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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Five students were credited with a world record Wed nesday after reading aloud for 300 straight hours to raise awareness about books in the Dominican Republic. And they kept going.
Guinness World Records recognized the university students for breaking the previous record of 240 hours set in 2009 by a group of women from Miami Dade College.
The students began reading July 7, taking turns before a microphone every two hours. They had planned to stop Wednesday but decided to extend the reading until early Saturday to complete 365 hours of reading, one hour for each day of the year.
