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Charlie Sheen may or may not be “winning,” in life, but he has won a rare honor: he has set a new Guinness World Record for fastest person to reach 1 million followers on Twitter.

586. 2,850. 5,400. 789,349. These are all world-record numbers. But they aren't weights, distances or speeds. They are achievements in video gaming.

Verizon Wireless on Friday said its first day of taking online orders for the iPhone produced record sales, and it's stopped taking orders until Wednesday.

A new estimate predicts the U.S. budget deficit will hit almost $1.5 trillion this year, a stunning new record.

Dow Needs 23 Percent in 2011 to Set Record, Which Happened 6 Times Since 1985

Brett Favre's 297-game NFL record for consecutive starts for quarterbacks won't be getting any longer.

Chefs in Italy had to use a crane to lift the 2,072-pound pork sausage from its cooking vessel.

Americans jumped on deals and promotions offered online on Cyber Monday, spending $1 billion and making it the busiest online shopping day ever, according to new data.

A rare pink diamond has smashed the world record for a jewel sold at auction after a well-known gemstone dealer bid over $46 million for the precious stone.

Activision says 5.6 million copies of the highly-anticipated action game were sold. By comparison, last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 -- the previous "biggest entertainment launch in history" -- pulled in $310 million on launch day and sold 4.7 million copies.