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6th January
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AP - How many politicians does it take to draw a laugh?
Wim Hof said he controls his body temperature through tantric meditation.
AP - A burglar who broke into a Greek Orthodox bishop's car made off with quite a haul, but fencing one of the stolen items could prove difficult.
Angela Bismarchi, 36, smiles at a medical clinic in Niteroi, Brazil, as her surgeon, not pictured, explains her how nylon wires will be implanted to give her eyes an oriental slant Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. Bismarchi's preparation for the samba parade, the highlight of Rio's five-day Carnival blowout next Feb. 2-5, includes her 42nd plastic surgery, bringing her closer to the Guinness world record of 47 surgical procedures, held by American Cindy Jackson. In her latest surgery days before the parade, Bismarchi is having nylon wires implanted to give her eyes an oriental slant, in line with Porto da Pedra's theme this year: the centennial of Japanese immigration to Brazil.  (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - Brazilian model Angela Bismarchi will dance nearly nude ahead of a 300-person drum corps in next month's Carnival parade, hoping her sculpted beauty as a "percussion queen" will lead her samba group to the championship.
In this photo provided by Rubin Museum of Art, Wim Hof, of the Netherlands, stands up to his neck in ice for an hour and twelve minutes, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, outside the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, during a successful attempt to break his previous world record for immersion in an outdoor ice bath. Known as 'The Iceman,' Mr. Hof controls his body temperature by the tantric practice of tumo and is the only non-Tibetan in the world to have mastered this art.  (AP Photo/Rubin Museum of Art, Diane Bondareff)AP - A man who calls himself a tantric master broke his own world record by standing engulfed in ice for 72 minutes.
Two fourth-grade boys mimicking a scene from the movie "A Christmas Story" wound up with their tongues stuck to a frozen flagpole.
Kansas governor's son creates prison-themed board game as part of college project
Man who calls himself tantric master breaks record in NYC, stands in ice for 72 minutes
RUSSIAN Lyudmila Martemyanova returned home to Nizhny Novgorod after a stay at her country house to find her home had been torn down in error by builders. She said: "There was nothing left, not even a log." (c) 2008 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
AP - The son of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is peddling a board game titled "Don't Drop the Soap," a prison-themed game he created as part of a class project at the Rhode Island School of Design.
The son of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is peddling a board game titled "Don't Drop the Soap," a prison-themed game he created as part ...
A five-legged cat will have a freak paw removed, and a crippled leg as well, to become a three-legged cat.


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