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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2010 – Army Staff Sgt. Steven C. Staley, an information network analyst for the 580th Signal Company here, is known for his selfless volunteerism and his sense of humor. Army Staff Sgt. Steven C. Staley is known at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, for his selfless volunteerism and his sense of humor. He earned the nickname “Snake Man” from Afghan vendors after a prank he pulled involving a lengthy fuel hose and an empty sand bag. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Spencer Case  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. But most of all,...

DUBLIN, Texas - Another day, another bizarre world record for Jackie Bibby, the "Texas Snake Man." Bibby spent about 45 minutes in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes Monday, fully clothed, shattering his own record by 12 snakes just in time for Guinness World Records Day, which is Thursday. A Guinness official certified the record. The snakes crawled under his arms, between his legs and anywhere else they could slither, Bibby said. None bit him. "They can go wherever they want as long as they don't start biting," Bibby said. "The key to not biting is for me to stay...