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September 26, 2005
Fans from rival football teams profess their love for each other during a game Sunday night, and end up getting engaged. Jim Lang, a 41-year-old New England Patriots fan, proposed to Laura Peters, a devoted Pittsburgh Steelers fan, during halftime of the game at Heinz Field. Peters accepted the proposal.
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September 21, 2005
The community of Grand Forks, North Dakota gobbled up some 4,518 pounds of french-fries during an annual event held during what is labeled as "Potato Bowl U. S. A" week, which recognizes the potato industry in the Red River Valley and includes a University of North Dakota football game. The original record was 4,410 pounds set in 2003 but was shattered as over 11,000 servings of fries were eaten along with 100-gallons of ketchup.
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September 21, 2005
The community of Grand Forks, North Dakota gobbled up some 4,518 pounds of french-fries during an annual event held during what is labeled as "Potato Bowl U. S. A" week, which recognizes the potato industry in the Red River Valley and includes a University of North Dakota football game. The original record was 4,410 pounds set in 2003 but was shattered as over 11,000 servings of fries were eaten along with 100-gallons of ketchup.
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September 12, 2005
Topics elephant, game, elephants, horse, feet, southwest, scotland, stage, games, huge, money, world and people
Mounted atop huge elephants and wielding long mallets, the Chivas Regal Scotland team nabs its second King's Cup Elephant Polo title Sunday, after scoring a golden goal in overtime to beat Thailand's Mullis Capital, 6-5. About 1,500 people watched the fifth annual charity game, which raises money for Thailand's National Elephant Institute in Lampang. The tournament took place near Hua Hin, 80 miles southwest of Bangkok.
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September 3, 2005
A man who was fired after eating two slices of leftover pizza after a company meeting has won a contest held by Silicon Valley judges assembled by Simply Hired. The man, Jim Garrison, won the contest beating out over 1,200 entries of strange and odd firings that ran as stories on the Internet over the last year.
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