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- Pet Talk: Think outside the dog breed box for running buddies - The new issue of 'Runner's World' features runners and their running buddies, some athletic dogs and some not so much, like a 14-pound terri ...
- 'Black Widow' devours 181 chicken wings in New York contest - The Black Widow of eating contests, Sonya Thomas, gobbled up nearly 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes, devouring the national championship record ...
- Venezuela pol raffles breast implants for campaign - A Venezuelan politician is holding an unusual raffle to raise campaign cash. The grand prize: breast implants. For a little under $6 a ticket, ...
- Wash. bride arrested for DUI on her wedding day - A 31-year-old bride heading home from her bachelorette party was arrested for drunken driving hours before she was to get married.
- Memorabilia dealer selling Salinger's toilet - A North Carolina collectibles dealer is hawking a toilet ripped from reclusive author J.D. Salinger's former home.
- South Sudan plans animal shaped cities - A city shaped like a giraffe? A rhino-shaped town? Even one that looks from above like a pineapple? Southern Sudan has unveiled ambitious plans ...
- 100-year-old Scotch pulled from frozen crate, opened - A crate of Scotch whisky that was trapped in Antarctic ice for a century was finally opened Friday, but the heritage dram won't be tasted by ...
- Doctors remove pea sprouting in man's lung - The doctor confirmed the good news for Ron Sveden once the mass in his left lung came back from the lab: He didn't have cancer. He had a pea ...
- Doughnut burger, fried butter, new foods at state fairs - The Hoosier family behind last year's chocolate-covered bacon at the Indiana State Fair is at it again.
- Georgia pastor arrested protesting 'Demon' mascot - Warner Robins police say they've charged pastor Donald Crosby with picketing without a license for protesting Warner Robins High School's "Demon" ...