Austrian baker makes run for Guinness World Records with giant apple strudel
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It may be the mother of all strudels. Hermann Heindl, a baker from the Vienna suburb of Himberg, made a run at the Guinness World Records with a 1,239-kilogram apple strudel, Austrian media reported Friday.
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New Zealand&#39;s star cyclist, Sarah Ulmer, last week rode under world record time twice in an hour during a secret training session in France.
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Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand continued her dominance of pursuit racing Sunday, breaking her own world record to win the Olympic gold medal.
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A stork called Max has achieved a world record after spending more than seven years under satellite surveillance, the longest ever duration for an animal, scientists in Switzerland said.
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U.S. speedskater Shani Davis breaks his own world record at 1,500 meters Sunday at the World Cup final in Calgary, Alberta.
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Swiss chocolate sales soared to a record of nearly 1.7 billion Swiss francs ($1.55 billion) last year, breaking records at home and abroad, the industry said on Friday.
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Werner Franz claimed his maiden World Cup downhill victory with a time of one minute 57.51 seconds at Val d&#39;Isere. The Austrian&#39;s victory means he becomes the first man to beat American Bode Miller, who finished fourth, in the discipline this season.
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SINGAPORE - From the fastest backward talking to stuffing the most hamburgers into their mouths, 20 Singaporeans are gearing up for a slew of wacky feats this weekend they hope will land them in the Guinness Book of World Records.   "Who can slurp down a bottle of tomato ketchup in the fastest time?" blared the news release announcing the two-day event...
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Largest European Apple Shop to date opens inside the FNAC Digital store on the Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris.
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BERLIN: Japanâs Yoko Shibui ran the fourth fastest womenâs race in history on a chilly, drizzling Sunday and broke the Berlin Marathon record with a time of 2 hours, 19 minutes and 41 seconds.
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The Australian superstar finds herself in the Guinness Book.
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Pretty darn awesome, dude. The proof is in the fruitcake.
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Mulaudzi out-dipped Kipketer to win silver in 1:44.61 to add to the world indoor title he won in March. Kipketer, the world record-holder and a three-time former world champion, had to be content with bronze in 1:44.
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New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer stormed to gold in the women&#39;s individual pursuit in a new world record time. Ulmer, fourth in Sydney four years ago, beat Australia&#39;s Katie Mactier in a time of three minutes 24.
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The global food business is gargantuan and growing fast.
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ARE, Sweden  - Patrick Staudacher of Italy won the men's super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships on Tuesday in a time of one minute 14.30 seconds, according to provisional results.
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Ellen MacArthur sets a new solo fastest time to the equator in her round-the-world record bid.