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Article: DONUT BANK CHAMP BEATS 22 CONTESTANTS

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October 27, 2007
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OK, so here's how it went down Friday at the Doughnut Eating Contest outside the Donut Bank at Green River Road and Lloyd Expressway.

Jim "The Boston Nut" Maloney ate 44 doughnut holes in 3 minutes and beat 22 other contestants - from a burly motorcycle rider named "Tiny" and a 45-year-old Green Bay Packers fan from Kenosha, Wis., to a pair of rail-thin college coeds.

The $1,000 prize money went to Maloney's favorite charity, United Way.

But here's the kicker.

Maloney, 26, an employee of Gibson General Hospital in Princeton, Ind., and a fan of the Boston Red Sox, thought he was losing.

"The girl across from me (USI student Katie Henderson, nicknamed The Birthday Girl because Friday was her ...

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