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    Meanwhile, according to the AP, "Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has won an unprecedented fifth consecutive four-year term. Menino held off a challenge from City Council President Michael Flaherty. Menino already has been in office for 16 1/2 years, longer than any in the city's history." PLEASE READ: All comments must be approved before appearing in the thread; time and space constraints prevent all comments from appearing. Full Article at MSNBC
    Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has won an unprecedented fifth consecutive four-year term. Menino held off a challenge from City Council President Michael Flaherty. Menino already has been in office for 16 1/2 years, longer than any in the city's history.
    SOURCE: MSNBC 1 month ago

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  1. Barry Rigby from Wigan wins the Wigan World Pie Eating Championships, an annual pie eating contest where competitors endeavour to consume a pie in the fastest possible time, Harry's Bar, Wallgate, Wigan, England, Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. Barry ate his pie in approximately 47 seconds.
  2. India's Zaheer Khan celebrates the dismissal of Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera during their first one day international cricket match in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
  3. Indian team celebrate after winning the first one day international cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
  4. Barry Rigby from Wigan with the trophy after winning Wigan's World Pie Eating Championships, an annual pie eating contest where competitors endeavour to consume a pie in the fastest possible time, Harry's Bar, Wallgate, Wigan, England, Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. Barry ate his pie in approximately 47 seconds.
  5. Barry Rigby from Wigan with the trophy after winning Wigan's World Pie Eating Championships, an annual pie eating contest where competitors endeavour to consume a pie in the fastest possible time, Harry's Bar, Wallgate, Wigan, England, Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. Barry ate his pie in approximately 47 seconds.
  6. FOLKESTONE, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: A general view of a frosty Folkestone Racecourse where racing was abandoned after a midday inspection on December 15, 2009 in Folkestone, England.
  7. FOLKESTONE, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: A general view of a frosty Folkestone Racecourse where racing was abandoned after a midday inspection on December 15, 2009 in Folkestone, England.
  8. India's Zaheer Khan, right, and Sachin Tendulkar celebrate the dismissal of Sri Lanka's Thilina Kandamby after a throw by Tendulkar during their first one day international cricket match in Rajkot, India, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
  9. The logo of the Bavarian public sector bank BayernLB is pictured in Munich December 15, 2009. BayernLB Chief Executive Michael Kemmer stepped down with immediate effect after the bank's disastrous investment in Austria's HGAA and named Stefan Ermisch, the bank's finance director, as interim CEO.
  10. Policemen hold a picture of Iraq's President Jalal Talabani and Iraqi flags as they march during their graduation ceremony at a police academy in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, December 15, 2009. About 218 policemen including 38 police detectives graduated after two months of training course on Tuesday, a police source said.
  11. Members of Indian cricket team celebrate the dismissal of Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews during their first one-day international cricket match in Rajkot December 15, 2009.
  12. Members of the Solidarity Trade Union demonstrate outside the Prime Minister's Chancellery in Warsaw, December 15, 2009.
  13. Employees and customers of the Bavarian public sector bank BayernLB enter the bank in Munich December 15, 2009. BayernLB Chief Executive Michael Kemmer stepped down with immediate effect after the bank's disastrous investment in Austria's HGAA and named Stefan Ermisch, the bank's finance director, as interim CEO.
  14. Members of the Solidarity Trade Union burn tires as they demonstrate outside the Prime Minister's Chancellery in Warsaw, December 15, 2009.
  15. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Daredevil motorcyclist Robbie Knievel poses during a photocall at The Hospital Club on December 15, 2009 in London, England. Son of Evel Knievel, Robbie Knievel, announced plans to make a record attempt to beat his father's failed attempt in 1975, and jump across 16 double-decker buses in London on May 22, 2010.
  16. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Daredevil motorcyclist Robbie Knievel poses during a photocall at The Hospital Club on December 15, 2009 in London, England. Son of Evel Knievel, Robbie Knievel, announced plans to make a record attempt to beat his father's failed attempt in 1975, and jump across 16 double-decker buses in London on May 22, 2010.
  17. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Daredevil motorcyclist Robbie Knievel poses during a photocall at The Hospital Club on December 15, 2009 in London, England. Son of Evel Knievel, Robbie Knievel, announced plans to make a record attempt to beat his father's failed attempt in 1975, and jump across 16 double-decker buses in London on May 22, 2010.
  18. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Daredevil motorcyclist Robbie Knievel attends a photocall at The Hospital Club on December 15, 2009 in London, England. Son of Evel Knievel, Robbie Knievel, announced plans to make a record attempt to beat his father's failed attempt in 1975, and jump across 16 double-decker buses in London on May 22, 2010.