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11 Aug 2009 08:43

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U.S.: Being stuck on a roller coaster is a roller coaster of emotions

  • 24 people were stuck on Invertigo for three hours; yikes source

21 Jul 2009 10:42

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Offbeat: This adventure-seeking guy got his roller on minus the coaster

Dirk Auer, wearing inline skates to keep his feet attached to the track, went down a German roller coaster in just over a minute. Whoa. source

13 Jun 2009 16:10

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Biz: If you like amusement parks, you’ll hate this news

  • Six Flags number of flags flying above the amusement parks owned by its bankrupt namesake company
  • $1.8 billion amount of debt they have; unlike roller coasters, it doesn’t get faster when it hits a low like that source