Jezebel: records

Sail Away

Intern Katy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:40:00 EST

"Lonely is the word for a Friday night with nowhere to go, sitting at home feeling sorry for yourself...I feel like the luckiest girl in the world," wrote 16-year-old sailor Jessica Watson, now two months into her record-breaking journey. [SydneyMorningHerald]

Naked Ambition

Intern Katy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:20:00 EST

Two British women have announced their intentions to row across the Atlantic in only 70 days. In order to beat the previous record for a 2-woman team and shave off a few days, they're doing it in the buff. [UPI]

Hair Apparent

Intern Katy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:20:00 EST

This morning Asha Mandela broke the Guinness World Record for longest dreadlocks on a woman with one strand measuring in at 19 feet, 6 inches. She told The Early Show that her hair weighs over three pounds. [CBS]

Small Miracles

Intern Katy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:20:00 EST

Despite doctor's warnings about her status as the world's smallest mother, Stacey Herald is about to have her third child. Her last baby was 18 inches at birth, more than half her height. [Telegraph]

Laura Dekker Placed Under State Guardianship

Intern Katy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:40:00 EDT

A Dutch court has ruled that 14-year-old Laura Dekker is too inexperienced to sail around the world. Dekker hoped to become the youngest person to sail the globe solo, but child protection authorities say she will have to wait. [NYT]

Jump Start

Intern Katy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:20:00 EDT

Last Saturday, 181 women leaped from nine planes for Jump for the Cause, which benefits breast cancer research. Not only did they raise $900,000, they also broke the world record for the most women skydiving in formation. [UPI]

Oh Crap

Sadie — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:20:00 EDT

Patricia Demauro, "a New Jersey grandmother" (among other things, we imagine) has broken the world craps record, with a four-hour, 54-roll lucky streak in Atlantic City. The odds of beating the feat? Roughly 1 in 1.56 trillion. Demauro won't reveal how much she won from the $100 buy-in. [Time]

Republican Foolishness & Dirty Tricks Compete Against Democratic Undies

Megan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:30:00 EST

Just to prove to American voters that they are really unfeeling, the Republican National Committee released word today that the California Republican Party is filing an FEC complaint against Barack Obama for his visit to his dying grandmother, who passed away today. Is anyone home over there? [Washington Post]
If you weren't already aware, Barack Obama doesn't want to see your underwear. Panty-flinging should remain metaphorical. [Politico]
Sarah Palin is definitely not releasing her medical records. I want to be angry about this, but I wouldn't want reporters pawing around my gynecological exams either. [CNN]
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, having lived the last 8 years with his head firmly up his ass, thinks that the U.S. will "lose a lot of stature throughout the world" if we elect Obama. [Politico]

Speaking of embarrassing America, the KKK is recruiting again in Ohio because of Obama. [The New Republic]
In other embarrassing news, robocalls have gone out to voters in Toledo to try to convince them they can avoid long polling place lines by voting by phone. I'm sure they're totally not Republican-funded. [Rolling Stone]
Calls telling Democrats to vote on Wednesday have been made to voters in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, too. [Huffington Post]
And Republican Senator Roger Wicker is so worried that he'll be voted out of office he's handing out sample ballots telling Mississippi voters he's a Democrat. [Huffington Post]
Republican groups have started hitting Obama on his support for reproductive rights again through commercials, which will totally change the race for McCain. [Time]
As will neocon Fred Kagan's idiotic weekend editorial that voters need to stop paying attention to the American economy, Wall Street and Main Street and start voting on what's happening on Baghdad's Haifa Street. Spencer Ackerman's got video of what Kagan knows about pretty much any street, which is to say "nothing." [Attackerman]