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February 10, 2006
Cleveland television station WEWS reports a man believes his pancakes are "holy. "Mike Thompson was making pancakes last weekend for his family when the pattern on one of the flapjacks bore a striking resemblance to the face of Jesus.
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February 2, 2006
Topics cheese, water, world, planet, swallow, poker, casino, hollywood, chicken, train, hot, big, black, internet, restaurant, dogs, men and woman
The World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship crowned its winner Wednesday, a 100-pound woman who ate 26 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes. Sonya Thomas won $8,000 for the contest at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Times Square, saying, "I could have done better. " She was aiming for 30 sandwiches.
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November 30, 2005
Nancy O'Donnell, 56, is charged with four counts each of aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. She is being charged with trying to poison her adult daughter and her family with bleach, which she poured in the Macaroni and cheese served during a Saturday night dinner. O'Donnell's daughter, Victoria Lynn O'Donnell, 24, was preparing dinner around 6:30 p. m. for her live-in boyfriend, Jamal Scott, 30, and their 6-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter, in the home she shares with her mother.
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November 7, 2005
A Sri Lankan presidential candidate promises to use his personal fortune to give a cow to every home if he his elected. "Every Sri Lankan home will be gifted with a high milk-yielding cow from (the Indian state of) Kerala which could be expected to yield 10 liters (2. 5 gallons) to 16 liters (four gallons) of milk every day," Victor Hettigoda is quoted as saying by The Island
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October 8, 2005
A Long Island man won the grilled cheese-eating championship at the Arkansas State Fair on Saturday, stuffing down 19 sandwiches in the 10-minute race. The prize for Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, of Nesconset, N. Y. , was $1,000. He will join other first-place winner in competing for the world championship title at a time and place yet to be announced. Second place went to Patrick Philbin of Moonachie, N. J. , who devoured 17 and a half sandwiches.
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