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The world's tallest man has unveiled what's touted as the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea store in the Norwegian capital.

LA PAZ a ' Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Lake Titicaca, one of the world's highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949, authorities said Thursday.

The world's tallest living man unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital Oslo.

Sultan Kosen, from Turkey, stands next to Josh Henderson, from West Horsley, as he is announced as the Guinness World Records Tallest Man standing at 8ft 1, in Potters Field in London, Wednesday, September 16, 2009.

Lance Cpl. Cody Stanley, a 21-year-old Marine who died last week in Afghanistan, grew up on a ranch in Rosanky, near Smithville.

A US Marine from Central Texas has been killed in Afghanistan. Marine Lance Corporal Cody Stanley, 21, died Tuesday.

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We'll do the full week round up of cycling events tomorrow, but here's a quick rundown of cycling events for All Hallow's Eve: The Zombie Ball Friday, Oct 30 and Saturday, Oct 31, 9 PM, 4715 East 5th This isn't bike specific, but the Austin Bike Zoo will be in attendance on Saturday night and you get a discount for riding your bike.

On a recent drive through central Texas in search of unknown barbecue finds, my friend and newbie food explorer Alison chimed in from the back seat as we drove through the small town of Smithville, Texas.

Fayette County sheriffa s deputies said the overnight burglary of a convenience store in West Point Tuesday was an inside job.

Ask around the Waco medical community for an authority on what's wrong with the American health care system - especially as it touches the low-income and uninsured - and fingers point to Dr.

Barbara Kay Rector of New Braunfels, a loving and servant-hearted wife, mother, daughter and sister, passed from this life on Sept.

Sometimes computer users just plain scare me. I have written several columns about e-mail and Web fraud which have plainly warned readers of the nasty elements on the Web.

Robert Graham's family members said that when he returned to his native Texas in 2006, he seemed like a success story, a different man than the one who had committed a string of robberies in Harris County in 1979 that landed him in prison for the next 16 years.

The morning practice and qualifying sessions are complete for the American Motocross Festival from Steel City Raceway.

Austin Film Society has just released the list of grant recipients for the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund grants this year.

The news of a gruesome murder shook the Bastrop community Tuesday. Many still have questions about the 18-year-old man that police believe pulled the trigger.

The Bastrop County Sheriff's Office says a 14-year-old and 18-year-old man face first degree murder charges in the death of the 14-year-old's mother.

A Central Texas man is the first in Texas -- and only the second in the nation -- to receive a new pacemaker that will automatically notify a doctor when there's a change in his heart condition.