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A gold bathtub and 11 other gilded products: A slideshow [Updated]
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October 15, 2012, at 7:55 AMThe Austrian became the first person to break the sound barrier in free fall on his 24-mile jump from orbit — and that's just the most recent crazy thing he's done
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October 12, 2012, at 5:45 PMWhat happened this week? Joe Biden gesticulated. Mitt Romney surged. And for some reason, the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize
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October 12, 2012, at 11:25 AMIn some of the week's most eye-catching images, a Bangladeshi child leaps, a parade participant sulks, and a wily goat finds higher ground
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