20070720

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"I'm glad to be in the Guinness Book as the fattest man. I am also happy to have lost 200 kilos," Manuel Uribe, 41, told AFP.

20070713


Mr Xishun shakes hands with Mr Ping Ping

20070320

"World's Smallest Horse Has Tall Order"



In the months after being named "World's Smallest Living Horse" by Guinness World Records last summer, Thumbelina has certainly not been short on attention.

"I'll have her out for hours. She's so mild mannered, everything just seems to brush off her shoulders. There have been 100 kids around petting her and she'll take a nap," Goessling said.

The tiny horse and her charitable foundation have helped raise about $10,000 for children's charities since she gained World record status as the smallest horse ever recorded, at 17 1/2 inches at the withers.

20070311

"She went to the door, and her cat went berserk"

CNN's Story highlights:
• Feline attacked Idaho woman, inflicting more than 20 bite wounds
• Cat went on rampage after seeing neighbor at door with another cat
• Owner attacked previously and ready to part with cat, says fire official

Interpretive Art

"Hey, Bill's leaving."

20070226

never

pretend midnight. the time when i chose to become the person i am not was the best time i ever had. i closed my eyes and the words came out. the sensation was real and my spine shivered. she never said so but i knew. i had never felt so much and said so little.

20070108

Hot and then Cold

Here are the CNN Story Highlights:
• Photo taken in 1800s in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Newspaper included it in 2007 calendar
• Internet fueling publicity, inquiries, theories about photo
• Sheboygan law at the time: Riders must stay with dead horse


20070105

Wham, bam, thank you George Michael.

unnamed businessman is reported to have paid the record sum for George Michael to entertain his 300 guests on his private estate 20 miles outside Moscow.
$3 millionn.

20070104

Wyclef the Ambassador

Finally.

Cone Shuttle, The Final Frontier

"The billionaire founder of Amazon.com has released the first images of the launch of a private spacecraft that could bring space travel to the masses."
As early as 2010? of course Mr. Bezos.

The lucrative industry of stealing and smuggling vast amounts of crude oil.

"The world's eighth biggest exporter of crude has been losing more than 500,000 barrels of oil per day since February last year when militants demanding greater local control of oil wealth staged a series of raids on the industry."

Bee Plus

Rehnquist Unveiled

Here are the highlights of the CNN story that brought us the most hilarious picture on earth:
• William Rehnquist underwent withdrawal from a prescribed painkiller, FBI files say
• Symptoms included hallucinations, paranoid ideas
• The Supreme Court justice took Placidyl for a decade
• The files also suggest the FBI was used to block political opposition to Rehnquist

20070103

Year of the Pig

China Where its Going Down.