Pin ItemailprintHere are your top stories for this Friday, January 27, 2012: – President Obama continues western energy tour – Building collapses in Brazil – Man charged in New Jersey arson attacks – Australian Prime Minister rushed away from angry protesters Incoming search terms:Powered By Pligg bus stationPowered By Pligg special effectgolshifteh farahani new picturenewpictures [...]
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A building collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro in Brazil tonight, according to various reports, underscoring the failure of local authorities to improve the city’s infrastructure ahead of preparations for the World Cup and the Olympics. So far, at least two people are known to have been killed in the collapse of the building, which [...]
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For as long as anyone can remember, residents of Comuna 13, a hillside neighborhood in the Colombian city of Medellin, have had to climb the equivalent of 28 flights of stairs daily just to get home from the center of the city. Not any more. Residents will no longer have to make the 35-minute climb [...]
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In June of 2009, Air France Flight 447 disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. It was soon revealed that the plane had crashed, killing all 228 people on board. Now, thanks to the recent recovery of the Airbus’ black boxes at 13,000 beneath the Atlantic, investigators are finally beginning to piece together what brought the plane [...]
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Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, 23, the man who stormed into a school hall in Rio de Janeiro last week, left behind one final YouTube video. After firing on students, he was wounded in a confrontation with police and committed suicide. In all, 12 students shot by Wellington de Oliveira died. Watch the school’s CCTV footage [...]
It looks like New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has a new hairstyle. He can be seen below showing off his new ponytail while he and wife Gisele Bundchen were vacationing in Rio de Janiero for Carnival. Brady also showed off some dance moves during the annual bash. I think it’s safe to say that Dancing [...]
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Every once in a while, as Google continues on its mission to map the earth for all of mankind, the Google Street View car picks up something that makes everyone take notice. Sometimes, it’s a girl pretending to be dead, sometimes it’s a tell-tale crack in a building that has collapsed, sometimes a crime gets [...]
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Here they are, in all their viral glory. Want to know what’s buzzing? Blippitt’s got you covered. These are the top 10 viral videos online as of RIGHT NOW, in real-time. Go spread them some more! Enjoy… 10. Stephen Harper sings Beatles song with Yo Yo Ma Hot Stephen Harper gets by with a little [...]
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Chicago is out. Rio de Janeiro is in. The Brazilian city was chosen Friday afternoon to be the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, defeating Madrid in the final vote by the IOC. Chicago was eliminated in the first round in one of the most stunning upsets in IOC history. Tokyo was then given a [...]
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UPDATE: Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Read details here. In what has to be a shocking upset, Chicago has been eliminated from the first round of International Olympic Committee voting for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Tokyo, which was an underdog from the very beginning, was then eliminated in the second round. [...]
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Air France Flight 447 vanished after about four hours in the air on its way from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. The plane sent an automated message to Air France “signaling electrical circuit malfunction,’’ according to the company. The wide-body Airbus A330-200 was carrying 228 people. Officials have said they have”no hope” for finding the [...]
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