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Porter scores the winning touchdown
Super Bowl breaks ratings record
The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl is the most-watched programme in US TV history, early figures show.

Australian sword swallower Chayne Hultgren swallowing 18 swords , a new world record 8 Feb 2010 Sword swallower sets world record
An Australian performance artist sets a world record by swallowing 18 swords at the same time.

George Kerr prepare to throw a colleauge at the Junior Judo Club in Edinburgh Pensioner joins martial art elite
A Scottish pensioner is honoured after becoming one of only seven living people to hold judo's highest rank.

Pete Gottgens Chef presses on with Scots wine
A chef and hotel owner has said he wants to produce Scotland's first commercially-available grape wine.

Dinosaur footprint haul in China
Scientists in China say they have discovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, all facing in the same direction.

Naples celebrates pizza trademark
Naples celebrates official EU recognition for the Italian city's most famous culinary creation: the pizza.

Shackleton's whisky dug from ice
Five crates of Scotch whisky and brandy belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered from the ice after a century.

Erotic-photo banker keeps his job
An Australian banker caught viewing erotic images in the background of a live TV interview will keep his job, his bank says.

Doctor Who props up for auction
A selection of props and costumes from BBC One's Doctor Who are to go under the hammer in London later this month.

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