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MONTERREY, Mexico, March 11 (UPI) -- A hefty Mexican man reportedly was prevented from attending his girlfriend's birthday party when a truck hauling him got stuck on the highway.

MONTERREY, Mexico, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The Guinness Book of Records' fattest man has lost 570 pounds, which was half of his body weight, a report said.