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Hourly Breaks? Blaine's Cheating!

Onlookers unimpressed by Blaine's latest stunt

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Sep 24, 2008 3:04 PM CDT

(Newser) – David Blaine takes a 10-minute break every hour? "It's cheating," says an unimpressed onlooker among a crowd of 8,000 watching Blaine hang upside down in Central Park until a grand finale tonight, the New York Daily News reports. Though the illusionist planned... Read full story »

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