And the wiener is… Joey Chestnut!
The defending champ made it a three-peat Saturday at the 94th annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island after choking down a stomach-churning 68 franks in 10 minutes – a new world record.
Joey Chestnut chomped down a record 68 hot dogs, capturing his third straight July Fourth hot-dog [...]

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The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty’s crown in nearly eight years began the steep climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom and national pride.

The statue was closed to the public after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The base, pedestal and outdoor observation deck were reopened in [...]

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She’s the luckiest girl in the tween pop kingdom. When Kevin Jonas asked his girlfriend,  Danielle Deleasa, to marry him early Wednesday morning, she was too stunned to notice the one-of-a-kind diamond ring he designed for her. “I didn’t see the ring for a while because I couldn’t believe what he just asked me,” Deleasa [...]

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The city of Los Angeles has begun gearing up for a monstrous tribute to the King of Pop. A Jackson spokesman announced late Thursday a public memorial would be held Tuesday morning at the Staples Center.
A total of 17,500 tickets will be made available to the general public—11,000 for inside the Staples Center and the [...]

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Investigators discovered the powerful sedative Diprivan inside Michael Jackson’s home, the Associated Press reported on Friday. Diprivan, anesthetic widely used in operating rooms to induce unconsciousness, is highly unusual to have in a private home.
Sources said that Michael Jackson Jackson suffered from such a severe case of insomnia he traveled with a private anesthesiologist in [...]

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Michael Jackson will be buried in a $25,000 gold casket in a funeral that is set to fulfill his own prophecy by becoming the greatest show on Earth.
The coffin, a rare design called the Promethean, is made of solid bronze but is 14-carat gold-plated with a hand-polished mirror finish and lined with velvet. It was [...]

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