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US Hot Dog Eating Champion Wins 15th Title. Score: 63 In 10 Minutes
A man with the playful name Joey Chestnut wolfed down 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes Monday to win the annual July 4 competitive eating contest featuring America's quintessential cookout food on Coney Island in New York.
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This Man Just Ate A Record-Breaking 72 Hot Dogs In 10 Minutes
Joey Chestnut, a competitive eater, talks like any other athlete. Conditioning is key for pushing the body to its limit, the 33-year-old Californian says. He certainly stretched that limit on Tuesday, downing 72 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes at the annual wiener-eating contest on New York's Coney Island.
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Tragic Infant Death: Mom Pushed Stroller Through Elevator's Open Doors. But The Elevator Wasn't There.
"Everyone is scared to take the elevator." That's how 37-year-old Harold Noel described the elevators in the Bay Park II housing complex, his Coney Island apartment building in the Sea Gate neighborhood, according to the Associated Press.
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Uzbek Who Threatened Barack Obama Pleads Guilty in New York
A 25-year-old Uzbek resident of New York pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to provide material support for the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and Syria, prosecutors said.
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Chennai native to run New York's public hospital system
New York City's new Mayor Bill de Blasio has named Ramanathan Raju, a respected Indian-American doctor, as commissioner of Health and Hospitals Corporation, the nation's largest public hospital system.
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Two Las Vegas casinos to accept virtual bitcoin currency
Two Las Vegas casino hotels will become the first known U.S. commercial gambling houses to allow the use of the unregulated digital payment system, bitcoin.
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US Hot Dog Eating Champion Wins 15th Title. Score: 63 In 10 Minutes
A man with the playful name Joey Chestnut wolfed down 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes Monday to win the annual July 4 competitive eating contest featuring America's quintessential cookout food on Coney Island in New York.
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This Man Just Ate A Record-Breaking 72 Hot Dogs In 10 Minutes
Joey Chestnut, a competitive eater, talks like any other athlete. Conditioning is key for pushing the body to its limit, the 33-year-old Californian says. He certainly stretched that limit on Tuesday, downing 72 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes at the annual wiener-eating contest on New York's Coney Island.
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Tragic Infant Death: Mom Pushed Stroller Through Elevator's Open Doors. But The Elevator Wasn't There.
"Everyone is scared to take the elevator." That's how 37-year-old Harold Noel described the elevators in the Bay Park II housing complex, his Coney Island apartment building in the Sea Gate neighborhood, according to the Associated Press.
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Uzbek Who Threatened Barack Obama Pleads Guilty in New York
A 25-year-old Uzbek resident of New York pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to provide material support for the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and Syria, prosecutors said.
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Chennai native to run New York's public hospital system
New York City's new Mayor Bill de Blasio has named Ramanathan Raju, a respected Indian-American doctor, as commissioner of Health and Hospitals Corporation, the nation's largest public hospital system.
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Two Las Vegas casinos to accept virtual bitcoin currency
Two Las Vegas casino hotels will become the first known U.S. commercial gambling houses to allow the use of the unregulated digital payment system, bitcoin.
