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Man With Backward Feet Ready to Step Into Record Book
By Marc Hartzman - AOL NewsGuinness World Records is packed with incredible feats. Not to mention incredible feet. Moses Lanham Jr., known as the "Backwards Feet Man" and "Mr. Elastic," has the unique ability to rotate his feet behind him. This week, the 49-year-old tax accountant and theater usher from Monroe, Mich., is heading overseas to Rome to set two new records on the Guinness World Records Show. For the first, Guinness adjudicators will measure just how far he can twist his feet. Courtesy of Moses Lanham Moses Lanham demonstrates his ability to rotate his feet backward. He's heading to Rome to ...
Nancy Pelosi Briefly Hospitalized in Rome
By not in system - AOL NewsROME -- U.S. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi was briefly hospitalized in Rome early Monday after feeling unwell, but by afternoon had resumed her schedule, a spokesman said. Pelosi, a former House speaker, skipped talks in the morning with Italian officials, including the defense minister, as she was taken ill, the ANSA news agency reported. "After several flights yesterday in Afghanistan, and a long flight back to Italy that arrived early this morning, Leader Pelosi was not feeling well," spokesman Nadeam Elshami said in a statement released in Washington. "This morning in Rome, the ...
Italy's Berlusconi: I'm Too Old for So Much Sex
By not in system - AOL NewsROME -- Premier Silvio Berlusconi has sat down with the enemy, telling an opposition newspaper that he is too old to have had all the sexual encounters he is accused of by Italian prosecutors. The 74-year-old faces trial in Milan next month over charges he paid for sex with a Moroccan minor and used his influence to try to cover it up. In court documents, prosecutors have identified 33 women, including the Moroccan teenager, who allegedly prostituted themselves during parties at Berlusconi's villa near Milan. Andrew Medichini, AP Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said in a recent ...
Mardi Gras 2011: Fat Tuesday and Carnival Explained
By David Knowles - AOL NewsLaissez les bon temps rouler! It's Mardi Gras time again. With New Orleans events already having begun, and reports of a larger-than-normal crowd ready to rock the Big Easy, Surge Desk decided it was time to get into Carnival mode. Not versed in the world of Mardi Gras? Surge Desk has you covered on the history and meaning of the big event. How did Mardi Gras start? Traced back to its Pagan roots, Mardi Gras most likely sprang out of the pre-Christian celebration known as Lupercalia. As Christianity rose in ancient Rome, the early holiday was incorporated into the fledgling religion as a ...
EU Ministers Call for End to Libya Bloodshed
By not in system - AOL NewsBRUSSELS -- The European Union on Sunday denounced strongly the Libyan governments' bloody crackdown against pro-democracy protesters and urged an end to the violence in which over 170 people are reported to have died. "We condemn the repression against peaceful demonstrators and deplore the violence and the death of civilians," said a statement issued after a meeting of European foreign ministers. "The EU urges the authorities to exercise restraint and calm and to immediately refrain from further use of violence against peaceful demonstrators," the ministers said, adding that "the ...
Berlusconi Calls Sex Probe Against Him 'Disgusting'
By not in system - AOL NewsMILAN -- Italian prosecutors demanded Wednesday that Premier Silvio Berlusconi be put on trial over accusations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old Moroccan girl and used his influence to try to cover it up. The Italian leader blasted the "disgusting" action, saying it aimed to topple his government. The prosecutors filed their request in Milan. They are seeking an immediate trial because they believe there is overwhelming evidence against the 74-year-old leader. A judge must now decide whether to accept the prosecutors' request and indict Berlusconi, or dismiss it. The decision is expected ...
Controversy Over Alleged Discovery of Caligula's Lost Tomb
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsHas Caligula's long-lost tomb been discovered? Italian police quoted by Italian media say yes. They claim that a local tomb raider unwittingly led them last week to the notoriously hedonistic Roman emperor's final resting place at Lake Nemi, south of Rome. But classical scholars aren't convinced. Police who specialize in recovering stolen archaeological artifacts told one Rome news website that they found Caligula's tomb after arresting a man in the process of stealing a marble statue of the emperor that came from the burial site. Hulton Archive / Getty Images Italian police say ...
Package Bomb Found in Greek Embassy in Rome
By not in system - AOL NewsA package bomb was found at the Greek Embassy in Rome today, three days after explosions at the Swiss and Chilean embassies wounded two people in the Italian capital. The latest device was defused without injury, The Associated Press reported. It was similar to one discovered early last week in the Rome subway system, a police official told Reuters. No injuries were reported in that incident. The parcel bomb found today "arrived on Friday, but no one opened it because of the Christmas holidays," Greece's ambassador, Michael Cambanis, told La Repubblica, according to Agence ...
Bombs Blast Embassies in Rome
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsBombs exploded today at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, wounding two people, one who could lose an eye and the other who could lose a hand. Investigators at the Rome prosecutor's office say they suspect some type of anarchist terrorist organization is behind the attacks, possibly the same group that staged a similar attack in Greece last month, according to Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni. "Various elements lead us to believe that this is the correct path," he was quoted as saying by the ANSA news agency, The Associated Press reported. "These are very violent groups that ...
Big Freeze Causes Travel Chaos in Europe
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON -- A white Christmas looks almost certain in northern Europe this year, but few people are celebrating the prospect of yet more snow. After three days of blizzards, much of the continent's transport infrastructure has frozen to a standstill, leaving hundreds of thousands of travelers stuck at airports, at railway stations and even on freeways as they try to get home for the holidays. Paris -- where snow continued to fall this morning -- has been one of the worst-hit cities, with a quarter of all flights canceled from Charles de Gaulle airport this weekend. Airport operator Aeroports de ...
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