Woman Chows 38 Lobsters in Eating Contest
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KENNEBUNK, Maine - America's top speed-eater wolfed down 38 lobsters in 12 minutes Saturday to win the World Lobster Eating Contest.    Sonya Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., won $500 and a trophy belt for her efforts, consuming 9.76 pounds of lobster meat...
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A minimum of blood and grit helped Norway unseat Sweden as world oyster-opening champions as contestants from 18 countries vied to prepare the prized shellfish as quickly and neatly as possible.
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Bared breasts, binge-eating and  boozing, but no vomiting please -- it's Super Bowl weekend in  Philadelphia and the party starts with an eating contest that  draws more than 20,000 rowdy sports fans.
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The American woman who cruised past a broken Paula Radcliffe to win an Olympic marathon medal still believes that the 30-year-old world record-holder is the person to beat in New York on Sunday.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones will be leading a parade dressed in drag after being chosen to receive the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest undergraduate troupe in the US, is based at Harvard University. The parade ...
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SINGAPORE, Feb 5 (Reuters Life!) - He cooks foie gras and lobster regularly, but top-rated U.S.-chef Thomas Keller says he's no snob: burgers and sushi are enough to satisfy him.
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The Culinary Olympics are set to get under way in Germany. Thirty-two nations have sent their best chefs to fight it out in the city of Erfurt - the biggest number since the competition began.
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Wearing a tiara of diamonds and pink rubies, Venus Williams visited Boston yesterday, giving an audience at Harvard's Bright Arena. The queen of Wimbledon touched down in Allston to play World TeamTennis for the Philadelphia Freedoms and they vanquished the Boston Lobsters, 18-14, last night.
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TOKYO - The competitive eating world is already chewing on this bit of breaking news: The champ may not be able to chomp. Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, the six-time champion of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, may be sidelined for next week's event by an arthritic jaw.
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ROME - New York restaurateur Francesco Giambelli dished out a record $41,000 for a 2.4-pound prize Italian white truffle, auction organizers said Monday.
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"Atomic Lobster" (William Morrow, 340 pages, $24.95), by Tim Dorsey: Edith Grabowski is a sexually active 91-year-old who hates being patronized.
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Catherine Zeta Jones and Tim Robbins are awarded the Hasty Pudding prize, handed out by Harvard students.
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A rare discovery three miles south of Provincetown in Cape Cod Bay has marine biologists scratching their heads. For the first time since 1998, a white lobster has been caught in New England.
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ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - Last year, Tony Doyle had harvested his 9,000-kilogram quota of crab from Newfoundland's Conception Bay by the beginning of July.
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Jo Spann used to be a steak-and-potatoes, three-squares-a-day type, but as the years have gone by, the 72-year-old now finds herself snacking "all the time." A full meal now is usually a once-a-day event. Researchers say such snacking is OK &#151; in fact, regular nibbling can be good for older people.
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Boston Lobsters owner Bahar Uttam thought a simple joke would be a nice way to express his personality to his new player, Julie Ditty.
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Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand won women&#39;s 3,000m individual pursuit with a new world record of 3 minutes 24.537 seconds on Sunday, beating Australian strong rival Katie Mactier, who clocked 3:27.