10/04/2008
World Records in Skateboarding (About.com)
I've updated and added to the Skateboarding World Records list - take a look! Skateboarding is full of opportunities to set and break world records, and it is new,...
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10/03/2008
Bolt's three world records ratified by the IAAF (Sports Illustrated)
MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) -- Usain Bolt's three world records at the Beijing Olympics were officially ratified Friday by athletics' world governing body.
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10/03/2008
Bolt's 3 world records ratified by IAAF (KRGV-TV Texas)
MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) - Usain Bolt's three world records at the Beijing Olympics were officially ratified Friday by the track and field world governing body.
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10/03/2008
Bolt's 3 World Records Officially Ratified (CBS 11 Dallas - Fort Worth)
Usain Bolt's three world records at the Beijing Olympics were officially ratified Friday by the track and field world governing body. The Jamaican sprinter set new marks in the 100 and 200 meters and ran the third leg of the 400-meter relay with teammates Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Asafa Powell.
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10/07/2008
Indonesia disputes Guinness forest report as 'slanderous' (EARTHtimes.org)
Jakarta - Indonesia's environment minister called a Guinness World Records report slanderous for marking the nation's deforestation rate as the world's highest and claimed it used obsolete data, a media report said Tuesday. The Jakarta Post reporte...
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10/06/2008
Pecante smashes 4 world marks (Yehey!)
World champion Erlina “Lily” Pecante again brought honor to the Philippines by winning four gold medals and smashing four world records at the 2008 IPF World Masters Powerlifting Championship in Palm Springs, California.
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10/06/2008
Claim to oldest baseball diamond 'in limbo' (Windsor Star)
A controversial Canadian claim that the world's oldest baseball field can be found in London, Ont., remains "in limbo" pending an American challenge and a final ruling by Guinness World Records, says a city heritage official leading the bid for international recognition.
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10/06/2008
Pecante smashes 4 world marks (Manila Standard Today)
WORLD champion Erlina “Lily” Pecante again brought honor to the Philippines by winning four gold medals and smashing four world records at the 2008 IPF World Masters Powerlifting Championship in Palm Springs, California.
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10/06/2008
World's tallest man becomes world's tallest dad (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The world's tallest man, China's Bao Xishun, became the world's tallest father this week with the birth of his first child, a boy whose initial height seems a compromise between his gigantic dad and average-sized mum.
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10/04/2008
Hardcover Advice (New York Times)
1. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 2. BREAKTHROUGH, by Suzanne Somers 3. BEFORE YOU DO, by T. D. Jakes 4. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2009, edited by Craig Glenday 5. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne
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