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World Records News

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2 hrs ago | NWI Times

Duo claim record by watching 57 films in 123 hours

You may want to try this at home. Suresh Joachim, of Toronto, and Claudia Wavra, of Petersburg, Germany, claim to have broken the Guinness World Record for movie-watching, after seeing 57 films in 123 hours in ...

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6 hrs ago | The Intelligencer

WCES Joins - Read For the Record'

Breaking the cycle of illiteracy is being focused on by students and faculty at Wheeling Catholic Elementary School.

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Related Topix: Wheeling, WV

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Hacking NetFlix

Netflix Movie Watching Guiness World Record Attempt Update

Questions? Lost DVD? Call Netflix at 866-716-0414. This site is an independent Web site .

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Related Topix: Netflix, Startups

The Florida Times-Union

Brother Teams Frightens with Globe of Terror

The brother team of Kyle and Cody Ives are the cyclists set to scare at the motorcycle stunt show, the Globe of Terror.A This show, with freestyle motorcycle jumping, will be featured during Phobia at Wild ...

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Sun Oct 05, 2008

Daily Star

Your Shout

THE world's tallest man has become the world's tallest father. China's 7ft 9in Bao Xishun and his 5ft 6in wife Xia Shujuan are now the proud parents of a baby boy who, at 22in long, was only slightly above ...

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Sat Oct 04, 2008

KFVS

Students, adults said to break record for inflating balloons

An official with the Bootheel Youth Museum in Malden says adults and children attending an annual Science Day have broken the world record for blowing up balloons.

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Fri Oct 03, 2008

WCBS

Mass. Man Grows World's Largest Pumpkin

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Related Topix: Sharon, MA, Offbeat

BellaOnline

Helen Wagner (Nancy Hughes) 90th birthday

Helen Wagner turned 90, September 3rd. She is truly a legend in not only CBS Soaps, but Soap Operas period.

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Related Topix: As the World Turns, Soap Opera, Comedy, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Media, Oklahoma, Monmouth College

Thu Oct 02, 2008

PR-inside.com

Gebrselassie will run US$2 million Dubai marathon

Haile Gebrselassie will compete in January in the US$2 million Dubai Marathon, the world's richest running race, the organizers said Thursday.

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Wed Oct 01, 2008

CSRwire.com

The Pearson Foundation Partners with College Bookstores Across the...

BOSTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Pearson Foundation is preparing to set a new world record for the largest shared reading experience and raise funds for early education in low-income communities as ...

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Related Topix: Rap, Media, Publishing, Education, Matt Lauer, Family, Kids

Asbury Park Press Online

Rice-eating record an egg-beater for Ocean Gate man

Some kids dream of being a movie star. Others dream of being a pilot or firefighter.

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California Computer News

Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that hits ...

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Department of Energy

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Motorcycle USA

More on the Ack Attack 360 MPH Record

The TOP 1 Oil-sponsored team set the record Friday morning, September 26 at 8:58 MST.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, San Jose Metro, Motorcycles

The Star

Mad Martin 'will never do it again'

By Jacques Breytenbach "I heard we have a new president." It is hard to blame "Mad Martin" for not being up to speed on the country's new political landscape, considering he has other slippery business to ...

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Earth Times

Global Reading Campaign Reaches Soldiers and Their Families at Home and Abroad

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 Pearson-Read-Campaign The Pearson Foundation, United Through Reading and the USO Partner to Include Military Families in Jumpstart's Read for the Record NEW YORK /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- -- ...

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Related Topix: New York Metro, Rap, Today, Entertainment, Television

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Automotive

Volkswagen's All-New Clean Diesel Jetta TDI Sets New Guinness World Record for..

HERNDON, Va., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's most fuel efficient couple, John and Helen Taylor, have broken the current world record for lowest fuel consumption across the 48 contiguous United States ...

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Related Topix: Herndon, VA, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Rabbit, Volkswagen Beetle, Volkswagen Touareg

Groong Armenian News Network

EDM: Azerbaijan's Presidential Campaign Kicks Off

From : Vladimir Socor Date : Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:25:55 -0700 Eurasia Daily Monitor September 23, 2008 -- Volume 5, Issue 182 AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF by Vladimir Socor Azerbaijan's ...

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Related Topix: Ilham Aliyev, World News, Azerbaijan, Asia, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Mochila

VIDEO: Town lays claim to world's largest puzzle

A town that's home to a puzzle and game company gathered together Sunday to go for a world record for the world's largest jigsaw puzzle.

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Related Topix: Video, Offbeat

Sun Sep 28, 2008

WBT-AM Charlotte

Guinness World Record Holding Chili Stringer Lives In Tarboro

A chili stringing exhibition at the New Mexico State Fair this month brought a response from the current Guinness World Record holder, James R. Johnson of Edgecombe County.

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Related Topix: Edgecombe County, NC, Life, Food, Vegetables, Tarboro, NC, Rocky Mount, NC, Rocky Mount Metro

WAFF.com

Man eats 93 Krystals in 8 minutes for championship

Joey Chestnut has downed 93 Krystals in eight minutes, winning the Krystal Square Off V World Hamburger Eating Championship.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, San Jose Metro

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