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Pataki has run the Empire State since 1995, making him the nation’s longest-serving governor. Before rising to his current seat, he served 10 years in the New York State Legislature...
Japan organized the world's largest tea party in Nishio, a city famous for its green teas. Precisely 14,718 people simultaneously sipped while sitting barefoot on 1.5 km of red carpet, smashing the previous mark of 7,250. No word on whether they also broke the record for longest port-a-potty line ever...
Texas has had some pretty famous leaders over the last century, from Lyndon Baines Johnson to John Connally and more recently, of course, George W. Bush. But Rick Perry, the man who slid into office when Bush decamped for Washington six years ago, could easily become the longest-serving governor in the history of Texas even if a majority of voters cast their ballots against him on Nov. 7 - and recent polls show they plan on doing just that. Perry is leading a gubernatorial pack of five, but with the support of less than 40% of likely voters...
Waddah soon found himself the longest-held captive in the basement, and the guards grew friendly. They helped him get a sense of the scale of the kidnapping operation. By his reckoning, at least 30 captives passed through the cells during his five-week stay. The guards hinted that at least two captives had been government employees. Instead of being ransomed, they were sold to a jihadist group. And the jihadis took a cut from the ransom collections in exchange for protection. The U.S. official says that is common practice among kidnappers: "We know that the kidnapping industry helps finance...
SENTENCED. Jeffrey Skilling, 52, vilified former CEO of Enron who was convicted in May for his role in engineering one of the biggest frauds in corporate history; to 24 years and four months in prison, the longest term yet for an Enron defendant; in Houston. At his hearing Skilling, whose arrogance and lack of remorse fueled outrage over the scandal, told the judge, "I am innocent of every one of these charges...