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A hot, new diet craze some call crazy

Amanda Stanzilis KENS 5 12.05.2010

You would think they call it a diet craze because it makes you crazy. But sure enough, every so often, a new kind of diet hits the market that is guaranteed to make you lose something like 50 pounds in 5 days. And the craze begins.

'Starving yogi' astounds Indian scientists Breitbart.com 11.05.2010	Florida man attacked by 8-foot gator as horrified crowd watches Beau Zimmer 10 Connects 11.05.2010
An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period.	An alligator show at the annual Cotee River Seafood Festival in Pasco County went terribly wrong Sunday afternoon, when the show's star suffered a severe bite wound from an eight-foot alligator.
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Judge jails woman, 19, over t-shirt worn in Illinois courtroom The Smoking Gun 06.05.2010	Lights, Camera, Police Action: Long Island convenience store movie shoot goes wrong NBC New York 06.05.2010
Meet Jennifer LaPenta. The Illinois woman, 19, was jailed Monday after a judge was offended by the t-shirt she wore to a friend's court hearing.	A film shoot about a Nassau County Police detective had more officers on the scene than the director wanted.
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Rollercoaster thrillseekers left dangling upside down 50ft up for 20 minutes after poncho gets stuck in rails Daily Mail 05.05.2010	Woman splashes urine at judge and lawyer in Hong Kong AsiaOne 05.05.2010
Five unlucky thrillseekers got a bigger fright than they perhaps wanted after their rollercoaster got stuck, leaving them dangling 50ft above the ground for 20 minutes.	A 55-YEAR-OLD unemployed woman was sentenced to four months jail for splashing urine at a judge and a lawyer in Hong Kong.
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Spiderman foils would-be thief in Australian book store Thes Sun 04.05.2010	'Gay dog' and his blind owner refused service in Australian restaurant Daily Mail 29.04.2010
Spiderman foiled a would-be thief as Jedi Knights blocked his escape route. No, it's not a comic book plot but the scene which unravelled in a Australian book store on Saturday.	An Australian restaurant has been fined after turning a blind customer away because they thought his guide dog was gay.
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