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at 15:33 on July 4, 2009, EDT.
NEW YORK - Joey Chestnut chomped down a record 68 hot dogs, capturing his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island, an annual showcase for flamboyant hot dogging contestants eager to show they really are what they eat.
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at 15:06 on July 4, 2009, EDT.
MADRID - Spanish police foiled a plot to use a zeppelin to help a prisoner break out of jail, the Interior Ministry said Friday.
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at 6:21 on July 3, 2009, EDT.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint.
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at 1:03 on July 3, 2009, EDT.
ELGIN, Illinois - Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.
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at 0:25 on July 3, 2009, EDT.
WASHINGTON - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.
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at 21:50 on July 3, 2009, EDT.
NEW YORK - In the fight of pachyderms vs. people - the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.
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at 6:32 on July 3, 2009, EDT.
PORTLAND, Oregon - An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits.
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at 22:37 on July 2, 2009, EDT.
NEW YORK - A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started.
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at 19:36 on July 2, 2009, EDT.
SAN DIEGO - Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame.
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at 15:04 on July 2, 2009, EDT.
TORRINGTON, Connecticut - A group of teenagers misunderstood a woman's screams during sex and, thinking they were stopping an assault, beat a 25-year-old man in her bedroom, police said.
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