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Reuters
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Tough sentencing laws, record numbers of drug offenders and high crime rates have contributed to the United States having the largest prison population and the highest rate of incarceration in the world, according to criminal justice experts...
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MSNBC
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Holiday travelers hitting the road for the unofficial start of summer have some budget adjustments to make with gasoline prices at record highs.
But AAA still expects the roads to be crowded. The auto club estimates 31.7 million drivers will take to th..
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FOX News
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A California man smashed the world record for hot dog eating at a contest Saturday, gobbling up more than 59 franks in 12 minutes.
Joe Chestnut, 22, of San Jose, shattered the record held by Takeru Kobayashi of Japan by downing 59 1/2 "HBDs" — hot do..
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Yahoo News
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According to record keepers, the world's biggest buffet happened in Las Vegas. The record may not stay there, though.
Restaurants, bakeries and family cooks in the Amish region of northeastern Ohio are uniting Saturday to challenge the mark of 510 buff..
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BBC News
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A Cardiff chippy hopes to have fried its way into the Guinness records book for the world's largest bag of chips. Staff at Dorothy's in the city centre's Caroline Street, dubbed "chip alley" by generations of city revellers, worked in relays to produce..
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BBC News
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A Francis Bacon portrait has sold for £14m at an auction in London, a record price for the artist. The Study for Portrait II, painted in 1956, was sold to an anonymous bidder at Christie's on Thursday evening. The portrait, one of more than 50 of C..
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