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Tuna is the news of the moment. This giant bluefin tuna sold for a record 32.49 million yen or $396,000, in Tokyo. As many of us know, Tokyo is world's largest wholesale fish market.

This record breaker weighed 754-pound tuna and beat the previous record set in 2001 by a 445-pound fish that was sold for 20.2 million yen.

The giant tuna was caught off the coast of northern Japan. The record-setting price translates to 95,000 yen per kilogram or $526 per pound.

"It was an exceptionally large fish," said the official, Yutaka Hasegawa. "But we were all surprised by the price."

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Aboard the Vagabond, an 80-foot deluxe sportfisher, Mike Livingston's got his heaviest price to date, a 405-pound Yellowfin Tuna. This one it the heaviest on record caught by an angler and will replace the current record, a 388-pound 12-ounce specimen, which has stood since 1977.

Mike and company had been on a 10-day expedition in search of "super cows," or tuna weighing 300 pounds or more. His catch was from Magdalena Bay on the southern Baja California peninsula.

The tuna weighed 405.2 pounds; it's girth was 61 inches and it measured nearly 86 inches from nose to tail. It took him nearly three hours fight before they were able to pull it aboard.

When the scale hit that number it was like the Super Bowl here," said Livingston, 63, a retired school administrator, in reference to cheers from a crowd of nearly 200, gathered to witness the weigh-in.

Here's a video while he is weighing the fish:



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Ted Williams is a homeless man with a truly God-given golden voice. The video of him done by the Columbus Dispatch, who discovered him along Ohio's I-71, gone viral and has now more than 5 million in views and counting. His story has been in headlines in almost all major news stations.

According to the note he scrawled on a piece of cardboard that he used to solicit change from drivers, Mr. Williams is an ex-radio announcer. When interviewed by the Dispatch, he talked about his struggles. Thankfully, his date with "alcohol and drugs and a few other things" haven't diminished his velvety vocal cords.

This video literally speaks for itself. It has exploded into a life-changing experience for him. Yesterday morning he was a panhandler; today he's the most in-demand voice personality in the world, thanks to offers from countless radio stations, voiceover gigs and even the Cleveland Cavaliers.

A mere 24 hours after the video went viral, Williams says he's already been offered a bunch of employment opportunities, including one that's a Ohio citizen's dream job. "The Cleveland Cavaliers just offered me a full-time job and a house," Williams revealed.

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Have you ever consider going on your regular running routine on barefoot? Well, now you can - sort of - with Vibram FiveFingers shoes. This shoes is designed to make you feel like you are running without shoes and yet protect your feet from dirt and debris. And why would you do that? Studies shows that running without shoes can strengthen your feet, ankles, and lower legs and improve balance.

Vibram started making the five-toed shoes in 2006, but the trend really picked up steam last year, following the publication of Christopher McDougall's book “Born to Run.” The book describes how Mexico’s Tarahumara Indians have become some of the greatest long-distance runners in the world despite running barefoot or in sandals fashioned from tire rubber.

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Ella Rose Riehle is extremely lucky. That's because she won't forget here birthday. All she needs to do is count - 8,9,10 and 11,12. Ella Rose was born on 8/9/10 at 11:12 PM. Her mother Terri Riehle from Cincinatti, USA was happy that she will not get her kid's birthday mixed up.

That day, she was hoping for the 11:12 a.m time slot, but when that time came & went, everyone started guessing when the baby would arrive. By 11 p.m., she started experiencing intense labor pains, and at the one-in-a-million time, baby Ella Rose came into this world. Terri recalls looking at the clock and seeing: 11:12.


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Steven Slater, called it quits and said, 'That's it. I'm Done'. He was referring to his job as a JetBlue flight attendant. It happened yesterday morning in JFK international airport, inside the running Jetblue flight #1052, after he was hit on the forehead by a baggage of a female who was removing the baggage in the overhead compartment and ignoring his instruction to remain seated. After exchanging a heated argument with the female, he cursed her in the public address system, grab a beer and deployed the emergency chute the leave the plane.

He was then arrested in his home in Queens, New York, shortly after the incident and was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief with a bail set at $2,500.

Here's a video of his arrest.



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It's not just during April Fool's day you will get a cubicle like.

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