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UMass welcomes students with world-record stir-fry

AMHERST, Mass.

It wasn’t just a record; it was delicious and nutritious.

Staff and students at the University of Massachusetts celebrated the start of the new semester Monday by making the world’s largest stir-fry.

Using a custom-built, 14-foot-frying pan, the 4,010-pound meal included 800 pounds of chicken, 500 pounds of onions, 400 pounds of carrots, 300 pounds of broccoli as well as peppers, green beans, bok choy, peanuts, basil and garlic.

It was cooked in 50 pounds of canola oil.

Ken Toong, executive director of Auxiliary Enterprises at UMass-Amherst, says the purpose was to stress sustainability and promote healthful eating as many of the vegetables were grown at a student-run farm.

A Guinness World Records representative was on hand to certify the record. The previous record was 2,319 pounds.

Colorado dog celebrated for having such long ears

BOULDER, Colo.

Harbor has more than 2 feet of ears. Does that make him a 6-foot dog?

Probably not. But on Tuesday, the black-and-tan coonhound from Boulder, Colo., gets the 2012 Guinness World Records title for “longest ears on a living dog.”

His left ear is 12.25 inches long, and his right is 13.5 inches long.

Owner Jennifer Wert says when her 8-year-old was a puppy, he would trip on his ears and roll down stairs.

These days, Wert says, people often stop them to ask questions, take photos or tug on his ears.

Tigger, a bloodhound from Illinois who died in 2009, still holds the record for longest ears ever.

One was 13.5 inches long, the other 13.75 inches long.

Coonhounds use their ears to help with scent.

Hat taken off statue of Ohio State’s Brutus Buckeye

COLUMBUS

Authorities are looking for vandals who snatched the hat off a storefront statue of the Ohio State University mascot.

Multiple media outlets report Brutus Buckeye wears a band uniform in the statue outside a store selling Ohio State fan gear across the street from the university’s Columbus campus. Normally, he holds a band hat up high, in his right hand on the statue, but the hat was taken early Sunday. Store surveillance video shows it being removed by three people, including a woman in an Ohio State jersey. The video shows them posing for pictures before leaving.

Police are asking for tips. The store says it may offer a reward.

Associated Press