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Happy 15th Birthday, 'South Park' (WLUK-TV Green Bay)
On the other hand, it takes Matt Stone and Trey Parker seven of them to create a "South Park" episode.

Rule limits 11-year-old's touchdowns
Rule limits 11-year-old's touchdowns (KASA-TV Albuquerque)
Eleven-year-old Demias Jimerson is such a dominant running back that his league has reinstated a "mercy" rule.

Boob ... Rihanna's farm faux pas has led to hate mail for crop-merchant (The Sun Online)
Alan Graham asked the Bajan star to leave last week after he spotted her running topless through his field in Northern Ireland during a video shoot.

Bono takes his sunnies Geld-offBONO swaps his trademark shades for a... (The Sun Online)
BONO looked fancily dressed as he swapped his trademark sunnies for a mask to celebrate Bob Geldof's sixtieth birthday.

Pixiea s girl guide to pop stardom
Pixiea s girl guide to pop stardom (The Sun Online)
PIXIE Lott has clearly changed her sense of style since her days as a Brownie - but she wouldn't have done well on camping weekends dressed like this.

Bizarre Call Hands Giants 31-27 Win Over Cardinals (NBC Connecticut)
On a play when it appeared Victor Cruz handed away the game by simply letting the ball roll out of his grasp while the Giants were driving in an attempt to score a go-ahead touchdown, the referees intervened to hand the Giants a win.

'Dolphin' deposes 'Lion' with $14.2M to grab No. 1 (KSDK-TV Saint Louis)
The Warner Bros. family film "Dolphin Tale" held up well with $14.2 million in its second weekend to take the No.

2,000 Take Part in Paris Yoga Session (clipsyndicate)
Around 2,000 people took part in France's biggest ever yoga session on Sunday. The session, held near the Eiffel Tower, was held to mark the UN International Day of Non-Violence which falls on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.

Denmark starts taxing fat to curb unhealthy habits (komonews)
Denmark has imposed a "fat tax" on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb unhealthy eating habits.

Our food's long, strange trip (kotanow)
Outbreaks linked to tainted food are becoming more common. Partly due to the long road between the farm to the fork.

Mass. police: Singer owes $420K in child support (ksdk)
Police say a singer known for his 1990 chart-topping love song was hauled off a Massachusetts stage and arrested on charges of owing $420,000 in unpaid child support.

Denmark starts taxing fat to curb unhealthy habits (KOMO News)
Denmark has imposed a "fat tax" on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb unhealthy eating habits.

Indiana Teen Eludes Police, Not Cuffs
Indiana Teen Eludes Police, Not Cuffs (MyFoxPhilly)
An Indiana teenager managed to escape police custody after his arrest on charges of underage drinking, but was forced to turn himself in the next day after failing to unlock his handcuffs, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday.

357 ladies break world's bikini parade record (abclocal.go)
The old record of 331 bikini-clad participants set in the Cayman Islands last year was beat by 357 participants this time around.

Hundreds of hot air ballons take flight (clipsyndicate)
Albuquerque's International Balloon Fiesta set a new World record for most balloons launched in one hour, sending 345 hot air balloons into the sky on opening day.

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