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Shopping-weary Chinese find refuge in souped-up man caves

Mon, 17 Jul 2017 - 10:56 GMT

It's a familiar sight in shopping malls around the world -- weary-looking men dutifully following their wives from store to store.

Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demand

Thu, 13 Jul 2017 - 11:08 GMT

Over nearly a century Disney has exported US culture across the globe, but the company was astonished to find one slice of Americana wildly popular in China -- the turkey leg.

'Jaws' downs 72 hot dogs to win US holiday eat-fest

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 - 09:58 GMT

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, a competitive eater, talks like any other athlete.

Jowly Martha named World's Ugliest Dog

Sun, 25 Jun 2017 - 12:07 GMT

A lumbering canine with deep-set wrinkles and a gas problem, Martha the Mastiff is no beauty queen -- but as the newly crowned World's Ugliest Dog.

CIA penetrated by insider network of candy thieves

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 - 03:41 GMT

The Central Intelligence Agency admitted this week that it had been compromised for months in 2013 by a network of high-tech snack thieves.

Thousands of yogis search for serenity in Times

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 - 05:08 GMT

Thousands of yoga aficionados celebrated the summer solstice amid the neon lights and cacophony of Times Square Wednesday

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