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August 31, 2007
Beating his own world record, a 41-year-old Malaysian man dragged three train coaches 2. 8 meters (9 feet) using only his teeth. Rathakrishnan Velu, nicknamed "King Tooth" pulled a seven-coach, 328 tonne train using a steel rope clenched in his mouth along tracks at a railway station in Kuala Lumpur.
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August 28, 2007
Chicago City Colleges will train students for jobs in the casino industry if the plan to introduce casinos in the state gets approved. Chancellor Wayne Watson made the announcement after Alderman Tom Tunney (44th), owner of Ann Sather's Restaurants, suggested offering casino training if the casino plan gets Legislative approval.
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August 16, 2007
A 52-year-old man from San Francisco, Calif. was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison after he pleaded no contest earlier this month to five counts of felony indecent exposure. Kenneth Ray Burton, whom prosecutors dubbed as a "career flasher", was arrested in July 2006 for allegedly masturbating in front of a woman on a Bay Area Rapid Transit train from San Francisco to Millbrae.
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July 12, 2007
Police in Germany is trying to solve the mystery of Karl, a self-acclaimed military pilot, who has been repeatedly found in a confused state in the city of Heidelberg this week. The London Telegraph reports that the man, who is about 5 feet 5 inches tall, has amnesia but speaks fluent English. He also adds German words into conversations and is believed to be British.
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June 28, 2007
Topics escort, cross, travel, train, london, security, wife, couple, car, police, driver and life
Tony Blair was brought back to reality Wednesday when there was no car or bodyguards to meet his train. The former British Prime Minister and his wife Cherie Booth were left waiting for several minutes at Darlington station after his train from King's Cross, London, arrived 40 minutes late.
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