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Record-Breaking Storm System Roars Across US
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsThe powerful storm system that swept through the Plains on Sunday and to the East Coast today, killing at least seven people in the Deep South, spawned over 1,500 reports of severe weather since Sunday, including a record-breaking 1,200-plus reports during one 24-hour period. The hardest hit regions were the Tennessee Valley, Mississippi Valley and the Southeast, where the majority of the reports piled up from early Monday through early Tuesday. During the 24 hours, more preliminary severe weather reports -- large hail, wind damage and tornadoes -- were tallied than in any other 24-hour ...
Marathon Man Ends Streak of 365 in 365 Days
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsThe very thought of running a single marathon is enough to cause most people to break out in a nervous sweat. Think about completing a marathon every day for a year, though, and you're likely to collapse from exhaustion. Unless you're Stefaan Engels. This weekend the Belgian runner set a world record by completing 365 marathon races in a row. The Belgian athlete -- accurately dubbed "Marathon Man" -- ended his fitness feat in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday, after pounding roads across Europe and the U.S. Engels has covered 9,569 miles on foot since setting off from his hometown of Ghent on ...
Waterproof Notepad Helps You Record Ideas in the Shower
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsSome people do their best scrubbing in the shower; others do their best thinking. Just ask Mark Knudsen, a Michigan-based, self-professed "shower thinker" with a penchant for coming up with great ideas while showering. A couple of years ago, Knudsen's watery brainstorming habit led to something big: the invention of a simple little novelty that helps shower thinkers like himself record their every thought mid-cleansing. After a "splash" of genius in his very own shower, Knudsen created "AquaNotes," a nontoxic, recyclable, waterproof notepad designed to withstand exposure to ...
754-Pound Tuna Sells for Record $396,000 in Tokyo
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsA giant bluefin tuna sold for a record $396,000 today in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's fish market. At 32.49 million Japanese yen, it's the highest price any fish has ever sold for since the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market started keeping track in 1999. The fish weighs 754 pounds, so the auction price breaks down to about $527 per pound of meat. AFP / Getty Images A 754-pound bluefin tuna was sold at the first auction of the year Wednesday at Tokyo's fish market, fetching a record 32.49 million yen. "It was an exceptionally large fish," market spokesman ...
The Iceman Cometh: Man Reportedly Sets Record With 2-Hour Ice Bath
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsTalk about breaking the ice. Clad only in swim trunks, China's Jin Songhao reportedly endured a freezing-cold ice bath for two hours -- potentially setting a new world record for direct, full-body contact with ice. Jin took the title by lasting 120 minutes in a plastic box filled with ice cubes, according to Xinhua and Global Times. Guinness World Records officials in New York City told AOL News that they have not yet received any documentation of the 54-year-old's world record attempt, meaning they cannot confirm it. Guo Liliang, Xinhua / Corbis Jin Songhao stands in a plastic ...
It's Cold Now, but 2010 Was Warmest on Record Globally
By Paul Yeager - AOL News(Dec. 16) -- While much of the United States and parts of Europe have been shivering through intense early-season cold, NASA records show that this was the warmest climate year on record. The NASA statistics indicate that the overall global temperature during the climate year (December 2009 through November 2010) was 1.17 degrees Fahrenheit above the 1951-1980 base period, making it the warmest since records began in 1880. All-time record heat occurred in 19 nations in 2010 -- the highest number of national all-time records established in a single year. Kevork Djansezian, Getty ...
Records Are Made -- and Broken -- on Guinness World Records Day
By David Moye - AOL News
(Nov. 17) -- Records are made to be broken, and hundreds of them could be made or broken on Thursday, which just happens to be Guinness World Records Day. For the record, Guinness World Records Day is a 24-hour period when people all over the globe are supposed to attempt a bit of greatness or immortality by setting, or attempting to set, world records. This year marks the sixth year that the holiday has been celebrated, and more than 200,000 people around the globe are expected to engage in world record attempts. ...
Tiger Woods Limps to Worst Finish as a Pro
By not in system - AOL NewsAKRON, Ohio (Aug. 8) -- Tiger Woods has never looked worse. As he has done so often on Sunday at the Bridgestone Invitational, Woods doffed his cap as he walked up toward the 18th green to warm applause from fans who occupied every seat in the grandstand. ...
Keeping a Poker Face: Vegas Pro Breaks Gambling Record
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS (June 6) -- In the end, it may not have been the yoga or the low-fat diet or the frequent visits from his movie-star girlfriend that helped Phil Laak barrel past every known record for the longest consecutive amount of time playing poker. After more than 100 hours at the table at Bellagio, Laak says his saving grace was, uh, talcum powder. "About every four or five hours, when I take a bathroom break, I do a quick submarine shower, change my T-shirt and powder my butt and the underside of my legs," Laak said to AOL News. "Any place where my body mass is pressing against the chair, ...
'Life Member' - New Obama Ad
By Greg McNeilly - Politics DailyBarack Obama - who got a "F" from the National Rifle Assocaiation for being anti-gun owner's rights is actually airing a :30 second spot titled "Life Member." It's meant to innoculate fears of gun owners that Obama is too risky or dangerous to their 2nd Amendment Rights. ...
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