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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Meatball record
CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) - The bouncing mega-meatball record has landed in the East Coast.
Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, said Sunday that a 222.5-pound (101-kilogrammes) meatball was authenticated as the world's largest after being weighed by
state weights and measures officials.
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| CONCORD, New Hampshire - Chef Matthew Mitnitsky cheers after his meatball weighed in at 222.5 pounds, breaking the world record for the largest meatball, in Concord on Sunday. (Photo: AP) |
A Guinness Book of World Records official confirmed the big meatball as a record breaker and presented Mitnitsky with a plaque.
The old record of 198.6 pounds (90 kilogrammes) was set just over a month ago after Los Angeles-based talk show host Jimmy Kimmel vowed to beat a record set in Mexico. That record - 109 pounds (50 kilogrammes) - was set in August.
Mitnitsky said he got involved "to bring the meatball back to the East Coast because that's where it originated."
Fasten your seat belts!
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus police arrested a Greek man for allegedly opening the rear exit of an airplane and sliding down an emergency chute as the plane was preparing to take off.
Suspect Moreno Tavares Lizason is being held for questioning on a four-day court detention order issued yesterday. The 28-year-old sailor faces charges of causing damage to an aircraft.
Lizason is suspected of exiting the Athens-bound Cyprus Airways A320 jet Saturday night just moments after the captain ordered the crew to lock the aircraft doors.
Police say the man claimed he wanted to see if the aircraft's safety systems were working properly. They say after leaving the plane Lizason jumped a fence at Larnaca International Airport before police caught up with him.
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