World's largest chocolate sculpture – Mayan temple creation with 18,239 pounds of chocolate

The world record for the largest chocolate sculpture has been smashed by the Qzina Institute of Chocolate & Pastry with a replica Mayan temple in Mexico.

An extraordinary 18,239 lb of chocolate went into the 10ft square temple, which beats the previous record in Italy of 10,736.5 lb set in 2010. Staff at Qzina Specialty Foods in Irvine, California, spent 400 hours making the sculpture.

Should keep a chocoholic like me going for a bit.

DAILY MAIL STORY

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

'Second gunman' in Kennedy assassination – witness tells CNN about RFK shooting

There was a second gunman involved in the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, according to a witness to the murder in 1968.

In an exclusive interview with CNN, Nina Rhodes-Hughes, who is now 78, says she heard two guns firing and authorities altered her account of the crime.

A federal court is preparing to rule on a challenge to Sirhan Sirhan's conviction in the Bobby Kennedy killing and Rhodes-Hughes says she wants the world to know that he was not the only gunman when RFK was shot a few feet from her.

"What has to come out is that there was another shooter to my right," she says in the CNN interview. "The truth has got to be told. No more cover-ups."

Fascinating story… even 'Homeland' couldn't keep up with the twists, turns and conspiracies in the Kennedy assassinations.

CNN STORY

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

Mad cow disease found in California – dairy cow tests positive

A dairy cow has been found to have 'mad cow disease', bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), in California, USA, according to the BBC. It has been confirmed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The disease was detected as part of a screening programme.

The USDA's chief vet, John Clifford, said nothing had "entered the food supply". He added: "There is really no cause for alarm here with regard to this animal."

BBC MAD COW STORY

BSE INFO WIKIPEDIA


------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

Dog chases mountain lion up tree in Los Altos, California - video

Cody the German Shepherd dog gave chase when he saw a cat in his garden. The cat bolted up a tree and sat there for more than three hours. Yet, it wasn’t an ordinary cat, for Cody had scared a 110lb mountain lion.

The mountain lion stopped on a 40ft high branch and eventually made off in Los Altos, California.

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

Wife cuts off man's penis and throws it in garbage disposal - Los Angeles, USA

A woman in California is accused of cutting off her husband's penis and throwing it into the garbage disposal.

She is alleged to have drugged the man, tied him to a bed and to have hacked off his member with a knife at their home in Garden Grove near Los Angeles, according to reports.


NEWS.COM.AU

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

Luxury hotel for pets - pampered cats and dogs reign at the Barkley, California

With a wag of the tail here and a contented purr there, pampered pooches and cats in California are living a life of luxury at the Barkley hotel for pets in Los Angeles.

The hotel, just across the street from a human version (the Four Seasons), even provides television screens featuring birds in flight and tropical fish swimming in a tank.

Great picture story at the Telegraph.

TELEGRAPH PICTURES

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

Amazing video: kitten rescued from 3 inch pipe by California fire department

Must-see video on the Telegraph site of a four-week-old kitten being rescued from a three-inch metal pipe by firefighters in Redding, California, when someone took the tube into the fire department after hearing the animal's cries.

How on earth did it get in there?

The kitten, now called Piper, has been adopted by a TV station worker.

SEE THE VIDEO AT THE TELEGRAPH SITE

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

Michael Jackson 'Thriller' jacket sells for $1.8m

The jacket worn by Michael Jackson in his "Thriller" video has sold at auction for $1.8 million. It was snapped up by gold trader Milton Verret at Julien's Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills, California.

Mr Verret says he will use the black and leather jacket to help raise money for children's hospitals.

SKY NEWS

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

Asteroid heading for Earth on Monday - don't panic!

An asteroid is heading for Earth, says NASA, for a close encounter on Monday.

But, as CBS reports, there's no need to panic. It's close in astronomical terms, but not that close - about 7,500 miles above the planet's surface over the Atlantic Ocean at 13.30 GMT.

The space rock, about 33ft long and called "2011 MD", won't hold this year's record for coming near us. Another one flew by within 3,400 miles (5,500 kilometers) - that's less than the distance between London to New York (3,471 miles)!

According to the report from Pasadena, California, more than "8,000 near-Earth objects" have been discovered, with around 1,236 designated as "potentially hazardous".

CBS REPORT

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

Marilyn Monroe dress sells for $4.6 million

The dress that Marilyn Monroe wore in the 1955 film "The Seven Year Itch" has sold at auction in California for $4.6 million (£2.84 million).
















Other items at the auction included:

Charlie Chaplin's "Little Tramp" bowler hat: $110,000.

Young Elizabeth Taylor's riding outfit in "National Velvet": $60,000.

Gary Cooper's uniform for "Sergeant York": $55,000.

Ingrid Bergman suit of armour as "Joan of Arc": $50,000.

CBS STORY

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

Oldest light bulb in the world - still burning after 110 years in a US town

Imagine if all your light bulbs lasted a life time. Well, one bulb in the United States has been glowing for 110 years and has baffled scientists.

The light bulb in the fire station at Livermore, California, USA, is now officially the oldest working bulb in the world - according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It has been burning almost continuously since 1901.

TELEGRAPH STORY and video

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

780-year-old relic of patron saint of missing objects stolen from LA church in US

An ancient religious relic of St Anthony - the patron saint of lost causes and missing objects - was stolen from a Roman Catholic church in Long Beach, near Los Angeles.

The relic is brought out on special occasions, this time to mark the 780th anniversary of the saint's death, and had only been on display for a few hours.

A priest turned towards the relic at 9am mass, only to hear his parishioners gasp as they realised it had disappeared. The church had opened at 6am.

TELEGRAPH STORY



------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

I want to find Bin Laden's body, says California treasure hunter

A treasure-hunter from California says he wants to launch an underwater search for the body of Osama bin Laden.

According to the US Government, the Al-Qaeda leader was buried at sea from the USS Carl Vinson warship in the North Arabian Sea.

But veteran explorer Bill Warren does not believe President Obama gave enough proof of the terrorist’s death.

MAIL STORY

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix

Twitter reveals secret user data - case may help Ryan Giggs lawyers over injunction row

JUST WHEN Twitter users in the UK thought they were safe from having their details revealed because the company is based in America, confidential details of British users have been handed over after a legal move in California, according to a report in the Telegraph.

Councillors and officials of a local authority in England, South Tyneside, went to court to try to get an anonymous user, Mr Monkey, revealed.

Twitter has been ordered to release “contact details, location information and computer addresses of the individuals behind four accounts on the website”.

The ruling in California, where Twitter is based, could open the door to lawyers acting for Ryan Giggs and other personalities who want details of users who broke injunctions.

TELEGRAPH STORY

------------------------------
Website: http://ukpix.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UKpix/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ukpix