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Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:24:41 -0400

A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days — 384 times, up and around — bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.

Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:59:05 -0400

An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.

Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:46:58 -0400

An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.

Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:25:59 -0400

Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:22:37 -0400

Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:49:12 -0400

An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.