set of 'CSI: Miami'
ap1979

Replies: 1
Views: 3880

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:28 pm   Subject: Body washes up near set of 'CSI: Miami'
MIAMI (AP) - A man's body floated up near where a crew was filming a scene for the crime show "CSI: Miami," authorities said.

The body washed up early Friday in Biscayne Bay at Bicentenn ...
  Topic: Skydiver completes 640 jumps in 24 hours
ap1979

Replies: 1
Views: 5662

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:18 pm   Subject: Skydiver completes 640 jumps in 24 hours
GREENSBURG, Ind. (AP) - Jay Stokes celebrated his 50th birthday by jumping out of an airplane - 640 times.

The veteran skydiver did it to break his own world record of 534 jumps in a 24-hour perio ...
  Topic: Contestants try to avoid 'reversal of fortune' at U.S. fair'
ap1979

Replies: 3
Views: 6737

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:17 pm   Subject: Contestants try to avoid 'reversal of fortune' at U.S. fair'
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - Robert Breinig was ready to cram down the hot dogs. He had kept his stomach empty for nearly two days in preparation for the hot-dog-eating contest at the Kansas State Fair.
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  Topic: Video on getting promoted in Madrid police department proves
ap1979

Replies: 4
Views: 6462

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:16 pm   Subject: Video on getting promoted in Madrid police department proves
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Spanish police officers settling in for a video presentation on how to get promoted to sergeant were instead shown footage from a hard-core pornographic film, officials said Tuesd ...
  Topic: British tourist gets lost in Australian outbacktwicein 8days
ap1979

Replies: 3
Views: 7154

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:14 pm   Subject: British tourist gets lost in Australian outbacktwicein 8days
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A 50-year-old British tourist was rescued by police for the second time in just over a week Tuesday after twice getting lost in Australia's rugged outback.

The man, whose ...
  Topic: Oregon nurse strangles intruder with bare hands
ap1979

Replies: 8
Views: 10638

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:55 pm   Subject: Oregon nurse strangles intruder with bare hands
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A nurse returning home from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands, police said.

Susan Kuhnhausen, 51, ran to a nei ...
  Topic: London, Ont. Canada mother goes on strike
ap1979

Replies: 3
Views: 6781

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:52 pm   Subject: London, Ont. Canada mother goes on strike
LONDON, Ont. (CP) - Roxanne Toussaint says she loves her kids, but hates their attitude, and hopes a strike will make them change their ways.

The London, Ontario mother has launched a strike again ...
  Topic: Loyalty to Argentina's soccer squad truly cradle to grave
ap1979

Replies: 1
Views: 4985

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:51 pm   Subject: Loyalty to Argentina's soccer squad truly cradle to grave
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Die-hard fans of Argentina's most famous soccer club now can take their loyalty to the grave.

Boosters of the Boca Juniors unveiled a private cemetery plot on Thursd ...
  Topic: Nude teens taking it off in proudly bohemian Vermont town...
ap1979

Replies: 10
Views: 14451

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:36 pm   Subject: Nude teens taking it off in proudly bohemian Vermont town...
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - Public nudity isn't new to this bastion of bohemia, but it usually bares itself in more subtle places than the downtown parking lot.

This summer, a group of teenagers has d ...
  Topic: Elderly purse snatching victim chases down thief, then...
ap1979

Replies: 4
Views: 8055

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:32 pm   Subject: Elderly purse snatching victim chases down thief, then...
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) - A 75-year-old woman ran after a man who stole her purse, got it back and gave him a tongue-lashing - and $3.

Betty Horton said the man apologized to her and said he wa ...
  Topic: Cali man lives to ripe age of 112 on junk food!!
ap1979

Replies: 3
Views: 6827

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:26 pm   Subject: Cali man lives to ripe age of 112 on junk food!!
LOS ANGELES (AP) - George Johnson, considered California's oldest living person at 112 and the state's last surviving First World War veteran, had experts shaking their heads over his junk food diet. ...
  Topic: CNN's 'Live From...' aired live from the ladies room
ap1979

Replies: 8
Views: 12604

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:35 pm   Subject: CNN's 'Live From...' aired live from the ladies room
I think it must have been a slow news day because everyone was making a bigger deal of it then anything else. I just wonder how her brother's girlfriend will respond to Kyra saying she all those thin ...
  Topic: CNN's 'Live From...' aired live from the ladies room
ap1979

Replies: 8
Views: 12604

PostForum: News mash   Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:35 pm   Subject: CNN's 'Live From...' aired live from the ladies room
NEW YORK (AP) - Kyra Phillips, anchor of CNN's Live From, unwittingly upstaged President George W. Bush's speech in New Orleans with an on-air analysis of her husband and the marriage of her brother - ...
 
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