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Children all over the world beg for candy. But why?

Seeing Red

Chaos during the tomato war at the Wanjiang Township in Dongguan of Guangdong Province, China. The event, an imitation of the tomato fight in Spanish township Bunol, was jointly held by the South China Mall and the Dongguan Tourism Bureau and other departments, using about 15 tons of tomatoes.

Ground Control to Major Wong

China's three-man spacecraft shifted from an oval orbit to a more stable circular orbit 213 miles above Earth today in preparation for the country's first attempt at a spacewalk. China's offical Xinhua News Agency was so excited about the event it ran a story on Thursday announcing ground controllers were tracking Chinese astronauts, complete with details and quotes from the astronauts, 12 hours before the astronauts blasted off.