A California man set a new world record for hot dog eating. Joey Chestnut, 23, ate 59 1/2 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. The record was set at the Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Championship in Tempe, AZ.

A statue commemorating the life of Britain's late Queen Mother has been unveiled. The statue, which was revealed Thursday, shows her looking towards Buckingham Palace standing alongside the statue of her husband, the late King George VI. The statue will be mounted on a stone plinth off London's Mall and it'll be accompanied by panels showing scenes from the life of the Queen Mother and King George.

A 19-year-old Kalona teenager faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of throwing a firecracker inside a Coralville mall in Iowa on April 16th this year. Police charged Travis Grout with first-degree arson, public intoxication and interference with official acts for an incident at Coral Ridge Mall after a witness saw him lighting a three-inch long firecracker.

An injured deer wandered into a mall in New Jersey, where it stumbled into a Sears and scared all the shoppers. Jeff Hrusko, who works at the Sears in the Ocean County Mall tells All Headline News (AHN) it "broke through a plate glass window and charged through the store. I heard breaking glass and turned my head in the direction of the noise, to see a badly hurt deer hurdle passed. "

At the stroke of midnight on Feb. 11, 2007 6,214 Filipino couples kissed simultaneously at the giant Mall of Asia along Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City, Philippines. It was to set a new world record, organizers of the event said. Organizers of the annual "Lovapalooza" event, said Saturday's event in the Philippines broke the record held by Hungary in 2005 when 5,875 couples kissed simultaneously.