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Man With Backward Feet Ready to Step Into Record Book

Guinness World Records is packed with incredible feats. Not to mention incredible feet. Moses Lanham Jr., known as the "Backwards Feet Man" and "Mr. Elastic," has the unique ability to rotate his feet behind him. This week, the 49-year-old tax accountant and theater usher from Monroe, Mich., is heading overseas to Rome to...

Nancy Pelosi Briefly Hospitalized in Rome

ROME -- U.S. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi was briefly hospitalized in Rome early Monday after feeling unwell, but by afternoon had resumed her schedule, a spokesman said. Pelosi, a former House speaker, skipped talks in the morning with Italian officials, including the defense minister, as she was taken ill, the...

Italy's Berlusconi: I'm Too Old for So Much Sex

ROME -- Premier Silvio Berlusconi has sat down with the enemy, telling an opposition newspaper that he is too old to have had all the sexual encounters he is accused of by Italian prosecutors. The 74-year-old faces trial in Milan next month over charges he paid for sex with a Moroccan minor and used his influence to try...

Mardi Gras 2011: Fat Tuesday and Carnival Explained

Laissez les bon temps rouler! It's Mardi Gras time again. With New Orleans events already having begun, and reports of a larger-than-normal crowd ready to rock the Big Easy, Surge Desk decided it was time to get into Carnival mode. Not versed in the world of Mardi Gras? Surge Desk has you covered on the history and...

EU Ministers Call for End to Libya Bloodshed

BRUSSELS -- The European Union on Sunday denounced strongly the Libyan governments' bloody crackdown against pro-democracy protesters and urged an end to the violence in which over 170 people are reported to have died. "We condemn the repression against peaceful demonstrators and deplore the violence and the death of...

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05/30/12 Should Mark Zuckerberg have tipped the waiter in Rome? Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA The plunging price of Facebook stock aside, Mark Zuckerberg seems to have become ensnared in a kerfuffle over his apparent decision not to leave a tip on a meal during his honeymoon in Rome. The online Telegraph newspaper reports the Facebook tycoon failed to leave a tip after spending about $40 on fried pumpkin flowers and sea bass-stuffed ravioli at Nonna Betta in the Italian capital's historic Jewish quarter.
05/30/12 Diamond League Athletics: Bolt is vulnerable in Rome Source: Betfair After a profitable start to the season, Jack Houghton is prepared to take on the fastest man in the world in Rome. So with two Diamond League meets down, with profit delivered in each, the pressure is on to continue things in Rome on Thursday.
05/30/12 Mark Zuckerberg Fails to Tip, Should You? The Truth... Source: Conde Nast Traveler So, when in Rome, what exactly do the Romans do, andâmore importantlyâwhat do they expect American visitors to do?
05/30/12 Facebook Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's Not-So-Secret... Source: Forbes After his low-key wedding with longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan , serving sushi and chocolate mice to less than 100 guests in the backyard of their Palo Alto home, Facebook founder and multi-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg swept his new wife away on a secret Italian honeymoon.
05/30/12 Italian quake toll rises to 17 Source: Sky News - Australia The death toll in the latest Italian earthquake has risen to 17, as questions arise about the country's building codes and possible corruption.