| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | You won't believe what the athletes eat | | Swimming superstar Michael Phelps once claimed he scoffed up to 12,000 calories a day. Usain Bolt's big sprint rival Yohan Blake says he chomps 16 ripe bananas every 24 hours. |
| 2 tropical cyclones strike Chinese coast | | Two tropical cyclones have made landfall in eastern China, dumping heavy rain on coastal areas as the Philippines and Taiwan assessed the damage that one of the storms had left in its wake. |
| No mistrial in Drew Peterson case | | Despite defense criticisms of what it called a "shameful" leading question about whether Drew Peterson tried to intimidate a neighbor, a judge ruled Thursday that the former Chicago-area police officer's murder trial can proceed. |
| Boxer Floyd Mayweather out of jail | | Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been released from a Las Vegas detention center after serving two months of a three-month sentence for a domestic violence conviction, a detention center official said early Friday. |
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