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Brazil Death Toll Over 600 in Massive Mudslides

Torrential rains and mudslides that struck mountain towns north of Rio de Janeiro have killed more than 600 people according to authorities in Brazil. There are fears the death toll could grow in the days ahead. (Jan. 15)

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Packers vs Falcons Live Scores and Updates.  Let’s get ready for the new upcoming game which will now hit the ground of the field of football on January 15,2011, Saturday with the two of the most popular teams in the fields of Football; Green Bay Packers vs Atlanta Falcons. It was already a little more Packers vs Falcons Live Scores and Updates is a post from: Daily World Buzz

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IndiGo Air Greens Fleet with Airbus "Neo" Jets

The record-breaking order of the A320neo offers 15 percent more fuel-efficiency. Image courtesy of Airbus . An Indian low-cost airline, IndiGo, has been the first buyer of 150 Airbus A320neo fuel-efficient jets , not only expanding its currently modest 34-plane fleet but also marking the single largest order in commercial aviation history. Airbus claims the plane is a more environmentally-friendly version of its popular A320, reducing fuel consumption by an estimated 15 percent, all… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Children checking out vintage gadgets continues to be an enthralling experience to watch

The video we’ve embedded after the break has been around for a few weeks, but we simply couldn’t resist posting it. As you’ll see, it’s a video (in French, but with English subtitles) of children contemplating a ton of vintage gear including the Game Boy , a Colecovision cartridge, and several sizes and shapes of computer discs. Their reactions — especially if you were alive when most or all of these gadgets were the cutting edge — is pretty incredible . Like we said, the video (with some pretty clunky subtitles) is after the break. Continue reading Children checking out vintage gadgets continues to be an enthralling experience to watch Children checking out vintage gadgets continues to be an enthralling experience to watch originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Very Important Research of the Day: The curious minds at the…

Very Important Research of the Day: The curious minds at the Aerospace Medical Division Hq 657Oth Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories offer a definitive response to the question that has plagued mankind since time immemorial: How would cats behave in a zero-gravity environment? [ airboyd / mefi .] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 16/01/2011 01:01 Number of articles : 5

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The Professional Left One Year Anniversary Podcast: Civility, "Blood Libel," and the GOP’s real problem

enlarge Credit: The Professional Left Happy one-year anniversary to Driftglass and Bluegal ! Enjoy the podcast and have a great weekend, everybody. You can listen to the archives or make a donation to help keep these going at http://professionalleft.blogspot.com/ . enlarge Credit: Bluegal

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Tucson Shooting Survivor Arrested for Issuing Death Threat to Tea Partier at ABC Town Hall

In the middle of a taping for a town hall meeting to be aired on ABC Sunday, a survivor of last week's Tucson shootings issued a death threat to a Tea Party member in attendance. According to the website of ABC-TV affiliate KGUN, J. Eric Fuller was arrested and charged with threats, intimidation, and disorderly conduct: The meeting room at St. Odilia's Catholic Church on the city's northwest side was packed with local dignitaries, witnesses to the mass shooting Jan. 8, some of the witnesses to the shootings and the first responders to the scene for a taping of an ABC-TV special, a town hall event, at 11 a.m. Saturday. Host of the program, This Week, is Christianne Amanpour. The show will air at 7 a.m. Sunday on KGUN9-TV. Toward the end of the town hall meeting Saturday morning, one of the shooting victims, J. Eric Fuller, took exception to comments by two of the speakers: Ariz. state Rep. Terri Proud, a Dist. 26 Republican, and Tucson Tea Party spokesman Trent Humphries. According to sheriff's deputies at the scene, Fuller took a photo of Humphries and said, “You're Dead.” Deputies immediately escorted Fuller from the room. Pima County Sheriff's spokesman Jason Ogan said later Saturday that Fuller has been charged with threats and intimidation and he also will be charged with disorderly conduct. For the record, Humphries is the head of the Tucson Tea Party. Fox News elaborated on this breaking story (h/t Mediaite ): It will be very interesting to see whether this ends up being part of Sunday's program or gets omitted. When ABC's Pierre Thomas interviewed a friend of shooter Jared Lee Loughner's during last Sunday's “This Week,” her opinion about the assailant being a liberal was completely ignored . Stay tuned.

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Tunisia hit by widespread looting

Looting, deadly prison riots and street chaos have engulfed Tunisia, a day after mass protests forced its long-time president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, to flee. A new interim president was sworn in on Saturday, promising to create a unity government that could include the long-ignored opposition. It was the second change of power in this North African nation in less than 24 hours. Amid the political instability, looters emptied shops and torched the main train station in the capital,

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Apocalypse Next Year: Cavuto wonders if we’re going to be like Tunisia in the near future

Click here to view this media Back when he first arrived at Fox, Glenn Beck got ribbed by Neil Cavuto for his apocalyptic fearmongering: “I just think that you’re scaring people.” They never repeated the performance. But now Neil has to keep up with Glenn in the ratings. So yesterday he indulged in some distinctly GlennBeckian apocalyptic fearmongering — wondering if America was about to be engulfed by rampant inflation that would inspire food riots like we’re seeing in Tunisia. Next up: Neil Cavuto’s Doom Bunker !

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Calcium Supplements Linked to Heart Attacks: Feed Your Bones Instead

Photo: Hopkinsii A study published in the British Medical Journal via Natural Awakenings found that calcium supplements can increase your risk of a heart attack by as much as 31 percen… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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