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5 July 2004

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  Kobayashi Sets Record for Hot Dog Eating   (Associated Press)
  • For the fourth straight year, rail-thin Takeru Kobayashi chewed up the competition at the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating competition, breaking his own previous world record.


  •   Pilot Stops Traffic to Land on Busy Road   (Reuters)
  • When a small plane made an emergency landing on a busy Beirut highway, the pilot had the presence of mind to first stick his head out of the window and yell at the traffic to stop.


  •   Liars' Hall of Fame Is No Fabrication   (Associated Press)
  • A visit to a tiny central Nebraska town will squelch any suspicions that the National Liars' Hall of Fame is just a tall tale. It really exists. Honest.


  •   Women Reportedly Plowing Naked in Nepal   (Associated Press)
  • Female rice farmers are plowing their fields at night in the nude to please the rain god during a dry spell in southwestern Nepal.


  •   Two Moose Crash July 4th Parade in Utah   (Associated Press)
  • Everybody, and apparently every thing, loves a parade. Two young bull moose, each more than 6-feet tall and weighing hundreds of pounds, crashed Brighton's Fourth of July celebration.


  •   Singapore TV Show Encourages Baby-Making   (Associated Press)
  • Baby-short Singapore was to get a glimpse of the highs and lows of pregnancy and childbirth with the premiere of a television series that follows a couple through the entire baby-making process.


  •   100-Lb. Woman No. 2 in World for Eating   (Associated Press)
  • Sonya Thomas may look like she "couldn't eat a cup of cottage cheese," but she's a rock star in the world of competitive eating.


  •   Boy Scouts Peddle $250 Lemonade   (Associated Press)
  • A Boy Scout troop tried to put a dent in a potential $14 million judgment by selling lemonade — at $250 a glass.
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